Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-10

| Important School B;H.-The following bill, sub
mitted by Mr.. Douglass, from the Committee Of
| Ways and Means, will be an important matter Of
consideration by the Common Council, on Monday
evening next:
! AN ACT imposing taxes for the year eighteen him.
| dred and ffty-frur for school purposes
| Be it en- 1cted, d: That there be and is herebv
| imposed and laid, for the ye.r eighteen hundred
and fifty four, tax at the rate Of twelv and a.
half cents every hundred dollars Of the assessed
value o. all real and personal property in the cty
of Washington, of all stocks which may he posses.
sed by any person whatever, in any banking. ipsu-
rance or other incorporated or unncorporated COM
pany in said city, of all bonds and mortgages of all
stocks Of all kinds, of all public and private secu-
rites, and of every description Ct property in said
| city, or which may be own'd and held by the in
halitauts thereof accord ng to the assessment and
valuation of the same, made and returned by
the Board of Assessors; the said tax to be )srivd
end collected as provided by law.
| SEC 2 find be it enacted, That there be and is
hereby imposed and laid for the year eight cen hun
dred and fifty four, tax at the rate of twelve-snd-
ahalf cents for every hundred dollars Of the asses
sed amount of capital employed in the business of
al private bankers, brokers, and money lenders in
this city, according TO the assessment and return of
the by the Board of Assessors; the said tax to
be due and payable, and tn be levied and collected
the taxes imposed by the first section of this act
are due and pay able, and levied and collected.
SEC. g. And be 1t enacted, Thstt shall be the duty
of the Collector of Taxes to deposte to the credit Of
the school fund all moneys which may be received
by him for the tax imposed by the first and second
sections of this act.
SEC. t. And be it enacted, That no part of this act
shall be construed to impose tax on the stock
issued by this Corpora ion.
J. NJ. Carlisle, Esq, the Corporation Attorney has
examined the question in regard to the power of
the city to levy such q tax, and says:
"The charter of1S4S (sec. ~ after authorizing the
potex for schools, proceeds to grant n substantive
aud distinct power TO lay and collect tures for the
support Of public schools am therefore clearly of
the opinion that the Cor oration has the power to
lay tax Of one fourth of one per cent, for the
purposes above mentioned"
Tie Conspiracy Cases-There was quite a large
assembly ofpersons at the office of Justice Dom this
ahorning, to hear the trial of the charges against
Sharp. Cox and Reese. There are three warrants
each against them, charging conspiracy to hold
coored girl, who is slave for q term of years. in
perpetual bondage Mr.. Carlisle appeared for the
prosecution, and Messrs Darlington and Ratclf and
Gberson for the defence
The case of j. Il. Sharpe was commenced and Mr..
W. Cox sworn for the prosecution, but he refused
to answer any qeusons then upon the ground that he
was accused Of the same offence, and could not be
required to answer. An argument ensued between
the lawyers that indicated a determination of the
parties to carry the to its utmost limit. The
trial will probably occupy much of this afternoon if
settled at ALL This case will be continued over to
Monday, and will prove quite interesting.
Serendde by the KunkLes.-The troupe last evening
visited the residence of Mr.. Bennett, on street
near 9TH, by invitation, and gave delightful con-
cert to the family and number offriends.
Aa-The watch house was empty last nicht A