The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-20
THREE IMPORTANT BILLS.
Reports to the senate on
Local Measures.


At the regular meeting Of the Senate
Committee on the District OF Columbia yes
terday it was decided to report favorably
Senate bill 1O6. to provide for the con-
struction of municipal building and court
house for the District: Senate resolution
1e, TO provide for the extension and widen
ing of Sixteenth Street. and House bill 50i2.
to provide for improvements in the tax de-
partment of the District.
A measure similar to the bill TO provide
for a municipal building and cour; house
was before the last Congress. BY its terms
the building is to be located on Judiciary
Square. and will occupy that part of the
public reservation ON which the City Hall is
now situated. together with any additional
part of the reservation that may be neces-
sary. Provision is made that the cost OF
the building shall not exceed $500. 900,
one-half of which is to be charged to
the revenues of the District and the other
half 10 be paid out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated The building is to be con-
structed under the supervision of COM
mission 10 be composed of the Engineer
Commissioner of the District the Super
vising Architect of the Treasury, and the
officer in charge of public buildings and
grounds Ten architects of well-knOwn
ability and experience Will he invited by
this commission 10 submit competitive de-
signs for the building. and the relative
merits OF these designs will be decided by
the commission, together with two persons
TO be selected by the competing architects.
The resolution for the extension end
widening of Sixteenth Street provides that
the Commissioners, within thirty days
after the dedication to the District OF 20
1WHfW y HWN In
lines of Sixteenth Street northwest as
extended according to the highway plans
between the Piney Branch and the Blagden
Mill Roads, and also between the Military
Road and the District boundary line. shall
institute proceedings TO condemn the land
necessary for the extension OF Sixteenth
Street from Morris Street TO the District
boundary line with a uniform width OF
160 feet. II is further provided that of the
amount awarded as damages on land con-
demned for the extension OF Sixteenth
Street not less than one-half shall be as
sessed by the jury against those pieces
OF land situated on each side Of Sixteenth
Street between Morris Street and the
Blagden Mill Road and the Rock Creek
Road, and between lots T. T. and H. of
A. r. Shepherds division to a depth OF
$50 feet, or II necessary to a greater depth
measured on each side Of Sixteenth Street
from the building lines thereof.
The bill introduced in both the House
and the Senate providing for improvements
in the District tax departments authorizes
the Commissioners to enlarge the rooms
now occupied by the Assessor and the Col
lector OF Taxes. and TO rearrange the space
so to provide more room for the trans
action of business in those offices, and 10
provide fixtures and pay other necessary
expenses incident to these changes. The
NJ fg nj faf nd spr
ting in operation the card system for the
improvement of the business facilities of
those Offices, including the temporary hire
OF clerks.