Evening star., 1896-03-09
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
III. Babcock Has introduced the Sewer
Bond Bill in the House.
The Amount Limited to $3.50, ,OOO-
Work to Be Done by Contract
Other Measures.

tne DlStr1ct OF Columbia be authorized to
proceed, as soon as may be practicable, with
the work Of completing the system of sew
age disposal and protection against floods,
In accordance with the plans recommended
by the board Of sanitary engineers in their
report to Congress upon the sewerage of the
District Of Columbia in 1890 Executive Doc
unent numbered AS. Fifty-first Congress,
first session.; Provided, That the cost of
completing the system Of sewage disposal
and protection against floods herein provided
for shall not exceed the sum Of s., $4,000.
In order to provide the money necessary to
defray the cost and expense of executing the
works authorized by this act, the treasurer
of the United States, as ex-officio sinking
fund commissioner of the District of Colum-
bia, be, and he is hereby, authorized, and it
shall be his duty, to cause bonds Of the Dis
trlct of Columbia to be prepared. in denomi-
nations of 10000 and $1,000, and 500 and
800, to the amount of $,,3j0O OO0, bearing date
January l, 1896. payable fifty years after
Date, bearing interest at the rate of 3 per
centum per annum, payable sem!-annually
on the first days of January and July of
each year, to be signed by him as eX-oificio
commissioner of the sinking fund and be
countersigned by the auditor of said District
and bear the seal of said District, which
bonds shall be exempted from taxation by
FEDERAL state or municipal authority, and
in form not inconsistent herewith.
The faith Of the United States is pledged
that the United States will, by proper pro-
portional appropriations. as contemplated
in the act Of June IL, 1878, to provide a
government for the District of Columbia
pay the interest on said bonds as the same
may become due and payable, and create a
sinking fund for the gradual redemption or
payment Of the principal thereof at ma
turity, one-half the amount which shall be
expended under the authority of this sec
ticn to be charged against the revenues of
the District of Columbia.
ha IN ha
the contract system and by the lowest re-
sponsible bidder.
A similar bill was introduced in the Senate
by Senator Proctor.
Police MaEistrafes BILL.
At the request Of the East Washington
Citizens Association, Mr. Babcock has in
troduced bill in the House providing that,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, the President shall appoint five
persons who shall be skilled in the law
and who shall be styled police magistrates.
and who shall be assigned by the Com
:nissioners of the District Of Columbia,
when duly commissioned and qualified, for
duty at the nine police precincts of said Dis
trct, as follows: One of said magistrates to
precinct numbered one, one to precincts
numbered two and eight, one to precincts
numbered three and seven. one to precincts
numbered four ard five and one to pre-
cinctS numbered six and nine.
The police magistrates snail have original
and exclusive jurisdiction of all offenses
committed against all the laws, ordinances
and regulations Of the District Of Column
bia, and try and determine cases brought
before them at any of the sessions herein
provided for and enforce the same, except
in such cases where the acou used shall
claim and be entitled to a trial by jury. as
provided in section two of the act of March
3, 1891. entitled Ian act to define the juris-
diction of the Police Court of the District
of Columbia" wheE and in such cases the
accused shall be remanded to said Police
Court for trial, and the decisions OF said
ma gistrates shall be final in all cases tried
by them.
The ma gstrate assigned to police precinct
numbered one shall hold three sessions
daily, commencing, respectively, at
o'clock am, l. o'clock m, q o'clock pm,
and shall dispose of such cases as may be
brought before him without unnecessary
delay; and the magistrates assigned, re-
spectively, to the police precincts numbered
two and eight, and three and seven, and
four and five and six and nine, shall each
hold the same number of sessions at each
of their reSpeC tive precincts and dispose Of
all cases brought before them without un-
necessary delay, alternating for the COM
mencement of said sessions at their respec-
tive precincts on every other day, and COM
mencing said sessions at 4 o'clock a. m
II o'clock IN. and q o'clock p.m and dis
posing of such cases as be presented to
them. and thereafter proceeding without de-
lay to the other of their respective pre-
eincts and disposing of the cases there
presented to them.
Introduced I'm the Senate.
Senator Mcmillan today introduced in the
Senate the bill to amend the act creating
the board of children's guardians, which was
introduced in the House last Friday by Mr.
Babcock; also the bill introduced Saturday
by Mr.. Babcock proviling for the appoint
trict.
The bill introduced in the House last We'd
resday by Mr.. Mcclure authorizing the
purchase of lot for dispensary and hos
pital in the District, was today introduced
in the Senate by Mr.. Mcmillan.
Against lexington Railroad Exten-
sion.
Senator Mcmillan today presented to the
Senate several petitions from citizens liv-
ing on the line Of the lexington railway
protesting against the extension Of that
line and asking that the company be COM
PEELED to adopt rapid transit. There were
over a hundred names signed to the peti-
ton. These protests have been pouring
into the District committees at both ends
of the Capitol for several weeks, and there
are now many hundreds of names IN file.
The general belief is that the lexington
lie extensions will not be granted, and
that the Senate committee, at least. will
try to secure the passag ge of a rapid transit
bill applying to the Belt and lexington sys-
tens at this session.
For Feeble Minded Children.
Mr.. Babcock has introduced bill To
amend the act creating the board of chill
dren's guardians, as follows:
That said board shall continue to have
the care and supervision of the INDECENT
feeble-minded children of the District of
Columbia who We're prior to July !, 1888
under the care and supervision of the Sec
retary Of the Interior.
That said board shall have the care and
supervision of INDECENT feeble minded chill
dren hereafter committed to its care and
supervision by the Police Court of the
District of Columbia. or by the Supreme
Court of said District sitting as a GRIM
inal court or as an orphans court and
power is hereby given to said courts to
commit such children to said board such
commitments to continue until revoked by
the court.
That all of such feeble-minded children
now or hereafter under the care and super
vision of said board, of teachable age, as
are found upon examination by a commit
tee of physicians appointed by said board
to be of SO feeble mind as to be incapable