Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-20

3" A. ID. lSts, and may adjourn from day
10 DAY until said business is concluded. And
sald JOINT convention may BE- rPconvened at
any time, when vacancies in any Of the said
offices exist, by the Mayor or By concurrent
resolution of The two BoIrds.
Inc 10Th aud nth sections provide for the
collection of taxes, and in the latter is clause
providing that on any lot or lots or part of lot
liable TO taxes being sold, the amount over and
above the taxes, costs, and charges due shall be
ton.
The 18th, 10Th, 2Cth, elst, @,d, 28d and 9th
sections also relate TO real estate: the collection
OF taxes, OF the sale, &C., OF the sans.
Sec. %. 1he Boards OF Aldermen and Com
mon Oounci snail have power TO divide the
said clty INTO as many wards in their opin-
ion shall be- most conducive to the interests of
the city; and the Boards of Aldermen and Com
mon Couneli may, from time to time, as the in
terests OF the city shall require, alter the mum
Der ana boundaries of the said wards: Provided,
That the said wards shall ut all times H. so
laid of, altered, and bounded that each ward
shaii comprise, as near as may be, an equal
number OF the inhabitants of the said CITY:
Provided, also, That no ward hereafter to be
formed out OF territory lying mostly within the
limits OF Washington and Georgetown, as
bounded on the LIST day of January 1868, shall
contain less than 10 Ot0inhabitauts: And prOrIfed
.tuTtheT, Ihat until otherwise provided by said
corporation me number and boundaries of the
wards "a they existed in Washington City
January l, ioOS, shall be continued, and the
territory embraced at said date within the
boundaries OF the city of Georgetown, shall
constitute one ward, and all that territory
Which AT Salu GATE was situated within the Dis
ulct of Columbia, and not included Mt said
date within the boundaries Of Was hinyton and
Georgetown, shall constitute one ward, until
otherwise provided for under the provisions of
TINS act. The expenses which may be incurred
In improving and repairing the streets which
form the boundaries Of The several wards shall
De betrayed out of the tlxes raised in
the wards which adioin the same, respectively
In equal proportions And the Board of AL der
men, shall, as soon as the same shall have been
organized on the second Monday in June next
divide the members into TWO classes. in manner
following, to wit: Those members who arc now
III Office and, by virtue of their eIectlsn in June
last, shall be entitled to take their seats in the
new board as members from the wards m which
they shall respectively reside, shall be placed
In the first class, and those members who shall
be elected from the same wards in June next
shall DE placed IN the second class; and the
members elected from the wards not embraced
IN the limits of said city previous TO the mas
sage of this act shall be placed in their respect
I've classes by lot; and the seats OF the first class
snail be vacated at the end of the first year. and
the seats OF the second class shall be vacated ut
the end of the second year; SO that one member
shall be elected in each ward every year there
after.
Sec. 26. Said corporation shall not ha We mower
TO create a corporate debt, liquidated or other
wise, which shall at any time exceed in the az
gre2ate S2Oo,CO0 above the amount of money in
the treasury OF said corporation subject to draft
or to increase the pre- sent funded debt of said
corporation, either by borrowing money or 9TH
erwlse, unless it shall be agreed to do so by
two-thirds of the legal voters in said city at an
ann ual election, which said proposition when
submitted to the electors for their approval.
shail clearly set forth the purpose for which
SAID dc bt Is proposed to be created, the total
amount thereof, the time times, and manner
OF payment, the rate of tax to be levied there
1or, which shall include an annual per capifl TO
be levied on and paid by every male citizen
over the age Of twenty -One years not less than
the annual tax proposed to be levied on prom
erty OF the value of $50.
There are also one or two additional sections
fixing the date at which such charter shall 90
into operation, &c.
REMEMBER THE POOR.-Editor Star. would
suggest that the citizens of Washington should
send memorial to Congress. Gf we can get IT
no other Way and have the charter so amend.
edthat one overseer of the poor shall be elected
In each ward, at every charter election, the
same as III Northern cities and towns. and
money appropriated for temporary relief of the
poor This would prevent imposition and do
away with street begging, as there would be
responsible person in each ward where the real
suffering could find some one always ready to
attend TO their cases, and not be sent empty
away.
will state few facts connected with a sad
case an the Seventh Ward, where if there had
been an overseer of the poor to apply to- a |
suicide might have been prevented and a life |
saved. Some two months ago a man by the |
name OF Scott could get no work, and he en-.
listed in the army, and they paid only once In
the month. He had wife and three children,
the youngest only about q month old, and born |
since he enlisted. When this snow storm came |
on, nearly month ago. her little means were |
all eNhaused. and she had credit at family |
grocery store on the Island for a short time. |
and as she did not get her husbands pay, the |
81 ocer refused to give her longer credit
Here was the wife of one of our country's de- |
tenders. in perfect despair her little ones cry. |
ing for bread, and after trying get relief from
and after being without bread or fuel-without |
anything TO eat tor two days for herself or little
ones-she obtained some kind of poison, (the |
writer is not satisfied what kind,) and thus |
ended her days.
Ii Is shame and stain upon our city that !,
anything OF the kind should occur here where
there IS SO much wealth. Our soup-houses |
Were not then established. A brother of the
nus band has taken the two oldest children to
Alexandria, and benevolent lady on nth |
Street GOD bless herr has adopted the young. |
est. There will be Some impostors, and get |
soup tickets Of our kind visitors. when they are |
not entitled to them. A woman Of this kind |
presented her ticket at the Fifth Ward soup |
house Oh Saturday last, who has two or three \
lice are investigating her Gaze. Mrs. Scctt |
Island. T. SIX.
FUNERAL OF DETECTIVE kfLLaY-The fu- |
neral of detective W. M. Kelley. of the Metro |
politan Police, whose death we announced on
Saturday, took place THIS afternoon from the
E-sueet BAPTIST Church, and was very largely
late residence, No 38 Sth street, under the di-
rection of Harvey Il Co., undertakers, 70 the
church about half-past one O'Clock, followed
by the family and friends of the deceased, and
the corpse was laid in front of the pulpit.
The coffin was of mahogany, lined with fine
merino. and was furnished with silver han
dies, and on il were the Masonic emblems,
square and compass, and the FIVE pointed star.
The corpse was attired in a plain black suit,
and the countenance looked very natural, the
disease having apparently wasted him but little
in flesh. On the coffin the lambskin rested.
The Washington Scheutzen Verein, a detail
of 80 policemen and St. Johns Lodge We're in
the line of procession, headed by the 18th In.
fantry Band.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. Clarvoe and
Miller, of the Detectives; Britt and Peters, Of
the Police; SkippOn and J. Cross, of the Ma
sons. and Richards and Reese, Of the Scheut.
zen.
The services at the Church were conducted
by Rev. Messrs. Gray and Hewlett, and the re-
mains were inferred at Glenwood.