Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-20
Measures Introduced in Regard to
District Affairs.
TO SUPPRESS BOOKMAKIN G
Inquiry as to Real Estate Exempt
From Taxation.
PAY OF LETTER CARRIERS

Senator Burrows today introduced a bill
to grant a thirty days leave of absence to
employees of navy yards. gun factories, ma
val stations and arsenals
Senator Carter introduced bill to widen
18th street or Columbia avenue in the Dis
trict of Columbia to the uniform width Of
30 feet from Florida avenue northward to
Chaplin street the necessary land to be
taken from the east side of the street.
To Suppress Book making.
The widespread interest that is taken in
the District of Columbia was shown today
by a petition laid before the Senate by Mr..
Mcmillan. 1t was from the American mis-
sionaries in Bulgaria and petitioued for the
Congress to complete the suppression of
gambling and ,bookmaking in connection
with racing in the District of Columbia and
territories go.
Historical Papers to BE Printed.
Mr.. Gallinger today presented to the SEN
ate papers read recently before the CO.
lumba Historical Society on the founding
of the city of Washington as the capital of
the country. and asked that they be printed
a Senate document, which agreed
to. These papers were by W. B. Bryan. on
the removal of the seat of government to
this city, read before the society December
3. and by DIR. S. c. Busey, read before the
society November 6.
Real Estate Exempt From Taxation.
The Senate today passed a resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Hansbrough calling upon
the Commissioners to furnish to the Senate
an itemized statement of all the real estate
in the District of Columbia exempt from
taxation and the authority for such eX
emption, excepting the property owned by
the United States and the District of CO.
II 10 len A1 stlrn ant n a
real property in the District of Columbia
acquired by the United States and District
o. Columbia since 1893. inclusive; also item
ICED statement indicating the property upon
which the payment for construction and
maintenance of sidewalks has been re-
fused.
A bill was introduced in the Senate today
by Mr.. Hansbrough authorizing the re-
Corder of deeds and the clerk of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia to
furnish abstracts of land titles in the Dis
trict of Columbia upon the payment of GER
tain fees.
The House Committee.
Since the beginning of this session TWEEN
ty-two bills relating to the District of Co.
lurnbia have been introduced in the House
and referred to the District committee.
These bills were sent to the Commissioners
today for report upon their provisions, and
it is thought probable that some of them
Will be examined by the Commissioners
during the holiday recess and reported to
the committee January 1.
Chairman Babcock will not organize the
committee until after the holiday recess.
" Wednesday is the usual meeting day, and
probably no regular meeting Of the COM
mittee will be held before the second week
in January. The subcommittee will be
named by the chairman at the first meet
ing.
Mr.. Harry W. Barney. the clerk of the
committee, leaves this afternoon for Lyons
Ia, where he will be married next Tues
day to Miss Finch. a niece of Mr. Babcock,
The young couple will return to Washing
ton about the first of the year.
To Improve the Potomac.
An estimate has been submitted to the
House by the chief Of engineers of the pro-
posed improvement of the Potomac river
near Leonardtown. 1t is estimated that the
expenditure of s36 $50 will dredge a chan
mel in Breton bay 2O0 feet wide to Leonard
town and provide turning basin 6oO feet
long by 400 feet wide, with depth Of
ten feet.
Payment of Letter Carriers.
Mr.. Mudd Of Maryland has introduced a
bill in the House providing that the pay of
all letter carriers shall be $500 for the first
year, $500 for the second year 81 600 for
the third year and s., 20 for the fourth
and subsequent years.