Evening star., 1897-02-05
DISTRICT MEASURES
Reports Made Upon Them by the
House Committee.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD and DRUGS
A Statue to L'Enfant in This CITY
Recommended.
S E n A T E AP OVAL S

Mr.. Curtis of Iowa las written the report
on the bill to punish the impersonation of
health inspectors, in which he says:
THE bill makes the impersonation of
II spectors Of the District misdemeanor
punishable by a maximum fine of $50, and
a minimum fine of so, and providing Sc
verer penalties in the way of fines or i'm
prisonment, or both, for subsequent Of
fehses. The bill is recommended by the
health department of the District and by
the Commissioners. The need for such
legislation has frequently been demon
strated recently in a case where a veter-
1-ary surgeon represented himself to
certain dairyman as the official veter-
marian Of the health department, exam
ired the cattle on the premises and charged
fee therefor, which he collected"
Adulterntion of Food.
Mr.. Curtis has also drawn up the report
On the bill to prevent the adulteration CT
foods and drugs. Several amendments
proposed by the Commissioners are made
in the original bill, prominent among them
the following: And If there be more than
one quality Of any article of food or drug
known by the same name the best quality
thereof shall be furnished to the purchaser
unless he otherwise requests at the time
of making such purchase. or unless he be
notified at such time of the inferior quality
of the article delivered"
Also the following: Provided That if
the defendant in any prosecution in respect
to the sale of any such patented medicine
compounded drug, or mixture, shall prove
to the satisfaction of the court that he had
purchased the article in question as thu
same in nature. substance and qualify
as that demanded Of him by the purchaser
and with written warranty to that effect:
that he had no reason to believe at the
time when he sold it that the article was
otherwise, and that he sold 1t in the same
state as when he purchased It, he shall be
dis harged from the prosecution"
Also the following: Provided, That moth
ing in this act contained shall be construed
az modifying or repeating any of the pro-
visions of An act defining butter, also i'm
posing tax upon and regulating the man
ufacture, sale, Importation and cxporta-
ton of oleomargarine, approved August
2, 1856. or of An act defining cheese, and
also imposing tax upon and regulating
the manufacture, sale, importation and
expectation of filed cheese, approved June
q, 1885,.
Graceland Cemetery.
Mr.. Babcock has written the report on
the Graceland cemetery bill, in which he
says:
THE object of this bill is to enable the
board Of officers of said cemetery to OBJ
tain means to remove the bodies in the
cemetery and to protect it from desecra-
ton until that object is accomplished. The
law of which this bill is intended to be
amendatory, only authorizes the board of
officers to sell the, land, but in the present
state of the real estate market there is
little probability that the land could be
disposed of without a sacrifice to ali the
interests concerned. and the board of Off
GERS have deemed 1t more iudicious
course to apply for authority to make a
loan to meet the immediate emergencies.
AT present. owing IT'S
cfal condition. the cemetery board of Off
GERS finds 1t impossible to provide due sur
veillance, and the graves. fences and monu-
ments are exposed to injury and depreda-
ton. The cemetery has no income and
the board Of officers has raised money on
Its own responsibility and Endorsement in
rne nnenerti. endeavor n to care for the cemetery
the board cannot do this indefinitely
Under the present law the cemetery
board cannot make loan because Of the
doubt OF money lenders as to its power to
do SO. 1t has also found 1t impracticabJe
to sell any portion of the cemetery to ad-
vantage. as only the best part Of the land
can be disposed Of, and that at great
sacrlnce, which would make 1t more en-
barrassing to dispose Of the remainder to
advantage, while creditable discharge of
the duties imposed upon the officers re-
quires that they shall obtain a reasonahIe
price,
A Statue to L'Enfant.
The House committee or library has ia
vorably reported bill for the erection of
statue to Peter Charles LEnfant in the
city of Washington. The report, drawn up
by Mr.. Quigg, says:
Peter Charles LEnfant was born in
France in 1855. He died in Maryland. Juno
IA. 1928. Before coming to this country he
was lieutenant in the French provisional
service. He came to this country with La
fayette in 1777, and entered the continental
army in that year as an engineer. He was
made captain February H. ITS. He was
wounded at the siege of Savannah and left
the immediate command of Washington
and was promoted to major May 2 1883.
He was employed as engineer at Fort Mif-
fin in 1894.
at the United States Military Academy In
July, 1872. but declined He drew the mag
nificent plan of the city of Washington in
the study of George Washington at Mount
vernon; he was also the architect of some
of the public buildings in this city, In view
OF all this patriotic service rendered by
Peter Charles L'Enfant to the infant re-
puphe, your committee are of the opinion
that 1t Is time that his memory and pa
triotic services were commemorated by
some suitable memorial in this great capi-
tai city which he planned
Senate Committee Action.
The Senate committee on the District Of
Columbia held meeting this morning and
decided to make a favorable report on a
number of measures Of local interest. There
were present Messrs. Mcmillan, chairman.
Gallinger. Baker. Faulkner, Gibson, Smith
and Bacon.
The bill introduced in the Senate provid-
Ing for the purchase of Analostan Island
by the general government, and leaving
to the District committee the duty of sur.
gesting the amount that should be paid for
this property. was acted upon fayorably.
the amount Of $112. 500 being fixed as the
value Of the island. 1t was voted also 10
report favorably the proposed amendment
to the District appropriation bill appro-
prtating 10000 for the construction Of
wall around the District jail. The amend
ment to the District bill providing for the
completion OF the aQueduct tunnel. etc
which has been printed In fun in The Star.
was reported favorably. Senate hill IS5t
to validate deeds in the District of CoInm.
bia, was voted upon favorably, but Gena-
tors Gibson and Faulkner were a,ithorized
70 determine upon the exact form in which
this measure shall be reported to the fsenafe
Three proposed amendments to the nis.
t5ict approximation bill placed before the
Henate by Mr.. Mcmillan yesterday ware
voted upon favorably. They provide: For
1fO7A LIST to 4th street east 36 0oA. for -sy-o