Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-04
Regret at Losing Dutton.


to provide adequate police protection for
the District.
A decided advance In the care Of children
attending the public schools was made by
a provision for twelve medical inspectors
of these schools. 1t is provided that these
inspectors shall have had at least five
years experience in the practice Of medi-
cine, and they are to perform their duties
under the direction Of the health officer.
The possible usefulness of such corps OF
inspectors Is very great, SO that by con-
tinuance of the system a very considerable
improvement in the health conditions Of the
schools may be expected.
Provision was also made for extending
the telephone system to the public school
buildings.
For sweeping. sprinkling and cleaning the
streets $4,000 Is provided. and for the dis
posal Of city refuse the appropriation is
$4,000.
Acts Of Congress.
To provide for union railway station for
the District of Columbia.
To incorporate the general education
board for the promotion of education within
To promote the efficiency Of the militia
Of the District Of Columbia and the terri
tories.
To provide for laying single electric
steel railway track across the Aqueduct
bridge.
To authorize the Commissioners to extin-
guish portion Of an alley in square $780,
To cancel certain taxes against the Kali
tract
For the erection of building for the De-
partment of Agriculture at a cost not to
exceed 81, SOC, 900.
To incorporate the National Florence Crit
tenton Mission.
To fix the salaries of certain judges OF
the United States.
To establish the Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
To exempt from taxation the property OF
the Daughters Of the American Revolution,
District of Columbia.
To provide for the erection in this city of
statues to the memory of Brigadier General
Count Pulaski and Major General Baron
Won Steuben Of the continental army.
To allow the Pintsch Light Company to
extend its pipes to the union railway sta
ton.
Bills Remaining on Calendar.
The following bills remain on the calendar
Of the Senate:
H. R. 3O78-Limiting the hours Of daily
service Of laborers and mechanics employed
upon work done for the United States. or
any territory, or the District of Columbia,
thereby securing better products. and for
other purposes.
H. r. 31O9-For preventing the adultera-
ton, misbranding and imitation OF foods.
beverages, candles, drugs and condiments
in the District of Columbia and the terri
tories. and for regulating interstate traffic
therein, and for other purposes.
H. r. 11606-To quitclaim all interest Of
the United States of America in and to lot
4. square 1113, in the city Of Washington.
D. c., to William II. Dix.
H. r. 15799-To confirm the name Of Sew
ard Square for the space formed by the In
tersection of c street south and Pennsyl-
vania and North Carolina avenues, District
of Columbia.
Senate Bills,
s. 4202-To regulate the sale Of intoxicat-
ing liquors In the District of Columbia.
s. 472G-To regulate the practice of veteri-
nary medicine.
8. 4779-Reiating to the Office. Of the Sec
rotary of the District of Columbia.
8. 4s26-For the relief of holders and own
ers Of certain District of Columbia special
tax scrip.
S. 5299-To amend the code Of the District
Of Columbia for the regulation of fishing in
the District of Columbia.
S. 5463-For the extension of School street
southwark to Kenesaw avenue
8. 1220-To amend the act relative to the
appointment of a sealer of weights and
measures.
8. 727S-For the further prevention of the
spread of communicable diseases in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
8. 7369--To authorize street railway COM
panies to convey small freight, express
matter, &C.
To enlarge the scope Of an act, entitled
IAN act to provide a permanent system of
highways in that part Of the District OF
Columbia lying outside Of Cities" approved
March 2, 1893
For the extension Of time for completing
the highway bridge across the Potomac
To establish market stands for farmers.
Bills that remain on the calendar OF the
Senate committee on the District Of Column
bia at the close Of the session follow:
uo,,so ns11s
H. r.. 10372-To transfer to the Secretary
Of the Interior such supervision OF the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane, Freed
mans Hospital and Asylum and the Wash
ington Hospital for Foundlings as may
have been conferred upon the board OF
charities Of the District of Columbia under
the act approved June 6, 1880. creating
such board.
n. r. 14147-To amend an act for the
prevention Of smoke in the District Of Co
lumbIa.
H. r. 13830HTo provide for the abatement
of nuisances in the District Of Columbia
by the Commissioners.
H. r. 13791-To Quitclaim all interest Of
the United States In and to square 11S1 to
Sidney Bieber.
Senate Resolutions.
g.. 1S9-For the further prevention OF
cruelty to animals In the District Of Co
Iumbia,
s. 1486+To regulate electrical wiring.
s. 1911-To provide for registering and
confirming titles to land.
8. 203S-For the relief OF the heirs Of VIM.
Elliott, deceased.
8. 2054-To regulate the production and
use of electricity for heat light and power.
8. 215S-For the relief of Mary c, Hen.
derson.
8. 2482-For relief OF the policemen en-
ployed at railway crossings In the District
of Columbia. under section s. act approved
June "a, 1893.
8. 24S3-Relating to the names of streets.
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