Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-19
LOCAL NEWS.
The District I'm eon.r....

IAnnk TO the District OF Columbia, Were con-
sidered.
The hrst bill taken up was that con sernin 9
notaries public In this district Its pro ovisloas
are as follows.
That there shall be no new appo!ntmen, OF a
notary public until the number In this District
Der is so reduced. as vacancies thereafter occur
they may bs filed by said court
That each sotary public heareafter appoin ted
BEFORE entering upon the duties Of his Office
shall take an oath faithfully to dischares the
same, and shall give bond. to the United States
In the sum CT tTo Thousand dollars, with e
curity 10 be approved by the said Saprems
Court or Judge thereof, for the faithful dis
charge Cf Tie duties Of his office. And the said
conrt shah, with reasonable dispatch, by q
general order 10 BE- published in one or mora
news papers printed in the said District REQ utra
sIl persons now holding the commission of
notary public in said District to give nsw bond
time 70 20 prescribed therein; and all such per-
sons falling to comply herewith shall be
stricken from the list OF notaries.
And Il farther provides that the fees Of nota-
Ties public shall be as follows:
For each cerchcats and seal. Fifty cents
Taking depositons or other wrinngs, for
each hundred words, ten cents.
Administering an cath, fifteen cants.
1aEipg acknowledgment Of q deed or power
Of attorney, with certificates thereof, Hfty cents
Every protest Of a bill of exchange or prom.
issory note, and recording the same, ona dollar
and seventy FIVE cents.
Each aotite OF pr6Ieat, ten cents.
Each demand for acceptance or payment If
accepted or paid, one dollar, to be paid by ths
PARTY accepting or paying the same
Each noting OF protest, one dollar.
On motion, the bill was amended 40 as to
limit their term or office to Ave years, and give
the Supreme CourT OF the District Of Colum oia
TO remove for cause. The bill, SIS amended,
passed
The hill 10 amend the charter Of Georgetown
WAS amended and passed. 1t proyides that
the corporate authorities OF the city OF Wash
ingtCn. the corporate authorities Of the city of
Georgetown. anG the county authorities of the
county OF Washington, in the District OF Col
cnobia, Elnli contribute to the expenses of the
Levy Court Of the county Of Washington, in.
CURED on account OF the Orphans Court, the
Office Of coroner, and the jail OF said county,
whenever hereafter imposed by law, in the
following proportions: Georgetown two-fif-
teent.ts, and the county OF Washington one iif.
teeBth OF SAID expenses.
The bill providing for the public instruction.
of youth in primary st hools throughout the
county of Wa, hington, in the District OF Col
nm bia, withoutthe limits of the cities OF Wash
ington aud Georgetown was taken up, amend
ed and nassed.
1t provides mat the Levy Court shall anna.
ally, or the FIRST Monday in May, appoint one
person ircm each school district as a com mis-
sioner OF primary schools, and wheneve a va
cancy shall occur in the board of said commits.
sioners, the Levy Court, as soon ma be
thereafter, shall fill the same. Each n is
sions., before lie enters upon the execution Of
! lis Office shall take and subscribe before some
| justice ot the peace the following oath: "I,
| L viii il al things, to the best of my knowl-
| edge and ability, well and truly execute the
trust !eposed N me as commissioner of prima-
| Ty schools for the County of Washington
| District of Columbia, without prejudice and
| according 10 law"
The Board OF Commissioners shall have
| power 10 sue aud be sued, andsto hold in fee
| simple or otherwise, any estate, real or p4r-
soDat, rot prohibited by law, which NAV ne
given 10 OF purchased by the board for ss.flu 3t
pUIpcsee, ana ali The money on bond after d.
I.1 ~ T. q soy n,pld do
s.Icts at the md OF each school year shall be ia
vested IN some safe STOCK ia the mime OF the
| ccmpaIN
Abe c;etk II the Levy Court shall annually,
on cr ttEoIe tie trsL Monday in April, furuis
fG he PoGrd Of Cun1TuIselC nerS alnh1beticaI
isis OF the owners OF properly in each school
uistFic taCcoEdinE 10 The last counI asses men
and a statement ef the total amouHt of property
:skcsssG 10 each owner, exhibiting the scho5
tax thereon according 10 the last levy ma ie by
ii" jcS5 tLuIt fer school purposes.
1t shall le the duty OF th- commissioners to
receive and disburse any fund which may be
provided tor the purchase of sites and the cree
non and support OF primary schools in the
county and olstrict 10 regulate the number of
children TO be taught in each OF said schools
and the pIice OF their tuition; to select uca
TEACHERS as are competent and to fix their sal
aries aLd L runs OF service, and to dismiss any
teacher who may be found to prove incompe-
tent or unfit; to suspend or expel from any
school, with the advice OF the commissioners
and trustees OF the district, any pupil who will
lot subInit TO the reasonable and ordinary
rui6E of order and discipline therein: to regu-
,aie and control the purchase and distribution
If ogks, stationery. and other things necess
rs for lDe use OF said schools, and generally to
prescribe rules and regulations for the man
agement. good government and we'll ordering
OF said schools; to report to the Levy Court al
the clcre OF each year the amount of all expen-
ditures, the number of pupils taught their
aysfsge ave Saoance, pr0gress, &c, and TO- So,
sites for school houses in each district to keep
them in repair, &c, &c.
Fer providing suitable school houses and
equipments, the Levy Court shall annually, on
the first Monday IN March, levy q tax not ex.
ceeding Cne- -fou.th OF one per cent, on all the
assessed properly OF the county without the
limits Of Wat hington and Georgetown owned
by white persons, which tax shall be due at
The same time. and be collected by the county
collector in the same manner, and under the
same regniaflcns ana restrictions as are pre-.
scIjbed by law N relation TO the collection OF
the county taxes, which, when collected, shall
bapald 10 the treasurer OF the school fund, the
L; usurer of the Levy Court
The marshal OF the District and the justices
Of The peace Of the county shall pay, every
three months, one-balf the money in their
hands for fines, penalties and forfeitures to the
commissioners for tue use OF the schools.
IN case the commissioners shall not be able
to purchase suitable sites for .he school houses,
suitable sites Tor hat purpose. not exceeding
one acre IN single SITE and pay to the owner
of said land lis assessed value. No site for A
school house shall be located in any orchard
any dwelling house without the Consent of the
proprietor. The Levy Court may in its dis
cteticn. and II it shall be deemed best for the
Interest and welfare OF the coiorsd people re-
siding in the county. levy an annual tax Of
ene.eighth OF one per centum on AL taxable
property IN said couaty outside the limits of
the cities of Washington and GEORGETOWN,
owned by persons OF color, for the purpose of
lnltiatng system OF education of colored
children In said county, which tax shall be
collected in the same manner as the other tax
NAMED N the act and it shall be the duty OF
Inc duty o. the commissioners, also, to pro ride
suitable and Convenient rooms for holding
schools for colored children, to employ teach.
ers therefor, an 10 appropriate the proceeds
OF said tax to the payment of such teachers,
rent of echocl. rooms, and other necessary ex-
penses pertaining 70 said schools; to exercise
general supervision over them, to establish
proper discipline, and endeayor to promote
full, eYual, ard useful il struction OF the COL
ored children in the county. 1t shall be law
ful for the commissioners to imposr a tax of
rot more than ftIy cents per. month on the
parent or guardian OF each child attending
such schools, TO be applied to the payment OF
the ax pensts of the ehoot OF which said child I
shsu lie an attendant, and in the exercise OF
this power the commissioners may, from tim y