Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-12
STAR.
LOCAL INTELEIGENC

TIC TAukIln Fire Com
Pany to the board, to attend a trial of tbe;
new suction, was laid before the board; IaiC
on the table '"i'
AN act to make . gravel footwalk on th,
west side OF Sixteenth street west, from K tt
NJ street north, from the lower board. wa,
passed.
The report of the Intendent of the Asyluu
ior the last month was laid before the board
laid on the table.
the relief Of Mrs Louisa W adsworth, returned
from the lower board, which had non Concur
red In the amendment thereto made nv thi,
board, (Which said amendment increased tn,
appropriation in the bill from $500 to $500
Mr.. Magruder, moving to insist on the
amendment, addressed few remarks to the
board In favor of that motion; board insisted
MI kirkpatrick, rising to question Of priv.
llege, corrected an error in the Stars renor,
OF the proceedings Of the last meeting Of the
board, wherein his name was inserted. instead
OF that of another gentleman, as having Cd.
posed the bill for the appointment of a board
of assessors. This, he stated, was IN error.
he having been from first to last an advocate
for the bill in question.
hr. Fitzpatrick called up the bill to ohangs
the alley in square 1872 into Carroll street.
This bill having been amended, after a few
remarks from Messrs. Fitzpatrick and Bur
rows, it was passed.
Mr.. Marks reported adversely from the COM
mittee on claims, upon the bill for the relief
of Gafdn Nalley. MIR, Marks explained, in a
few remarks, the facts in the case, and the
reasons inducing the committee to recommend
the rejection of the bill.
Mr. Dove advocated its passage; passed
Yeas 9, nays 5.
Mr.. Magruder reported back from the inanc
committee, the bill for the relief of VIM. Re
Woodward-to pay him 1866 80, balance due
for wslliDg Tiber creek; passed
Mr.. Magruder introduced a bill to authorize
the collector of taxes to postpone the advsr
tisement of the next sales for taxes until the
LIST Of March next.
Mr.. Burrows advocated this bill.
Mr. Magruder explained, that the tax books
Tor the year were but recently made up and
also that there was at this time an unprece-
denied money pressure here, which bore hard
On the tax payers generally.
Mr.. Hill opposed the bill. He was not Ger.
tain that the proposed postponement would
not lnvalidate the tax sales 60 postponed
He thought, too, that there was no reason to
hope that the money market would be easier
IN this city in March, than at present; and
conceived the idea of postponing tho sales as
being likely to set bad precedent
Mr.. Magruder advocated the bill at length,
holding that Mr.. H. wa, mistaken in the be.
lief that the sale should be effected on par
ticular day. He also urged that such was the
condition Of the tax books, unayoidabIy, as to
make it really impossible ts get the advertise
ments ready in time to make the sales, As the
law now requires.
Mr.. BorrOHs opposed the bill on the ground
that they did not have the legal right to make
the postponement.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick addressed the chair in favor
of the bill.
This bill was further advocated by Messrs.
Houston and Pepper.
1t was then ordered to a third reading
yeas Y, noes 1.-THE latter being Msssrs. Bor-
rows and Hill
The said bill was then passed.
Messrs. Marks and Pepper introduced peti.
tions, the first Of Thomas Tolbert and others:
the latter of Rebecca 4. Billings Both were
referred
MI. Pepper introduced resolution direct
ing the committee on the fire department to
inquire into the condition of all the reser-
vOirs. Passed.
Mr.: Magruder introduced bill appropri.
ting 5000 to pay for the labor of extra clerks
In getting UP the tax books.
After few remarks from Mr.. Magruder in
explanation of this bill,
Mr.. Bayly commended that the necessitv for
the employment Of these extra clerks had
been oocssioned by the removal of Mr. Hutch.
insOn, the late tax-bill clerk
Mr.. Clark declared that he had eyerv "a
spect for Mr.. Hutchinson, but ne was under
the impression that the great accumulation Of
the business, and its greater intricacy at this
time, caused the necessity for the employment
of the additional clerical force
Mr.. Magruder begged Mr.. Clark not to
mako any such issue as it would force him to
demonstrate that had Mr.. Hutchinson been
retained, there could have been no question as
to the fact that these books would have besn
broupht nm without eStra cIerks
MIR. Pepper remarked that On each succeed
ing year they had been compelled to employ
extra clerks on this business.
Mr.. Marks explained that the tax-book
clerk had been necessarily taken of from the
tax books.
Mr.. Hill explained that il the course of the
three Or four weeks n which he had oficiatsd
the tax books had worked faithfully; and that
but for the fact that Mr.. Rateiiffs had been
necessarily taken from the tax book, he would
have been able to have completed tLe work
without the aid of extra clerks. Bill passed.
The Chair laid before the Board cOmmuni.
cation from the Board of Trustees Of the Pub
lie Schools in relation to the title to school
house lot, and urging that Congress be asked
TO make an appropriation of public lands for
educational purposes in this District Referred
to the joint committee 20 attend to the interests
of the city before Congress.
The bill for the relief of John S. HolIinps-
head, asking that the license tax on his exhi-
bition Of the statue of the Dying Gladi ator be
rsmitted, was next considered
This bill was debated by Messrs Bayly and
BorroWs for it, and Messrs. Pearson and Pep
per against it.
The question being on the third reading of
the bill, it was ordered to be read tho third
time-yeas 9, nays 3.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick then addressed the Board in
reply to portion of the remarks of Mr. Pop
per, and then, the bill being passed, the Board
adjourned.
Common Council.-The Board was called
to order at the usual hour by the President.
MI. Walker presented the petition of Philip
Kraft; referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Burr, from the committee on ways and
means, reported bill paying for the pave
ment IN front of certain school houses passed
Mr J. W. Davis, from the committee on i'm
provements, reported a bill for pavement on
street south, between 9th and 7th street
east; passed.
Mr.. Duncanson, from the committee on