Evening star., 1896-01-29
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Bill to License Billiard and Pool Rooms
Reported.
Other Matters Of Local Interest Con-
sidered by Senate and House
Committees.


That from and after the passage Of this
act 1t shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to keep any billiard table, baga
telle table, shuttle board, jenny lind table,
pool table or any table upon which legiti-
mate games are played, in any saloon,
room or place of business within tine Dis
trict of Columbia for public use or for
profit gain, without a license therefor,
first had and obtained from the assessor
of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That every person taking out
such license shall pay to the collector of
taxes of said District a license fee of s12
per annum for each table. Said license
may be granted or refused in the discre-
ton of the assessor OF said District and all
licenses so granted shall date from the
first day of the month in which the liza
bility began and expire on the 3lst day
of October in each year.
Sec. 8. That every person who shall own,
keep or use any billiard table, bagatelle
table, pool table, any table or board of
the kind mentioned in the first section OF
this act. for public use or profit without
such license first had and obtained sEail
on conviction in the Police Court, be fined
$50 imprisoned not exceeding three
months for each ofcense, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
Provided, that in all cases of refusal of
said assessor to grant said license or upon
written protest of a majority more of
the property owners residents of the
block in which 1t is proposed to grant such
Incense, an appeal may be taken to The
Commissioners of the District, whose de-
Cision shall be final
Sec. 4. That it shall not be lawful for the
proprietors of billiard tables. pool tables,
| bagatelle tables, jenny lind tables other
| tables of the kind mentioned in the first
section of this act, shuttle boards and bowl
ing alleys, where spirituous or malt liquors
are sold, kept for public hire ana gain in
District ('nlIrnlh To oil
son under the age of twenty-one years to
play at any game of billiards, pool, shuttle
board or any game that may be played on
Such tables or boards play at bowls on
into or remain in their pool rooms saloons
or bowling alleys; and all such places shall
be closed during the entire twenty-four
hours of each and every Sunday, and also
during the hours that bar rooms are re-
quire1 to be closed.
Any person violating the provisions of
this section shall, on conviction, be pun
ishel by fine of not less than five nor
more than forty dollars, and shall, in ad-
| dition. forfeit his or her license in the
/ discretion of the Commissioners CT the Dis
! trict of Columbia.
| Sec. .. That all laws or parts of laws in
| consistent with this act be, and the same
| are hereby, repealed.
| The Practice of Medicine
| The committee also took up the bill to
| regulate the practice of medicine, and pro-
! ceeded to consider it by sections, but did
| not finish it.
Municipal Building Information.
| In view of the project for providing Wash
| ington city with a municipal building, the
| experience of Baltimore city with Its new
| municipal building is regarded as of inter-
| est by members of the Senate committee
on the District of Columbia. Accordingly,
| Mr.. Mcmillan, chairman of the committee,
| has written to the Baltimore authorities
| requesting that he be. supplied with copies
| of the plans of the municipal building of
| that city, together with all data relating to
| its erection, &c, in order that the same
| might be considered by the committee in
| connection with the bill for municipal
| building here.
| To Increase the Water Supply.
! By request of the District Commissioners
| MIR. Mcmillan today introduced in the Sen
ate a bill to amend an act, approved July
| 10, 1882, entitled IAN act to increase the
water supply of the city Of Washington
and for other purposes" The bill empow-
ers the Attorney General and Secretary OF
! War to obtain all water rights at and In
| the vicinity of Great Falls. on the Potomac
| river. Within nine months frcm the ap-
| proval of this bill the Attorney General and
| Secretary of War are required to make q
| written statement, specifying the lands
|
| purposes of this act. The Court of Claims
| is authorized to appoint three persons tC
| determine all controverted questions Of fact
| arising in any suit that may be brought
| under the authority of this act.
No Expenditures or Receipts.
The Georgetown Dock, Barge, Elevator
and Railway Company has made repor
to Congress for the year ended December
81. 1895, in accordance with the provision:
| of its incorporation. The report is made BY
| Edward j. Stellwagen, president, and W
s. Harlan, secretary of the company, ant
states that there have been no expendi
| lures or receipts during the year. OF thu
| 500 shares Of the company, the report state!
that 4S5 are held by the Mercantile Trus
Company Of New York.
Episcopal Church Convention.
A bill to incorporate the convention of tn,
of Washington, similar to that presented II
the House yesterday, was introduced in tn,
Senate today by Mr.. German and referred
to the committee on the District of Co
lumbia.
Farmers and the Center Market.
A hearing was granted today by the sub
| committee to which has been referred
resolution inquiring as to the order of tn
| Commissioners in regard to spaces allotted
! to small farmers around the Center Mar
ket Mr. Martin, chairman Of the subcom
mittee to which this resolution was re
| ferred, was present, as also was Mr. Gal
| linger. The first speaker was Mr.. Birney
| attorney for the Center Market Company
| who made lengthy address on the sub
| ject, going over the entire ground of tn
| controversy and arguing against the re
| moyal of the farmers, his reasons having
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