Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-23
GEORGETOWN.

FINANCES OF TIE CORPORATION FOR Tn
fEAk $50. &C annual report OF VIM. Laird, |
fsq., clerk Of the corporation, OF the financial |
operations Of the corporation for the wear 1870,
shows total receipts, sol, ii04i; total expendt-
lures, sle3 1912; leaving balance OF cash on
hand, Dece mber 81, 1870. of sSI ,is9 OF, OF which
1913 26 belonged 10 the general fund and s2s,-
expended during the year out OF the general
fund, in repairing and improving streets, roads,
bridges, cutters. srehes; &c, and f,r cleaning
The licenses amounted to SD, 2il.60, against
Sl2,o22 - for the year before. showing an in
crease of si.ls9T. The fines amounted TO
St63 70, being S9is.H less than the year before.
The licenses and fines together reached the sum
OF Sl3, so, being 1872. Is more than the previous
year. No fines have been received since the
ORGANISATION of the Police Court, and the fact
and are retained by IL, accounts for
the small amount received by the corporation.
The amount of Indebtedness Of the corporation
in 1860, paid in 1870, is shown, reaching the az
gregate OF 1885,, 52S 0S. An account Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the general special
taxes, levied to discharge the Metropolitan Rail-
road indie btedness, shows that the interest has
been paid into the general fund to the lst Of
January, 1871, and 81, 1l1 of the principal dis
charged by the redemption Of a like amount of
stock, leaving the railroad stock debt outs tand.
ing SO 6tS 49, in place OF Sl7 ,3SS43 at the COM
| mencement OF 1870 The fol owing rate Of taxes
10 be levied for 1s7 on every Sl0o OF taxsbie
~,
special tax, 5cents gas tax, Is csnts; police tax
10 cents; school tax, - cents; special tax for
streetimprovements, so cents Total tax, 81 90.
The clerk also suggests that il be made the duty
Of the Tax Collector TO advertise the unpsid
tax list OF Isl I Immediately after the 1st OF Oc-
tober, thus bringing the payment OF the entire
TAX OF the year within the year. instead OF re-
naming over, to a large extent, for near four
months in the folloving year. Also, that, in
stead OF the deductions of 8, C, and 5 per cent.
on the LIST of April, lst of July, and LIST of Octo-
| hG oil "a asa
the 1stof April, and OF per cent. on the lst of
July. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal bonds re-
main the same as stated in last report-S2s, 900
OF principal and about S24. 200 accumula-
ted interest. There was received i'm 1870
on account of the Georgetown schools
Sl5,%a.9i; expended in 1870 Ss 32216 leav-
ing cash on hand December 31st, 1870, 1852 2I
Total receipts on account OF schools for colored
children in 1870, 81 .1i645: paid to the trustees
during the year s. sos. 20; leaving cash on hand
charity fund stands as follows :-SI5 COO princi
pal, 81 500 coupons Yet attached to bonds, and
SO interest on corporation stock, payable to
trustees on cemand: Under various laws of the
corporation the following ssock was sold and
disposed OF in ts.0:-On account of loan to
Guardians OF Georgetown Schools to purchase
furniture, $40; ". X. Woodward, for late
Court, 50 coo; dredging channel. Si,576 OC sta
ion-house, 81 916.9I; abutments OF West street
bridge, $50; total, So DIP; and there has
been 50 $40 redeemed and : los SIG0I held bv the
Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund delivered
up and cancelled, the whole resulting in a dimi-
mutton OF the debt of the corporation by the sum
OF -, l06O4. The above stock has been dis
posed or at an average rate of 81 per cent
There still remains to be sold 81 800 to meet the
cost OF steam pump, and what further amount
may De required in regard to the outlay on
street bridge. a large amount of the ohliga-
tons to the Farmers & Mechanics Bank mas
been discharged, but there still remains due TO
IL, on notes OF the corporation, 5000 on
account OF Washington street Improvement:
LOCO on account OF 9Th and 9th streets improve
ment; and $1,000 on account of abutments
