The evening times., 1896-04-29
DISTRICT II CONGRESS
Favorable Reports to Be Made
on Several House Bills.
TAX MEASURE WILL PASS
The Effort of Officials to Prevent the
Escape OF Taxation by Certain
Glasses of Citizens VIII BE Reward
ed-Hearing for TomOrrOw-LnbOr
Indorses Immigration Regulations.

The House District Committee today ut
its regular meeting decided that favorable
reports be mace upon the following bills:
For the removal of snow and ice.
To provide certain harbor regulations
for the T otomac River front.
An agreement was reached that at the
next meeting of the committee the bills pro-
viding for Farmers Market will be taken
up and a final conclusion reached.
Tomorrow morning at 1890 O'Clock a
bea ring will be given on the bin permitting
tile Capital Traction Street Railway Conn
pany to build its proposed q and twenty
second st rect extensions.
The bill II. Il. s499 introduced in the
House by Mr.. Babcock yesterday in rela-
lion to taxes and tax sales here has been
approved by the Senate District Commit
zee, to be favorably reported by Mr. Mar
lin after a conference with Assessor Trim
BILE, and it is probable will be passed.
This conference, it is understood, has
been held, a nd the measure in the form pre-
sented by Mr. Babcock agreed upon
This is the law for which the District
officials have been working for several
years past. 1t has been recommended in
every report OF the Commissioners for
several years.
AVOIDING TAXATION.
It's purpose is to prevent escape from tax
alton under the law for selling property to
recover taxes due on 1t. Uuder this law
any buyer need only pay the taxes FOR
the current year. The taxes in arrears may
remain unpaid. This is under the de-
cisions in the cases of Pilling and OF
Brewer.
Under this condition of things a wealthy
property holder may let his taxes run for
several years, allow his property to be
sold at auction, have it bought in and
eventually regain possession, paying the
taxes 70 only one year, although in arrears
for several years.
The bill, as introduced by Mr.. Babcock,
has been amended in several important
particulars. 1t is thus reduced i'll size,
made simpler and more satisfactory. 1t
relieves the assessors office of consider
lble work provided for in the first draft.
This work would have been involved in a
conveyance OF property sold to the as
SCISSOR, who should issue certificate Of
sale. Under the amended law this entire
step is cut out. The collector OF taxes
is directed to issue 4 certificate OF sale
20 the purchaser, without the intermediate
step OF conveyance to the assessor.
Also section 4 OF the original draft is
stricken out. This gave the purchaser Ger
tain privileges in court and upon consider
alton was thought to be too favorable.
placing the tax title buyer even on better
footing than is the purchaser who pays in
full in ordinary trade
Sectioss 4. 8, and 1 o are also omitted,
simplifying the law and relieving the Dis
trict of certain undesirable compiica-
tons
INDoRsED BY LABOR.
Mr.. Lodge presented the Endorsement by
District Assembly Sc. Knights of Labor,
of s. 2147, establishing additional regu-
iations concerning immigration to the
United States 1t was referred.
bill will be introduced in the Senate
from the District Committee today author
ilzng the Commissioners TO accept S12,057
left by the will of the late Peter Won Essen
to be applied for the benefit of the white
schools of Georgetown.
The bill was submitted by the Com
missloners, together with a letter from
Mr.. Job Barnard.
The ma rriaSe bill and the bill to amend
the charter of the Capital Railway Com
pany were today reported to the House
with the announcement that the Senate re-
fused to concur in the House amendmeuts,
and requested a conference.
In each instance Mr.. Babcock moved that
the House insist on its mamendrnents and
agree to a conference.
On the first-named bill Messrs. Babcock.
Curtis of Iowa and Richardson were ppoint-
ed conferees on the part of the House. aud
on the latter bill Messrs. Curtis Of Iowa,
Odell and Cobb of Maryland.