Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-05
House Acts Favorably on Board of
Charities.
TIE OPENING and CLOSING OF ALLEYS
Mr. Bailey Filibusters on Douglass
Memorial Association.
REBUKED BY THE SPEAKER

District business was taken up in the
House today, after some unanimous con-
| sent business was disposed Of
| The first District bill called up by Chair
man Babcock was the board of charities
bill, which provides:
That there shall be established in the
| District of Columbia board of charities
to consist of five members, residents Of the
| said District, who shall be appointed by
\ the President of the United States, by and
| with the advice and consent of the Senate
| each for a term Gf three years. but I'm
| such manner that the terms of not more
| than two of them shall expire in any one
| or the same year. The members of the said
| board shall serve without compensation
| During his term of office no member shall
serve as trustee or other administrative
officer of any institution subject to the
visitation of the said board The board
shall elect a president and vice president
| from among its own members, and may
appoint such other officers, inspectors and
| clerks as it may deem proper. and fix the
number, duties and compensation of such
other officers. inspectors and clerks, sub
| 1ect to appropriations of Congress.
The said board of charities shall visit
inspect and maintain a general supervision
over all institutions. societies or associa-
tons OF charitable, eleemosynary, cor
rectional or reformatory character which
| are supported in whole In part by ap-
preparations of Congress. made for the care
or treatment of residents of the District Of
Columbia; and no payment shall be made
to any such charitable eleemosynary, cor
rectional reformatory institution for
any resident of the District of Columbia
who is not received and maintained therein
pursuant to the rules established by such
board of charities, except in the case of
persons committed by the courts aban-
doned infants needing immediate care. The
charities shall nrnNidHI
with suitable rooms in the building occu-
pied by other departments of the govern
ment of the District of Columbia. Regular
meetings OF. the said board shall be held at
least once each month, and more often IL
required
The said board shall make such rules and
orders for the regulation of its proceedings
as may be deemed necessary. The officers
in charge of all institutions subject 10 the
supervision of the board of charities shall
| furnish said board, on request. such infor-
nation and statistics as may be desired
and to secure accuracy, uniformity and
completeness of such statistics the board
may prescribe such forms of report and
registration as may be deemed TO be essen
1 tial; and all plans for new Institutions shall
| before the adoption of the same. be sub
mitted to said board for suggestion and crit
| icisn.
The Commissioners of the District of CO.
lumbia may at any time order an investI-
cation by the board a committee Of its
| members. of the management of any penal.
District of Columbia: and said board. or
any authorized committee of its members,
| when making such investigation. shall have
power to send for persons and papers and
to administer oaths and affirmatinnS: and
the report of such investigation, with the
testimony, shall be made to the Comrnis-
sioners. All accounts and expenditures OF
said board shall be certified as may De re-
Quired by the Commissioners. and paid as
other accounts against the District of Coz
lumbia.
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port to Congress, through the Cumfnission-
ers of the District of Columbia, giving q
full and complete account of ALI matters
placed under the supervision of the board.
all expenses in detail. and ali officers and
agents employed, with. report of the seq
retary showing the actual condition OF all
institutions and agencies under the super
vision of the board. the character and
economy of administration thereof. and tho
amount and sources of their public and
private income. The sa.d report shall also
include recommendations for the ccono.ni-
cal and efficient administration of The char--
ties and reformatories of the District of Co.
lumbia. The said board shall prepare and
include with its annual report sGlCh est-
mates of future appropriations will in
the Judgment of majority OF its members.
best promote the effective, harmonious and
economical management of the affairs I'M
der its supervision: and such estimates sob
m:tted shall be included in the regular an
nual book of estimates. No member
employe of said board shall be either di-
rectly or Indirectly interested in anv con-
tract for building, repairing or furnishing
any institution which by this ac; the board
is authorized to investigate and supervise.
All acts and parts of acts in confl;cs with
the provisions of this act are hereby
pealed.
The bill was passed without discussion.
Opening of Alleys.
Mr. Babcock next called up the Substitute
bill amending the act to provid" for mo
nf oil in, ha n
lumbia. The provisions OF the bill are
given in another column.
The bill was passed without debate.
Removal of Gen. Ord's Remains.
Mr.. Baboocls then called UP Senate bill
$685. authorizing the removal of the re-
mains of Maj. Gen. e. o. c. Ord from oak
Hill cemetery to Arlington.
1t was passed without debate.
The committees substitute for House hill
1897 was then called up. 1t provides as fol-
lows:
That Helen Douglass, William H. H.
Hart. Francis ]. Grimke, May Wright Sew
all, Edward A Clarke. their associates and
SUCCESSORS, be. and they are hereby de-
clared to be, body polite and corporate in
the District Of Columbia, with perpetual
succession, by and under the name. Siyle
and title of the Frederick Douglass Memoir
ial and Historical Association, for The fol-
lowing objects and purposes, to wit:
First. To preserve to posterity the menu
ory of the life and character OF the late
Frederick Douglass
Second. To collect, collate and preserve
a historical record of the inception. pro.
gress and culmina ton Of the anti-slayery
movement in the United States, and 80 AS
semble in the homestead of the late Fred
erick Douglass, commonly called Cedar
Hill, IN the village Of Auacostia, in the Dis
trict of Columbia. all such suitable exhibits
of records things illustrative or COM
memorative of the anti-slavery movement
and history may be donated to said asso-
citation or acquired by purchase, beguest or
other lawful means"
Mr. Mudd explained the object Of the bill
and paid a glowing tribute to the memory
of Frederick Douglass.
MIR. Baiiey's Objection.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas said the bill should
not pass. If he could help it, with section Z
in il.
Section authorized the board OF trustees
to organize auxiliary association in the
various states and counties of this Tnioa.
or elsewhere, TO the extent that they may
be able to DO so for the purpose Of solicit
ing funds and transferring the same to the
treasurer of SAID association to carr. into
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