To West street bridge-altogether SD Gao
The interest to the list OF October last on notas
given BY the late Eleanor X. Lang for y 800, i'm
payment OF Town House, amounts to s., $40 OF
whicn interest LOO has been paid. leaving
y 2iO due at LIST october last. Hence it folIows
at that date, that the sale OF the Town House to
the Corporation for "a 900 will, after having the
interest, reduce the principal to s. Goo, leaving
II $40 to be recovered in some other mode The
fund made special for the erection of Town
Hall stands as follows: Receipts, 81, PSF; in
vested 10 Corporation stock, ~, 1856; leaving
cash on hand to be invested, SlS65. The sala
Ties paid to the officers OF the Steam Fire De
parfment from LIST January, 1910, to lst Decem
Der, $50, amount to 81 ,3GG o.; paid contingent
expenses including new hose, s2392.s9; total,
$50 sc. The rents received in 1870, Including
hsh wharf, amount to ~ ,l5i %, being SIs6 y
more than leCg. Receipts from market house in
ls,p' S4;s5.5s: expenditures, s3,96s.74; leaving
cash on hand applicable to the reduction of the
market house debt, S906.6J. Receipts on
account of Metropolitan Police, Si5.5lC -:
sss sph io,Ii53l leaving cash on
fund, receipts fer 1870, SiI .99I.I3 Fypen-
ditures. 80 2so3; leaving cash on hand Decer-
Der 81, 1870. s2,i3.1 20. The cost OF the water
maintenance IN 1910, including salary OF the
engineer, all paid Vt,t vi the general fund, has
been - ,239.l5: and the cost of pumps. e3SI 05;
making together. II ,6251S. The Clerk saws, i'm
conclusion: Throughout ali the wear all proner
demands have been promptly met and OF the
money borrowed to meet extraordinary aupro-
briations, large amount has been repaid and
shA NA.n rar xusl1 -
practicable; and ii Is very gratifying 20 he able
TO state that there is not solitary item of float
ing debt OF the corporation in the hands OF the
people"
noon on Saturday last, i've of our Georgetown
lads, named Brooke Ogle, Frank Garrett. Ir-
RENE Harmon, kensar Krause and William
country, and when near Mr. Cox's farm a row
took place, which ended Sy one Of them, Brooke
ogle, drawing pistol and shooting John Gar
reit. the sh1t passing into CARROTS back just
IDENTIFY frightened at the occurrence, the party
attempted to assist Garrett to his house on
FrederIck, between Prospect and LIST streets,
but they were relieved of their duty by Dr. VIII
uams, who happened to be passing at the time
and took the boy home in his Carriage and at
tended to his wound Oele and one OF the party
named DOnohO were afterward arrested and
taken TO the station-hOuse, where thew were
held, the first charged with assault and battery
with intent to Kill, and the second as a witness
csiC tudJ tne shooting in
territorial, and SAYS that they were shooting at
target, and Garrett happened to get be.
tween him and the mark just as he fred
1t appears from summary of the Statements
however, that the shooting was purely accidep,
tai; as Ogle at the time fourishing the pis
tol around his head when it was accidentally
discharged. It's strange coincidence, too
that just fifteen years ago the father of youug
Ogle shot and killed boy named Webb. who
with others was playing in front Of his house
snd in their gambOls a stone struck Ople's
house, "hereupon he rushed out Suffering from
mania a. potu at the time) and with a Shot gun
tired down the street, killing young Webb in
sfantly. he was tried and sent to the peuteu-
tiary, and was subsequently pardoned out.
FIRH.-The alarm OF fire at s clock last night
was caused by fire in a frame building on Cav
street, between Congress and High streets The
building was occupied by a c0lored woman
named Mary Bell, and the properly belonged
% tine Riley estate. The damage was abOut
$3.50. Tie steamer Henry Addison " as promptly
at the place and did good service in Checking
the flames from spreading to the adjoining frame
buildings. Mrs Bell was at church at the time
OF the hire, which is supposed to have caught
from stove in the room occupied by her.