Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-09

that may have been presented 90 the board OF
tive assembly OF the District Of Columbia en-
titled IAN act providing for the payment OF
oamsges sustained by reaon OF public improve
which claims shall severally be examined snd
| audited without regard % any examination
herr ioiore msdei and shall make de
! tailed and bular statement Of all claims
| presented, the persons or corporation.
owning the same, ami the amount found to n
| due on account OF each; together with tsbl-
lar stsienent OF the funded debt Of the hi
n CT OF Columbia and OF the cities Of Vast
ingtOn and Georgetown OF every kind al
character whatsoever, giving the date OF issue
time ( maturity, and the rate OF interest. AM
" shall further he the duty OF saic board 10 a.
certain the amount OF sewer-tax assss,msat
pad by any person, persons, or corporation,
u der the act of the legislative assembly OF sad
District, entitled "An act creating liz ainage
and sewerage sections IN the cities OF Washing
ton and GeOrge'own, in the District Of COlam-
bia, and providing Tor the payment OF the Goa
strucuOn OF sewers aud drains therein by
sessments, and issutug certificates therefor.
approved the 10th dag OF June, 1873, an ( 10 pre-
pare tabulsted statement thereof. Said bOa-d
of audit shall also issue TO each claimant a Ger
urcate, signed by each OF said board and conn
terslgned by the comptroller of said District.
stating the amount found TO be due 20 each aud
on what account, and q register thereofs shall be
kept by said board 10 be transmitted TO Con
g'ess, and also by the comptroller OF said Dis
trict; and said board OF audit shall also as
certain and report TO Congress, At the next sas-
sion thereof, the amount equstably charReahle
COMPANIES a
paving along aud within the tr scks Of said com
psnies, pursuant TO the charters OF said compA-
nies or the acts OF Congress relating thereto, 20
sether with their reasons therefor. IL shau
fulther be the duty OF said board of audit to
examine into and audit all of the accounts OF
the suditOr and OF the treasurer of the blard of
pubic works, aud o; the auditor, of the treas
urer, or the collector, and OF the comptroller Of
the District OF Columbia, fron the date of
the organization OF sald board and of the
present government OF said District; and for tue
nnTNlEfs m ne AL el,al ha.
power TO subj mDa witnesses, administer oaths
and examine witnesses under oath, and SHALL
have full access 10 all OF the records, books
papers and vouchers OF every kind Whatsoever
OF the tosr1 OF public works and of the DIS
trict OF Columbia. And TO the end that said
books and accounts may be thoroughly exam
ined, and the Indebtedness OF said District and
OF the board OF public works. and the state OF
the booEs and accounts of each Of the off GERS
aforess'c, may be accurately ascertsined. shall
employ one or more skillfui and impartial ac-
CONTAINS non resident OF the District OF CO.
lumbia, and such other assistance as they NAV
deem necessary, 10 make examination OF said
books, vouchers, and papers, and discharge
their other duties under thi, act, and Ell all IrJ-
cure inSI ecticn oftsuch bark books and pap rs
as may be necessary snd theg are hereby
aut' oHzed 10 pay for the serv ces of u a
acc ountant or accountants and SistantS
such sums as they may deem proper. Aud -a,i
accountant or accountants shall take an oath
20 faithfully discharge tue duties imposed by
thus act Said board of audit shan give notice
for the presentation OF the claims hereinbefcrs
eltSlutu IN suCn manner mas be deemed
necessary, and no claim shall be audited or al
lowed unless presented within ninety days after
the first public alton OF such notice.
SIC 4: That the sinking fund commissioners
OF said District are hereby continued; and il
shall be tie duty Of said sinking funding COM
nssioners 70 cause bonds OF the District OF CO.
un 6la to be prepared, in sums OF fifty and dive
hundred dollars, bearing date August LIST, 1874
lay fable nifty years after date, bearing interest
at the rate OF thee and sixty i've huadredtns
per centum per annum, payable semi annually,
- n s4iH len tsryaf-- a
couhterslgned by the comptroller OF said District
which bonds shall be exempt from taxation b.
