The times., 1899-12-09

in the District. Under this bill the Record
er Of Deeds of the District of Columbia
shall be registrar OF titles under bond of
$500 approved by the Supreme Court
. OF the District OF Columbia. Neither the
registrar nor any deputy registrar shall
practice as attorney or counselor at law,
( nor be in partnership while in Office with
any attorney or counselor at law so prac-
ticing The registrar may appoint two
or more attorneys TO be examiners of titles
and as legal advisers.
The owner OF any estate or interest in
land, whether legal or equitable may apply
to have his title registered. He may apply
in person or by an attorney. A corpora
tiOn may apply by its authorized agent, an
infant by his natural of legal guardian,
or other person under legal disability by
his legal guardian No mortgage lien.
charge. or less estate than a fee simple
shall be registered unless the fee simple
TO the same land shall have been first reg
istered. 1t shall not be an objection to
bringing land under the act that the estate
4 or interest Of the applicant is subject to
any less estate, mortgage. lien, or charge,
but every such less estate shall be noted
/ upon the certificate of title and the dupli
cate.
/ Another of Senator McMiIIan's bills is
! that to incorporate the Frederick Doug
/ lass Memorial and Hospital Association
/ for the purposes as recited in the bill of
! Preserving to posterty the memory Of
/ the heroic character and life of the late
/ Frederick Douglass; to collect cOIlate, and
/ forever preserve an historical record of
/ the inception, progress, and elimination
! Of the anti-slaveTy movement in the United
! States. and to assemble in the. homestead
4 Of the late Frederick Douglass, commonly
called Cedar Hill, in the village of Ana
IN I'll 9th EaET h t. nf
/ records or things that illustrate the anti
slavery movement"
Ii is asked that corporate powers be
! granted to Helen Douglass, William II. II.
/ Hart Francis j. Grimke May Wright
/ Sewall and Edward A Clark. II is also
/ asked that when the association shall
have acquired title TO the Cedar Hall prop
erty it shall be quit and free from all
! general taxes. It is proposed that mon
ument to Frederick Douglass shall be
, erected on the estate.
For Municipal Hospital.
There will also come to be considered
by the Senate District Committee a bill
for a municipal hospital for the District
! of Columbia. It is provided that the trus-
tees of Columbia Hospital shall be au-
thorized to dispose of the present hos
pital property in a way to be approved
by the Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia. and that the proceeds of the
sale shall be paid into the United States
Treasury. one-half to the credit of the
( District of Columbia. 1t is asked that the
trustees be authorized, subject to the APP
prevail of the Commissioners, TO choose a
suitable site and to erect thereon such
buildings as may be necessary for the ac-
commodation OF the INDECENT sick of the
District, including maternity cases The
trustees are empowered under the / ro-
visions of the bill, to enter into q con-
tract for the erection of adequate build
mgs. the cost of which shall not exceed
S200 000
Among the street extension schemes
bending are those which contemplate the
extension of LIE Droit Avenue to the Reser-
| yoir grounds; 5 Street from Florida Ave
1 aue to lie DToit Avenue; Wyoming Avenue
from its present terminus at Eighteenth
Street in a direct line 10 Champlain Ave
nue. and also to extend the ground known
as Air Shaft Park so that this park
viii have a frontage on Eighteenth Street
The bills provide in the usual terms fol
condemnation. awards. and benefits.
Senator Gallinger Of New Hampshire viii
work for the passage OF his bill for the
further prevention of cruelty 10 animals
in the District OF Columbia According Il
the provisions Of this bill It shall be IN
lawful to perform on a living vertebrate
animal any experiment calculated to give
pain to such creature, except under re-
strictions prescribed IN the bill. A person
guilty Of the first offence shall be liable
be the second OF any subsequent offence