Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-27


A communication was received from the Mavor
d. transmitting the following communication from
the Corporation Attorney: , $500 a
''DEAR sIR: have to report TO you the follow
Ing matters Of interest to this Corporation which
arose from the hearing Of appeals from the ma
-tstTates during last week: --
= II. IL has been decided, upon argument that,
although the attempt by the Corporation. to sxer-
else the power Of selecting Police Magistrates
from the body of County Justices, by elections
held in joint meeting Of the two Boards was
mere nullity, the Charter requiring that those
officers should be appointed by the Mayor on
nomination 10 aud confirmation by the Board Of
Aldermen; yet that 10 does not follow that the
Judgments rendered by the elected magistrates
are void; but that, until there was valid execu-
ton Of the powers to select in the manner above
indicated, the ordinary justices of the peace had
valid jurisdiction in all of md under fifty
dollars and the supposed Police Magistrates be
ing Justices of the peace of the couny their judg-
ulents were valid. .-E y
q. Two cases came mp In which Judgments
had been rendered against parties for selling
lager beer without license. The warrants ap-
pear to have been framed under the ordinance of
October 9th, 1851, 'to suppress the sale by the
small Of Spiritlious and intoxicating drinks, ,
which is the only act imposing penalty for the
sale Of 'lager beer BY name, or In which such
general words are used as might be argued to
include IL. But this act was in effect determined
TO be null and void by the decision of the Circuit
Court In the case OF Werner, in 1854, during the
administration Of Mr.. Towers r-l
upon asceTiaining that the judgments could
not be supported upon any existing ordinance I
submitted to the Court That they should be re-
Nersed without further ex pense.
III u - desired to suppress the sale Of slager
beer without license ia will be necessary to have
an ordinance framed with view 10 the defect in
TIE zw, which have indicated.
Il am, sir, very respectfully your obedient
serran;, J. n CAKLIsLr.
"Attorney of the Corporation.
"Hon. VIM b. Magrnder, Mayors
Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
with the proceedings. -
Mr.. Miller presented the petition of Su
ter and others, for paving footway in front of
square gu; referred to Improvements committee
MI Dove presented the petition of Thos Smith
asking relief from an erroneous assessment for
grading and paving an alley in square los; same
MIR. Miller, from the improvements committee
reported bill authorizing the opening of a new
ALLEY in square AZ; passed.
Also. DILL from lower Board, for grading and
paving the alley in square SIS; amended by in
-serting the word . north - and passed.
Also, from same committee, a bill from the
lover Board to take up and relay the gutter
Ihe north side Of street north between Fourth
and Fifth streets west; passed.
Also, bill for the erection Of Il wooden bridge
y" rhtn street west between q and SITS. north.
Mr.. Riggs moved to amend by adding - Pro-
rlded the entire work be properly executed, and
the expense thereof shall not exceed the amount
appropriated as above;'' passed
Also, from the same committee biIl MAKING
an appropriation for constructing a branch sewer
from the north corner of Seventeenth street west
teeDth street west
On motion of Mr.. Riggs, the bill was amended
same as the previous bill, and pa. sed
Also, a bill from the lower Board with amend
n,ent ior The improvement of Seventh street
west, between VI and N streets north passed
Also, biII authorizing the cuTbstOnes to be
set and the footway TO be paved in front of square
3il, in the Second Ward; passed :.
Also, bill to relay the gutter on the cast front
a OF square 3iS; passed ~ =
= Mr.. Dove, from claims committee renorted .
bill for the relief OF J II Hanseu This hill
came up IN consequence Of the petitioner having
lad valuable horse ruined by falling in a hole
In Louisiana avenue, which had been left ex-
posed by the tearing down of the BUILDING lately
occupied by the Metropolitan Mechancs' Instf-
tute.
Mr. Riggs objected 10 the passage On cround
that the Corporation was not responsible for any
faults committed by the Mechanics Institute
Mr. Dove sustained its consideration by the
Board on The plea OF common j.stice, and called
the yeas and nays on the passage: ordered-aves
., noes and the bill was lost
Mr.. Barry, from same committee reported a
bill for the relief of Isaac :. Ball; passed
Mr.. Barry, from fire department Committee re-
ported a bill for the relief of the Metropolitan
Hook and Ladder Company; passed.
MI Moore, from asylum committee reported a
summary Of the report of the Intendant of the
A<ylum for september, 1857.
Mr.. Moore also. on leave, reported from i'm
FLETCHER passed.
A bill from the lower Board, authorizing the
appointment Of extra police officers. being a sub
stitute for the Aldermen's bill was read and 70
jec;ed on the third reading without any discns
siOn-ayes o. noes II.
A bill from the lower Board to supply a de-
fclency IN the appropriation for the POOR aged
and lnnrIn for the fiscal year ending :SJth Junr
l-57i referred TO asylum COMMITTEE -
On motion Of Mr.. Houston, the Board took IN
iAn Ellis.
Mr. Moore stated tha. toe bill was wrong. bav-
ing been 9vereharged to the amount Of some hun
hr. Riggs, fsOm finance committee TO whom
me Dill had been previously referred. stated that
printers bills Were very mysterious tn ngs some
IhinS IKE doctors bills he knew not hing of how
the Dill was made up; but hearing from mem
Der OF the Board that the bill printed i'm the
National Intelligence world have cost upwards
OF SiUD. and this bill being far less than that
amount lac had considered ID all right
s3s2 20 'nHse was
Mr. Donoho said that though upon the conn.,
nittee be had not seen the bill though not a
practical printer he had had some ex peIien6 in
making printers charges; he thought the bill
MIR Riggs said that he had been all his life
Tying 70 md ont the mystery of printers charges;
k s BAD thought that they always charged by the
Nj. and he believed the letters were ali Ms
AIR Donoho hoped there would not be any COM
EilttGe Of investigation az had been suggested
tse wss sald about printers charges the
NJ Dove was not prepared to pay the bill, IL
was made out for more work than was ne III.
was Wiling 10 pay all that was honest and Just
IL he had charged fOF more work than was per-
lo-med, more than was contracted for-nauaely
30 cents iine-he would not vote 10 pay H. Tie
would Pay Tor every line thot Ough to be paid for
MI Houston stated that the Corporation was
bound TO pay the bill, acco ding TO the contract
made with the Collector of taxes. The Collector
had stated that 10 was correct
Mr Goddard thought the printer should not
suffer from an incorrect making up OF the manu-
script by the Collector. The Board should look
TO the Collector TO answer for the inaccuracies
He moved further pOstponement Of the matter
until some investigation could be made
MI Moore would not think Of charging any
man with making wilful miscalcuIation but
the bill was certainly not right
Considerable debate now arose, participated in
by Messrs- Houston, Moore, Donoho, and others
Mr. Evans unprecedented that because the bill
had been printed in the American Organ; be-
cause IL was tainted with the small pox OF Amer
icanism, the gentlemen objected to H.
Mr. Moore statPd that tue reason of its b.in1
brought up in this BOaId that Il had been
the previous practice Of Collectors 10 collect the
money and the printer Of he rnonsv tbux