Federal, State, or municipal authority, en-
grayed ana printed az the expense of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, and in form not inconsistent
herewith; and the faith OF the United states =
hereby pledged that the United States viii, BY
proper proportional appropriations coutem
plated in this act, and by Causing 20 be leveG
UPON the property within said ID strict such
taxes az will provide the revenues necessary q
pay the interest on said bonds as the same ma,
become due and payable, and create a sinking
fund for the payment Of the princi pal thereof a
maturity. Said bonds sh all be numbered con-
secutively, and registered the OH g of tn
comptroller of said District, and shall also be
registered in the Office Of the Register OF til
Treasury of the United States, for which last
named regisu alton the Secretary Of the Treas
uTy shall make such prov 'siop may be neces-
sary. And said commissioners shall su
necessary means for the prevention OF any un-
authorized or fraudulent issue OF any of such
oonds. and shall give additional bond for the
faithful discharge of their duties hereinbefors
provided Tor in the penal sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars each, To be approved by the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
And the said sinking fund commissioners are
hereby authorized TO exchange said bonds at
par Tor like euns OF any class or Indebtedness Ia
the preceding section OF this act named, in
GLIDING sewer-taxes assessments paid evil
denced by certificates Of the auditing board
Sac. That the authority conferred on the
boar of public works to issue additional GER
tifcstes of indebtedness by section four of the
rnff no lasrfa
18th day of MAY, 1878, Is hereby annuiled. No
property shall be advertised for sale or sod for
the collection of any assessment authorized by
the legislative assembly by the act entitled 'An
act creating drainage aud sewerage sections in
the cities of Washington and GeorgstOwn, ia
the District of Columbia, and providing for tbs
payment or the construction of sewers ami
drains therein by assessments and issuing Ger
tihcsfes therefor" approved on the 26Lh dsy OF
June, 1873, until other wise ordered by Co agress
and it shall be unlawtul TO issue any further
certificates OF Indebtedness authorized by said
act.
SYo. 8. That no board or commission of which
the governor is eE o1ciO q member 1.-THE board of
public works excepted) shall be abolished hy
this act, but the members OF the same, other
than the governor, shall constitute such board
SEC. 10. That the act of the legislative Assem-
bly, OF the District OF COlumbi2 entitled Gan
act TO fund unsettled liabilities OF the CITY of
Washington, ar providing for the issuing of the
bones, and leyytng and collecting taxes 90 paw
the same" approved June 10th, 1Ss2 Is hereby
ratned ana approved; Dat none OF the bon l.
authorized by said act remaining uasold shall
be negotiated or sold at loss than par.
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| VILLAIN WHO DESERVES SEWERS PCN-
IsBMEST.-Yesterdaym morning Officer MeDsT-
mott, doing duty in the county, was called upon
TO arrest q coiored man names James Odsn.
who had been on a rampage on the old Bladens-
burg turnpike, and attempted to commit rape
on three respectable women at different farm
houses; fret at the house of William Miller, on
Mrs. NJ. during her husbands temporary alb
sepce. Here be was frightened away, and pro-
ceeded to the house Of Mr.. Rosenthal, where a
like attempt was made on Mrs Amanda RDsen.
thai, where he made a most indecent assault,
and meeting with q stout resistance left, bat
Afterwards returned to the house and male
second attempt, but was frightened away by
the screams OF the woman and the approach OF
Mr.. X. He then went TO the house OF q Mr..
Turner, and so frightened Mre. Turner thai
her screams aroused two workmen IN the fela
named Jones and Quick, who pursued the vii
lain and fred several shots ct him, bat, unf0r-
tunately without effect. Soon afterwards on
Ger McDermott caught him In the woods, and
this morning he was arraigned at the Police
Court on the charge Of attempting 70 commit
rape on Mrs. Amanda Rosenthal, and after =
hearing was ommtted to jail for three N onths.
TIE AMALGAMATKp HOUSE, CARPKNTRRs
AND JoIyKRs head q meeting last night at Me-