Mr. WELKER, from the ComDistCol, reported back without amendment, and with a recommendation that the same do pass, Senate bill No. 137, to amend the acts approved August 6, 1861, and Jul 16, 1862 establishing a Metropolitan police in the DistCol, to increase the efficiency thereof, and for other purposes. The bill, which was read, provides, in the 1st section, that the chief exucutive officer of the police shall hereafter be st 'led major; the present sergeants shall be called lieutenants; and roundsmen called sergeants, and the patrol men called privates; and that, in addition to the officers and employees the commissioners of the Metropolitian police, in the DistCol are now authorized by law to appoint, the commissioners be authorized to appoint one captain, who shall be tlu inspector of the force, command it in sickness or absence of the major, and perform such other duties as the commissioners may direct; one clerk in the oifice of the major, who shall have charge of the records of the sanitary company, and perform such duties as the major, by direction or with the approval of the commissioners, may prescribe; 20 sergeants and 50 patrolmen or privates. The 2nd section provides thatthe provisions of the 6th section of the act ofJuly 1t}, 1862, authorizing the selection of justices of the peace by the board of police to officiate at the respective station houses, be construed to provide for the hearing of nll casesofoffense against statutory, corporation, or common law, ofwhich the board is charged by law with the execution; and all fines imposed by any justice within either of the jurisdictions of the Metropolitan police district shall be, by the justices impos mg the same, paid into the ban a of the treas urer of the bead! of police, on the 1st Thursday after the same shall have been collected, who shall duly receipt therefor, in duplicate, to the credit of thgcity or county within which the offense was committed; and such justice shall, in each case, return the original receipt to the treasurer of the same jurisdiction; and the treasurer of the police ioard shall pay over such sums monthly to the proper officers of said city or county, upon (proper receipts, except. as afterward provide. this provided in the 3rd section that from and after the expiration of licenses already. granted it shall be unlawful for any person or ersous keeping an ordinary, regtaurant, sa oon, or other place where spiritous li nor! are sold within the DistCol, to give, scll, or dispose of any intoxicating drinks without a license approved by the board of police; and hereafter no such license shall be considered legal by any of the authorities having jurisdiction within the District, until the same shall have been approved by the board of police and so certified by the secretary thereof under the office seal. The 3rd section proposes to enact that the board of police sliulrprovide specific rules for uniform clothing of the police force, which shall be procured by each of the members thereof respectively, strictly in conformity with such rules, at his own expense and risk, and he shall be removed from such force for not complying with such rules. The 4th section provides that from and after the passage of this act the property clerk of the rFctro olitan police district shall be vested with all the powers now conferred by law upon notarics public and justices of the peace in the DistCol. He may administer oaths and certif depositions which may be necessaryto estabish the ownership of any property or money lost, abandoned, or returned to him under the directions of the board of police, other than such as may be so returned as the proceeds of crime; and upon satisfactory evidence of such ownership he shall deliver the same to said owner, his heirs and legal representatives, and to him or them only, except it be proven impracticable for such owner, heirs, or representatives to appear, when the same may e delivered and receipted for upon such proof of ownership and the filing in the office of said property clerk of a duly executed power of attorney from the owner or his heirs or legal representntives. And any property or money returned to the property clerk as the proceeds of crime, and which shall not be called for as evidence by an proceeding in the courts of the District within one year from the date of such return, may, unless specially claimed by the owner within that time. be thereafter treated as other unclaimed, abandoned, or lost property or money, as provided in the act ofJuly 16, 1862. The 5th section proposes to enact that where animals or articles of property, other than money, are returned to the property clerk as the proceeds of crime, when shown by suffi ciem. evidence to be necessary for the current use of the owners and not for sale, (except perishable property that may be delivered to the owner on ample security being taken by the committin magistrate for his appearance at the crimina courtto rosccute the case,) the board of police shall, have power, in its discretion, to authorize the property clerk to place the same in the custody of such owners upon sufficient bonds being given by the owner or owners in the sum of twice the value thereof, conditioned for the production of the same at any time within one year, when required for use in court as evidence in any proceeding thereon, in accordance with the provisions required by the act of July 16, 1862. Large quantities of goods held for sale by the owners, that may come into the possession of the property clerk as the proceeds of crime, may be delivered to the owner, his heirs, or representatives, as provided in section 8 of this act. upon amp 0 security to prosecute, exceptthose of an estimated value of 50 dollars, which shall be retained by the property clerk until the discharge or conviction of the accused, as required by the act. this provided in the 6th section that here. after no person shall assume or practicc the occupation of detective within the imits of the DistCol who shall not 1st receive a specific appointment for that purpose; or if pursuing the detection of criminals as a private business outside of such authority, and not otherwise specifically authorized by law, any person so practicing shall enter into bonds to the board 0? police with surety in the sum of not less than $10,000, to be approved by the boardof police, for a faithful and correct return to the board, in such manner and at such timesas the board of police shall direct, of all business transacted by such private detective and in each and every case of a forfeiture 0 such bond or bonds for failure to make such returns to the board as required, or for failure of persons accused by such bonded private detectives to appear to answer charges in court, it shall be the duty of the attorney of the U.S. for the said District to immediately prosecute the sureties thereon to the full extent of a recovery of the forfeitures. And it is declared the duty of any person prosecuting the business of private detective who may arrest a person for crime to bring the person arrested with all evidence of the allege crime, including property or money which may become evidence, immediately to the office of the super intendent of police, or the nearest Metropolitan police station, where the case shall undergo an examination before the magistrate assigned thereto, and all laws or parts of laws that govern the Metropolitan police in the matters of persons. property, or money, shall hereafter e applicable to detectives, (or to persons practicing as detectives, whatever other name they may assume,) who shall make like returns and dispositions thereof, as required by law dd the rules of the board of police governing the Metropolitan police force. The 6th section proposes to enact that upon the execution of a private detective’s bend, it shall be the duty 0 such private detectives to report to the secretary of the board of police, who shall file such bond and record the name, age, description, nationality, and residence of such private detective; and it shall be unlawful for such detectives, or any member of the Metropolitan police force, or for any and all other persons, to compromise a.felony or any other unlawful act, or to participate in, assent to, aid, or assist any person suspected of crime to escape a full judicial examination by failin to give known facts or reasonable causes of suspicion, or withholding any information relative to the charge or suspicion from the police magistrate or justice, or in any manner to receive any money, property, favor, or other compensation from, or on account of, any person arrested or subject to arrest for any crime or supposed crime, or to permit any such person to go at large without due effort to secure an investigation of such supposed crime. For any violation of the provisions of this section, the policeman or private detective, or other person guilty, is to be deemed as having compromised a felony, and to be thereafter prohibited from acting as an officer of the Metropolitan police force or as a private detective, and is to be prosecuted to the extent of the law for aiding criminals to escape the ends of justice.