Year: 1878




senator Davis, of Illinois. introduced in the
Sehatt today bill for the better adminiStra-
ton of Justice in the District of Columbia. The
Dill provides as follows:
pS Sec: !: That there shall be appointed by the
PRESIDENT, by and with the consent o. the Sen
Court OF the District of Columbia, and the said
three justices and their successors in off re
shall hold all the general terms of said court
anu SHALL have only the power, authority and
jurisdiction now exercised, possessed bV or
vested IN said supreme court. while holding a
general term, and none other except as are
hereby provided for shall be designated as
cnle1 justice OF said supreme court. and the
OlneIs as associate justices, and shall take the
oatn OF 0fflce and shall each receive a salary of
ShWU, payaDie quarterly at the Treasury of the
United States


i. Sec,2. The present justices and chief JUS
tice OF SAID supreme court shall also be aSsO-
ciate justices, but shall only hold the special
terms OF said court, and shall have powers
and exercise no other powers or Jurisdictions
terms.


Sec. 8. Two of the justices sitting It gen
eral term shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction OF business, but when the said two
JlsIIces shall be divided in opinion the same
sndil De nOled upon the minutes OF the court.
ana thereupOn. and within four days there
AFTER, either party in such cause may file with
Ihe clerk OF the court a motion in writing to
nave such cause reargued before the three
justices.


Sec. 4. The concurrence of majority of the
luStlceS holding the general term shall be ne
cesSarF 10 decide cause, ana whenever by
reason OF sickness Oh necessary absence of
one or two of said justices the general term
silali not nave a quorum, or in the case of
IeadJustmenl as above provided for, one or
TWO OF the justices at the special term shall be
called IN to sit at the general term. so as to
make full bench of three Judges: P.Orided,
That no JUSTICE shall sit in general term to
hear an appeal from any Judgment, decree or
order which he may have rendered at the spe-
cial term, The opinions of the general term
In causes argued before them shall be in wri
ting and filed in the cause.


Sec. ,. The general term shall at least once
IN every two years assign the other justices to
the special terms: PrOrided, hOWerer, That
this provision shall not be so construed as to
special terms to which he may not have been
assigned, if necessity shall require it. and the
place of any of the justices at the special
terms who may be absent from any cause NAV
be supplied by any other.


Sec. o. The general term may direct an aux
llary sitting of the circuit court to be held
therein shall require it, and they shall desig-
nate, by an order of the court. the time and
place of holding the same and the Justice by
whom ii shall be held: and petit jury shall
pe Drawn therefor III the same manner as is
provided for in such circuit court, at least ten
days before the commencement of any such
sitting. And such eases may be tried 1T such
sitting as the Justice presiding in the circuif
court may assign for that purpose; and the
business transacted at such sitting shall be
recorded I'D the minutes of the circuit court.


Sec. I. All acts or parts Of acts Inconsistent
with the provisions Of this act are hereby re-
pealed.


PROTECTION OF GAME.


Tie bill introduced in the House today
with reference to the protection of game in
the District OF Columbia, makes it punishable
with fine to shoot partrdgeS between the 18th
OF January and the 1St of November; pheaS-
ants between February 1St and September Isl
WoodcOck between January lSt and August
lSt. No shooting is to be allowed on Sunday
THE WASHINGTON MARkET COMPANY CHAR


TER.


Tie House committee on the District OF Co
lumbia today decided to report the bill with
the Washington Market company on Monday
next. The representatives Otthe market com
panN wanted Il to go over. but the committee
declined to indulge them.


TAN ON DOGS.


A Dill was introduced in the House to-day to
provide Tor the levy OF a tax of 80 per annum
ON each dog owned OF kept i'll the District of
Columbia. All owners of dogs are also re
Guired to provide each dog with a suitable
metallic tag, stamped with the year. showing
that SAID tax has been paid Dogs thus equip
ped are to be allowed to run at large. Those
not SO provided are to be taken up and sold
or destroyed by the pOundmaSter.


BILL FOR SALE OF SQUARE 446


The committee will prepare a bill looking
to the sale of square 446 which was purchased
by all act of the District legislature for mar
ket purposes. They will require the money
derived from the proceeds to be applied by
the District Commissioners to the eXtinguisli-
ment of the public debt.