Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-13
District of Columbia Taxes for Isz2
and

The collector OF taxes has received one-half of
The Washington city tax list for the year ending
june 30th, 1873, and, for the convenience of the
Publc, IL now receiving the taxes from all whose
names commence with the letters from A to n .
inclusive, and during the mouth OF September
a discount OF ten per cent. will be made on ths
amount of all taxes paid.
The Georgetown tax list for the Same period
Is now ressiy, and the same discount is allowed
rs upon Washington city tsXes.
The balance of the city list will probably be
completed ana turned over 10 Col. Slater from
the 10Th to the 18th inst.
TIE AMENDED VI STREET AMUSEMENT
We stated sClce DAYS ago that a new assts,u,t Mt
Ior ne paving OF ~ street had been directed by
the Board OF Public Works, on the basis OF
giving credit for the amount paid nv govern
melt Tor paving around the circle at nth stree.
and excluding The cost Of one half OF each stree
Intersection The calculations have all been
nsCr, and We presume new bills will be maize
out accordingly and presented In n short time
HCgr the OH assessment. the cost TO each prop-
new - vii DC :iEj or a difference Of 81 - IL
per front foot 10 each prOperty-h oIjer-a verv
important saving. especially % those who can
heTe.t a.-OTG Tie cost Oh the improve men Oh the
loves possible basis.
In this connection II = proper 20 say that the
recent agitation OF Itk street south-wsSr lad
ncttl- whatever 20 10 with this reduction. :
al Interested know, the present action OF the
BCaTi Is largely due ~ the efforts of the Old
commission Tor paving VI street, who, when the
MS assessment was made, protested that the
true pan was the one now adopted, and they
have been uncsasing III their efforts 20 that end
ever since. IL Is also proper to adj that the
Board ackHC lei ged the justice of this claim a.
the time. ana promised that a new assess ment
should be made accordingly a. SOON a. other
enga gsIlerts allowed. The work " a. therefore
substantially accomplished long before the IN
street meetings were held. and entirely without
any influence from that quarter.
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The Cor TT ~ GENERAL TERM.-The Corrt
in General Term will meet on MONDAY I'd
instant, when 10 is expected Judge Cartier will
have returned from Ohio, Judge MacArth ur
from his European trip, and judge DIN will
have sC-.Clent'y recovered 10 occupy his place
with J-t- gs Nyiis and Humphreys who have
been here curing most OF the warm weather
The General Term docket already foots IN
about - cases and about ~ others will be added
Among these Cases are u from the last term
He Glowing are among the number Work
agt secretary OF the Treasury, (mandaEn1S 20
oompel the payment oi lose sustained by the
destruction OF "a barge laden with produce near
FoTt " aShicstou during the war;) Javensl
AIT. New Jersey Life Insurance COMPANY,
(actCn Tor amount OF policy or life insurance.
the payment OF which = resisted on the grouu
that Tie Csath Of the deceased was caused nv
lhtefH tvance and the policy WAS thereby ma !e
NOld,) a4temlre 2St- Lizzie Snow, action for
money loaned, which defendant alleges was n,it
he tCT AZ nNicFai purpCSe:l United States a Il
Poiard, tconh-catiOn cases;l and United Sta.sS
agt. squares 80 and C-s- Condemnation Tor
sNter ~icc Of Capitol grounds which comes M
OF he 81 T'pl 90 NeSSrS. y anna ard Hit fro,
the az ard OF the Commissioners to appraisa the
prCpeTty.