Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-03

sary, of moneys now due or that NAV become dne
said trustees under the act Of Congress approved
July g. 1866, in addition to the amounts herein an
proPriated fer specific purposes, shall lie used exci
sivey for the payment of all outstanding indebted.
ness OF SAID board OF trustees, and for that
sufficient sum is hereby appro priated And prorid,S
Jr,ih, That no money appropriated by this act for
purpose whatever: And rtded JKrt6sr Thai tna
Jules pursuant to law governing the disbursements
pnbe nor an se Of the
the controller and other officers shall appV in tSs
dren Of said cities. VIII
Read and laid over.
DISTRICT OFFICERS
MIR. Thompson introduced bill ams nd tory of the
act prescribing the duties of certain Officers for the
The bill provides that the act entitled an Act nyn
vding as aforesaid, be- and is hereby, az ended by
thirty third and thirty section IN lien of he
sections bearing those numbers in the act of which
sec 81 That there shall be appointed suner;,.
tehdeht OF assessments and taxes who shall have
bia and receive and colate all returns of the same
made to him by the assessors Of the several distrcts
Upon the completion of each assessment, and TIN.
prepare in duplicate an accurate iist ofbe sama
giving alphabetically the names of ali per.oas a.,
sessed with description Of the property assessed
against them respectively, of when said lists
shall, in book form be retained in his 0ce and the
other transmitted to the collector of taxes and the
safd superintendent shall in addition prenar a in
book form and re- ain in his office a LIST giving in
numerical order the Number of the s1uare snhi,Si.
ions and lots assessed in the cities OF Washingtnn
and Georgetown, with the name of the o,Sner
thereof; h. shall also keep a book in which ~ re-
corder Of deeds and register Of wills shall each dny
enter in manner sufficiently distinct To enable tba
lists all transfers of real estate in the Disrini t
Columbia with description of he metes and bound.
tendent snail enter such trainers as NAV he thSs r
corded upon the assessment book in his office and
IN me 9ilee OF the collector Of taxes The supern-
nualiy compensation OF - dollars, and give
for
performance of his duties.
Sec. SO; That there shall be appointed for each
Council district an assessor of taxes, who shall be
resident Of the district for which he is appointed;
and u shall be the duty Of the said assessors under
the direction OF the superintendent of assessments
and taxes TO assess qnadrennially within their re-
speetive districts, all property now or hereafter
1873 "a, already made to be deemed the first of aid
assessments, and TO remain and continue four years
subJectto the annual cancellations and corrections
herein authorized respecting this and All other
quadrennal a. easements, namely: That in each aud
assessments, it shall be the duty of the assessors 70
inform themselves Of all taxable property which
pre- ions assessments, aud also Of the increase in
valuation OF any property which shall have en-
improvements thereof, all of which a,ses,n, sn; =
fhall be complete before the first day Of January in
the respective nscal years for which they are made
and within ten days thereafter returns thereof al
phabet" ally arranged CARDS the names of pro-
perry ow ners, shall De made to the f
assessments and taxes for collection and regisira
ton. The compensation Of each assessor shall be
a IA
been actually employ ed in the discharge of his du
ties Prorided That for the quadrennial assessment
exceeding ninety days, and for the informed an
nuai assessments and emeIdations he shall not he
allowed compensation for period exceeding forty
Sec. "a. That there shall be appointed a board of
Council district, who shall be familiar with the
value OF property, and have been residents of the
poin'ment, of which board the superintendent az
sessments and taxes shall act as clerk. The boa I'd
March Of each and every Year and shall con1inT IN IN
session ninety consecutive days in years when a
auodIenna assessment is made, and TIL ty consecu.
tive days In other years. to hear and determine any
and all appeals that may be made from the valua-
tons q the assessor. Of taxes The board may make
tion shall be eSmpIete and final and after the as
sessnents shall have been thus receiv ed, and the
books made up and corrected, it shall be a misds-
meanor for any person to alter or change
the same, and any person so offending shall. on
conycton thereof before If com pet eut nris
diction, be subject for each and every offence to
hne Of not less than fifty dollars more than
hundred dollars. and imprisonment in Jail for term
not less than six months nor more than twelve
not receive any com pensation: Prortded, That ali
acts parts OF acts relating assessors and asses
the provisions Of this amendatory iact he. and the
same are hereby, repealed; read aud laid over
cies the several COMMITTEES occasioued by the re-
sgnaiion OF Mr.. Smith; agreed to.
to act a member of the market Commission to Mi
the vacancy cause 10y the death ofCo. d. L. Eaton;
Mr.. Golden, from the committee on WASHINGTON.
GeorgetoMn, and county affairs, reported back
Farm, with an amendment sm6stt,,ins To Oh ba ry
Hillsdale for that of Hillsboro. " "
After del zfe "a" ,u :i;uge was agreed to and the
bill passed. ~ NV
THE PROB esED NEW $4,000 900 rxpRovRxExr1o,x
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs.-Mr. Murray moved
to reconsider the vote by which the bill providing
for additional four million loan was referred 10
the committee on laws and judiciary.
Mr.. Carroll inquired the object of the motio,
the motion by a. TO lay it on the table rspp
had e the bill and
In his opinion the very Introduction of she Iii 20 y
d.mase The credit Of the District government t' VIII
Mr. Mcknight moved to refer the bill IT, to the COM
mlttee on ways ana means, and said that he wa, sur
B By taxing hands Of %sSs sE Kill The
haa introduced the bill in good faith and it was
debt the He Seges 1Ss s The
generally would favor it, especially after was fully
Mr.. Campbell said that the bill was a stem I'm The
bs1 & % a@S eth S1
nDishsd He wa: not disposed to treat bin Of this
the people s.ssd them and me Sny question We:
Of :nsiSS as no. :sn Iis s
GIbnlng Oh the session. when that In.
House would know better how the fnaoces Of she
District stood He held that it the duty Of Con.
gress to complete the improv ements and n TIE
United States could be induced, by indorsne fh"se
bonds, to TINS acknowledse the ooligation il wonIJ
be te the intere<t of the District,
0r. Dyer opposed the reference Of the bill, a II
would indicate that the House favored it, In his
opinion II would impair the credit Of the District:
bot 1t any rate no harm would result II It was laid
over few days at least. ~
MIR. Murray disclaimed any personal A,scourt>.v
to the seu,.man who io,rodaced the bill, and moved
The motion was agreed to-Yeas-Messrs Browne,
Chase, Cox, Dyer. Huke, bGnx, Murray, 0henherS'
emeot, Ureil, Nermiliou and Wall-l2 Nav.C
n ssrs. Berry. Brewe-, Carroll, Ciaegett Hernest
NICK night, Ta.iAf-ro, Trimb'e and the SpeakerIa'
Several members explained their votes, smoog
them MI. Sm pof, who said that while he favored i'm.
proyemers: e aanch e any mec,ber, he oppos-
impair the credit Of the District. "
Mr.. Ciagets voted noo out of courtesy TO the dsga
gate Who introduced the bill, aud pressed tho hoee
that IL wonid 90 the committee on wsys aud
where II would be sffectusuy killed.
TIE cNKsAPEAkE AND OHIO cAxA
NJ Dyer offered the FLOWING Concurrent resolu.