Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-14
Minority Report.

To fae II use a Repre-. enfGfIrsS
follow.:
lars; the Board II Psblic Works have usurpe,l au-
Law, not Entrusted TO their charge 10y the Legsla
tive Assembly or Congress -
sad Beard 4 Se woi Ir @ SsSa nS power ha a
make contracts t. bind said District the payment
priations made 10y law and not until such pprcpris
tign shall haye been made
ten 81 Sonsrsss 70 limit The powers Of the Board Of
pasle Ms r e. the clearly e2G5essed; Will Of ts
;he Legislative Assembly.
works laid before the legislative assembly what is
cSled their CGmpTehensiye plan Of improvements y
viii he found, was 22s $50 Il which sum the bard
PAVING fhMsni 2a Fr to f Re PAID 81
THE SUM one third 70 be taxed against property
tsNatic n OF the sale Of bonds
With this plan the Board went before the l. sla-
i've Assembly. and, to carry II cut the 10Th *
July. ISL was passed what rs generally knowna
section Of which act declares that the money thereby
appropriated shall be eNPend Cd a. fully as may be
IN conformity with the rian ~ imrr' eInent sub
mitted To the Legslature, said plan being the same
che act, incorporated into ard made part of said
il is claimed on the part # the majority that the
words las tully a. n,av D. practicable an! C'nsis-
tent as eii.is died in aid law, gives the Roari e
lst. seyenth street. Road.-The appropriation
asked and granted for the mprov # this ROAD
was S2,5O as shown IN the plan. Bpt il a. claimed
SS"fG n to fSsn f ha tine
this, and giving them the advantage thereof. We
nd f' saT: 2p gs ISPS
their engineer estimates that il will cost SO 90
ID +, G, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth.
Twentieth, and Twenty first Streets-The spprO-
ans rs o s
Hoard. as testified by their engineer, has been
appropriation 81 si56 ~ n, and an analysis Of the
SsteS w a ne wprk wh ,s fully
tion.
for contingent expenses of ,hs District ut,
for the period # seven months.
t t VI this ehsrge, u mas neen proven that
ted 5000 Tor the Board of Public Works, Slo2 o);
s23oltO, which sum in the Judgment Of the minori-
ty, Is ore han the annual am 1unt of the contingent
in District less tl 81 a township, and With a popn-
laiIon not greatly exceeding one hundred thousand
souls.
nstgation Of the Board of Public Works has passed
each bin involving additi5nsl special tay Of
S sc co. on pbivae property his whole snp Of
restriction in the hsnds Of Ave mem And with his
we aSsr' to nsG'T b hs tenth eharse That
being necessary At an expense exceeding one hun
ssa SSafs hnesd.g and
authorized By the act of the Legislature Assem-
bly, Of date July 10 ISL, winch &C. subject only 20
COCO under the control of the Beard requiring
Of them no bonds, Eor other restriction. usually
placed upon trustees of public finds By law
Citizens of the District, believing the appropria-
tion OF S4DoJCS was in cOntray enion OF the second
clause OF the fourteenth section of the organic act
and entertaining this view from he fact that ,le
debt oil the listfct WAS AT he time 30 3l which
when added to the 100000. largely exceeded five
ger cent OF the taxable property Of the District the
same being at the time above 900 GO sued ont AN
INJUNCTION restraining the issuing of the bonds of
The second election On the s74nooOoo loan was
wholly uhcaiied for, ard the expenses iscurred
thereby were unnecessary. and the memoralists, in
n aki: g the charge, were justified by the facts
PR hgacy in advertising has been exhibited in the
employment Of fifteen newspapers, bearing an
ominous resemblance TO subsdzing the press of the
This charge is fully proven. the amount tins
expended reaching the enormous sum Of Sl43,6l5 o.
and the reckle aud pro gacy of the District
TO this charge l. fully admitted by the majority
In conclusion, the adoption Of the following r.so-
luton is I ecomme nded.
Rssclred, That the Committee on the District of
Columbia be. and they are hereby. Instructed 10
report forthwith to the House bill Changing the
organic act as to make all the officers elective by the
people, exceP' the Governor, and requiring the
Board of Public Works TO give bond and securi,v fr
The faithful performance of their duties ana placing
them directly under legislative control: and thai
until said ACT can into effect and board elecfeF
money from the Di.rc; treasury, but that IA yments
shali be made by warrants the treasure az an
tempiated by the thrty-seventh section of the
organic act, ana that they bs required to furnish
them, giving the name of the person 10 whom paid
and for what pur pose, which report shall be mali
the Treasurer OF tine District and be open for pub
Signedl-Robert B. Roosevelt John M Crshs