Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-13
OF LOCAL INTEREST
BILLS ACTED ON AND INTRO
DUCED IN CONGRESS.

The Senate has passed House bill 125. to
regulate the retent on contracts with the
District of Columbia. 1t was amended by
the Senate TO cover contracts for bridges
and sewers
Senate bin 416o, to authorize the sale OF
certain real estate in the District, was also
passed. 1t authorizes the chief Of engineers
of the army to sell at public auction house
No. 204 1. street that property having come
into the possession of the United States.
Bill to Provide an Armory.
A bin TO provide an armory in the Dis
trict OF Columbia has been introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. Willard The DILL provides
that the northerly portion of the Mall
bounded by Il street north, Il street south.
eth and 9Th streets west in this city, known
as Armory Square, be dedicated n site
for an armory for the National Guard OF the
District of Columbia after the removal OF
the buildings and tracks of the baltimore
and Potomac Railroad Company from that
square. 1t also provides that commits
sion consisting of the assistant secretary OF
war, the general commanding the militia
of the District of Columbia and the ofncer
in charge of public buildings and grounds
shall cause plans and estimates to be pre-
pared for a suitable armory and report the
estimated cost to the Congress. 1t is pro-
vided that the commission. at its discretion,
may contract to pay for the preparation OF
plans and specifications a sum not TO ex-
coed 3Ia per centum of the cost of the
building and that no plan be selected which
can not be executed for 81 100000
The sum of $2.500 is appropriated TO pay
the necessary expenses of the commission
To Acquire Land.
Senator Blackburn has introduced bill
authorizing the Commissioners TO acquire a
tract OF land lying Immediately west of
Heights.
containing 40. 1872 square feet of ground, for
s25 900, which amount is appropriated
To Extend Streets.
Mr. Newlands has introduced bill in the
senate for the extension of w and Adams
streets east To North Capitol street; w
street. eighty feet wide and Adams street
ninety feet wide.
Passed by the Senate.
The Senate this afternoon passed Senate
DILL 1902. amending an act imposing
charge for tuition on nonresident pupils In
the public schools of the District of Column
bia. The object of the bill is to extend the
exemption from the payment for the tuition
of pupils who do not reside In the District
of Columbia to nonresident pupils. children
of parents who during such tutelase pay
taxes levied by the District.
The Senate also passed Senate bill $50,
providing for the erection in this city OF a
statue to the memory of John Paul Jones,
for which purpose $4,000 is appropriated.
This money is TO be expended under the d.
recton of commission to be composed OF
the Secretary Of War, the Secretary of the
Navy and the chairmen of the committees
on the library of the Senate and House.
This commission is empowered TO select
site for the statue on ground belonging to
the government not in the grounds belong
ing to the Capitol or the Library OF Con-
gress.
The Senate also passed Senate Resolution
No. ]. for the erection of monument TO
Dorothea Iynde Dix. For this purpose Slo,-
nOO is appropriated for improving a site ana
the erection of the monument on property
now owned by the Dorothea Lynde Dix As
sOCiation at Hampden
The Senate has passed Joint resolution
directing the selection of a site for the
erection of a statue 10 the late Henry Wads
worth Longfellow. The chairmen of tie
committees on the library of the Senate and
House the Secretary of War and the sec
rctary Of the Longfellow Memorial Assoc
citation are authorized to select and prepare
q site on government property in this city
outside of the Capitol and Library grounds,
and TO erect a suitable pedestal thereon for
q bronze statue Of Longfellow. The sum
Of $4,000 Is appropriated for the prepare
ton of Il site. The design for the statue is
10 he approved by the commission named
by the Joint resolution.
Construction of Conduit
Senator Scott today introduced a bill for
the construction Of a conduit Of the same
general dime .sions as the culvert across
Rock creek en- the line Of Massachusetts,
avenue eXtenL ed, the conduit to carry the
waters Of Rock creek from Lyons mill to
a point Ice feet south OF street.