The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-30
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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/ TIE INTERNAL REVENUE BOARD OF PHrLADEL-
! PnIA.-The names of the gentlemen appointed
/ TO officiate in this Board we're given in TIE
! EVENING TELEGRAPH yesterday. For the benefit
| of our readers, we give the following as explana-
| tory of the duties devovng upon that Board
which are of a similar nature with those OF
! other cities.
On July ls, the Secretary of the Treasury and
| the Commissioner of Internal Revenue issued
the following order relative to the above
boards;-
All revenue inspectors, revenue agents gene.
raj inspectors OF spirits. and special agents Of the
Treasury Department, will Immediately report To
said board for duty, and Will hereafter act under
the direction OF said board. Such revenue officers
as may be designated by said board will be soeci-
ally authorized by the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue to make seizures within said districts
and are hereby required to report all seizures
Immediately to the said board, and also TO the
collector of the district in which any seizures
are made; and all special authority 6eretoiore
conferred on any officer to seize property within
the various districts, or either of them, Is here
by revoked. Immediately upon the seizure or
detention of any property within said districts.
the said board will Investigate the cause thereof
II, in the opinion OF said board, the property
SO seized is not liable to forfeiture, or tor any
sufficient reason ought not to be held for for
teiiure, II the value thereof does not exceed
$4,000, the SAID board is hereby autho-
rlzed to direct the seizing officer to release
the same; II the value thereof is over $1,000 and
in tbe opinion of the board the same should he
released, the facts of the case, together with the
opinion OF the board thereon, will be reported
to the Commissioners for his action. THEREAFTER
no collector in said district will approve any
distllers bond, or bond for bonded warehouse
or bond for transportation, rectidcatlon, redis
tillatlon, or exchange OF package OF any spirits,
or tobacco manufacturers bond until after the
same shall have been transmitted to said board
for investigation, and report as to the respOnsi-
bity of the sureties thereto. The collector will
not consider himself in any manner released, by
fhn nfd md
or any of the duties imposed on him by law or
regulation. Said board shall have the power
with the approval of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, to make all necessary rules and regulations
for the transaction of its business and the exc
cu'ion of the powers hereby or hereafter con.
ferred.
| TIE POLICE COMMITTEE OF COUNCILS. - A
meeting OF the Police Committee of Councils
Mr.. Ellington, chairman, was held yesterday
| afternoon, for the purpose OF taking action IN
| reference to the new Station House IN process of
| erection tor the Eleventh and Twelfth Wards in
| the rear OF the old Northern Liberty Hall, North
| Third street. 1t appeared that the work was
stopped by the Building Inspectors, after it had
been proceeded with as far as the first story, on
| account of the ineffcency of nine-inch wall in
| the second story. 1t was stated that the ground
| OF objection was owing to the building having
| but one span and no studding to support it,
| The room being intended for drilling purposes,
| 1t is important that it should be well secured.
After considerable argument, it was resolved
| that thirteen-inch wall should be substituted
| for the nine-inch wall on the second story, and
| that it should be measured by Two competent
measurers, after being constructed, the con.
tractor to be paid the difference between the
price of the nine and thirteen-nch wall. The
committee then adjourned.
FALSE PRBTENsEs.-Last night German
| named Joseph Guthrie, residing at No. ia
Marshall street, was before Alderman Peter
Hay, to answer charge of obtaining goods on
false pretenses. lhe complainant in the case
was Mr.. Leopold Furth, No. 467 N. Fourth street
who testified that the defendant called upon hin
some time ago and borro wed $1,000, representine
that he owned $4,000 worth of tobacco anC
cigars in New York, and also other articles o.
value in the possession OF a Mr.. Winterer These
allegations the plaintiff asserted he afterwards
found to be untrue but sufficient merchandise
was got out of the defendant to reduce the deb
to $500, the amount now due. The witnes
further stated that merchandise had been for
warded to the defendant to send TO his (witness'
house in cancellation Of this balance, but tina
the defendant had appropriated 1t to his owl
use, which principally instigated the presen
suit The Alderman held the defendant in $3.50
bail to answer.
THE G. A. R.-The Grand Commander {
this temperance organization gives notice tina
the following comrades have been elected Di!
tlict Commanders of the respective district
named:-S. B. Wylie Mitchell, of Post No.
District OF South Philadelphia; Comrade SamuC
; Wrieley, of Post No. Is, Upper Philadelphia
and Comrade William B. Thomas, of Post No.
| Tor the lnstrlct OF MlQdle Pnlladelpnla.
They are directed TO assume command of thei
districts on Thursday next, and their predece
sors will transfer to them all books, papers, etc
, relating 10 their respective commands; also, q
once to take the necessary steps to effect
thorough organization OF their commands, CON
munlcatiDg freely with headquarters, and repoI
3 ! Immediately the names of the comrades az
pointed as their stats. f
3 A BONDED WAREHOUSE FIXTURES AND Cor
} TENTS FORFEITED States Marshal Ell
5 maker sold, yesterday, at the Patterson Bonde
Warehouse, twenty-six copper stills and worms
r besides other articles, which had been seize
, | and condemned under the Revenue law. The al
: tendance was small, and the bidding was cor
I fined to very few persons. 1t was announce
that the stills would be sold by the pound as oil
b copper, and would have to be put in conditIo
5 to prevent them from being used in future fc
0 distillation. They brought from fourteen {
| seventeen cents the pound. An attempt we
then made TO sell fifty barrels of whisky at
. price equal to the Government tax of two dollar
. per gallon, but there was no bid upon 1t. Th
+ law forbids the sale at price less than the tal
INSTALLATION CRREMoNIEs.-This afternoon
at O'Clock, the Presbytery of the United Pre-
, | bDfarian Nhurph nj philadplnhia will hold q