Evening star., 1896-06-11

tion bills, relating to the following subjects:
Claim of Enart. Dunbar & Co. Potomac
llats. riverside Park. records of Wills
street cleaning. Florida avenue. police
| force. aqueduct tunnel. Jail wall. Prince
| ton street. 1st street. industrial education
18th street. etc: van drivers Analostan Is
lahd. general highway extension. telephone
wires. Michigan avenue. Esther A. Keyser
| school sites. etc: pavements, Hancock Cir
| Gle. Kansas avenue. Illinois avenue, 10Th
street. Pennsylvania avenue extended
prospect Hill cemetery. Home for Colored
People. children's guardians, Door physi-
clans and Washington Institute
BUSY TIMES IN THE HOusE
Chairman BabcOck Makes n Good
Initial Record
Experienced observers say that never in
| the history of District legislation in Con-
gress have there been more successful re-
| suits of one sessions work of the House
District committee than the present ses-
| sion. This Is true with regard both to the
number Of bills reported by the committee
| and passed by the House, and the import
| ance of the measures to the people of the
| District.
1t Is the opinion of many that the sue
cess OF the committee in passing its bills
through the House Is due not only to the
| industry of the committee in getting the
| bills ready, but also to the tact and good
management of Chairman Bapcock and his
colleagues of the committee in handling the
| bills on the floor. Mr. Babcock made it a
point to refrain from raising antagonisms
| In the House, and in matter of debate con-
tented himself with brief. busness-like ex-
| plana tions Of the measures with oppor.
tunity for questioning after which he de.
manded action.
The committee was constantly at work
holding one or more meetings each week
| during the session. with frequent hearings
| on special subjects. Mr.. George B. Glenn
entson. the clerk of the committee, also
shared the responsibility for the quick
dispatch OF business through his competent
care or the records. -
The House District committee reported
favorably fifty-three bills. OF this num-
ber forty-three passed the House, leaving
ten still on the House calendar There
| remain on the committee calendar ninety
two bills upon which no action has been
taken.
Bills That Passed.
The following bills reported from the
| House District committee passed the House,
To extend time for making assessment of
real estate.
To amend the highway act of March
2, 1893. ~ la. or
To incorporate the postgraduate sc hool
Of medicine. y ---.
Providing for the INCORPORATION and rep1l-
lation of medical colleges.
To amend an act to punish false swear
Ing before the trial boards OF the police
ana f1re departments.
To regulate practice of medicine and
surgery.
To authorize the reassessment Of water
main taxes.
To license billiard and pool tables.
Extending time for the completion of the
Washington and Maryland railroad.
To incorporate the National University.
TO authorize reassessments for improve
ments and general taxes.
To regulate business of storage
Authorize sale of certain tracts of land
on aqueduct reservation.
For the care and cure of inebriates.
To reduce the price of gas.
To incorporate the convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
TO abolish days of grace on promissory
notes, etc.
To compile laws relating to street rail-
way franchises.
For the relief of James Linskey.
Requiring bills of sale, etc, to be record
ed
Defining shape and size of dry measures
For the relief of Kate Winter.
To amend act providing for appointment
Of sealer of weights and measures.
For the relief Of holders of certain tax
sale certificates.
To provide for the disposition of prop
erty falling into the hands of the police
department.
For the relief of Anton GloetZner
To permit the Pintsch Compressing Com
pany to lay pipes in certain streets.
To authorize and regulate the sale of un-
Claimed 1relgnt, baggage, etc.
To authorize the Falls Church and Po-
tomac Railway Company TO enter the Dis
trict.
To provide for the drainage of lots.
To amend charter of Capital Railway
Company.
To regulate marriages in the District
Authorizing the sale of lot D, square 1113
For removal of snow and ice from walks
Establishing harbor regulations.
To permit r. c. Baughman to lay pipes
| in certain streets.
Relating to testimony of physicians in
courts.
railway companies.
For the relief of Nicolai Bros.
To amend the act of incorporation OF the
Washington and Great Falls Electric Rail
way Company.
To amend the laws relating to rights of
married women.
Relating to sale of real estate of insane
persons.
To establish free public library.
Bills Favorably Reported.
The following bills have been reported by
the House District committee favorably.
and are now on the calendar Of the House:
To extend North Capitol street to the
| Soldiers Home.
To authorize the construction of bridge
| across the Eastern brafch of the Potomac
| river in line with Massachusetts avenue
extended eastward.
In relation to taxes and tax sales in the
District. t29 -
To regulate the, practice of veterinary
! medicine in the District of Columbia.
Providing that all judgments in civil
Sau causes sih in the DfStriet of Columbia shall
Authorizing the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia to accept the bequest
of the late Peter Yon Essen for the use Of
the public white schools of that portion Of
said District formerly known as George
| town. ~
For the Incorporation of associations for
the improvement of breeds Of horses, and
to regulate the same, and to establish a
racing commission.
To provide for the payment of certain
claims against the District of Columbia by
drawback certificates.
For the relief of farmers, gardeners and
truckmen selling produce of their own rails
ing in the markets Of Washington.
Authorizing the employment Of day la
Dor In the construction of certain munich
pal buildings and works in the District.
Awaiting Committee Action.
The following bills have not been re-
ported from the House District committee
but are still on the committee calendar
awaiting action:
For continuing the system Of trunk sew