Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-06
The New District Governments.

AFFAIRS AT THE COLUMBIA BUILDING TO-DAY.
The engineer OF the District has requested
the collector Of taxes to charge the sum of one
dollar for each and every gas and sewer permit
Issued by the engineers ofice. This request Is
based upon the opinion OF 1r. Birney, assistant
district attorney.
Yesterday Lieut.. Hoxie sent q letter to the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia as
follows :-"Having been placed In cha of the
assessment of special imprc sements, L nave
made preliminary examination, and find that
IL will be advisable to have prepared by the at
torney Of the District a set of rules, based upon
existing laws, which shall govern the making
up Of these assessments. and obyiate in a great
measure the necessity for their revision upon
complaints made. The large amount involved
IN these assessments suggests deliberate, eau
uous acton, and respectfully recommend tn at
the attorney Of the District be requested to pre-
pare rules TO govern the making MP of these as
easements" The matter was referred to the
attorney.
THE DEBRIS ON THE AGRICULTURAL GROUNDS.
In response 10 request of Hon. +. Watts,
commissioner Of agriculture, asking that the
material belonging TO the city government now
deposited on the canal grounds, adjoining the
agricultural grounds, be removed, the follow
ing wus addressed him to-day by the engineer:
AUGUsr 8, 1874.
SIR: / am directed by the honorable Commits
sioners Of the District of Columbia to inform
You that the cost of removing material from
canal yard should. in their opinion, be betrayed
from your appropriation for improvement of
the grounds, and that IL arrangements can be
made to this effect the work may be COM
menced at once. Should you decline to defray
the expense the Commissioners will hardly feel
justified in mourning the expense Of immediate
removal, but will arrange to use exclusively
from that yard and get rid of the material az
soon as possible. Very respectfully, &C.,
r. A.. HoxIE, Engineer, &c.
District Commissioner Dennison left this city
last evening for New York, to be absent q few
days.
PAYING THE SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The payment Of the school teachers was con-
tnued to-day, and the Controller offers to at
tend in his office from TO o'clock this even
ing, in order that the lady teachers may avoid
the crowd usually found around Columbia
Building during the regular Office hours. The
teachers are paid to the end OF their scholastic
year-3lst instant-and the disputed month uf
March Is included. the apparent duplcatiOl
having been satisfactorily explained to the au-
ditOr. 1t appears that while q requisition for
5000 for teachers salaries for the month of
March had been presented, no money had been
drawn, though about fifty teachers were paid
for that month. These teachers were paid by
passing their salary bills in payment of taxes to
parties about to pay taxes. The school treas
urer appears to have disbursed for teachers
salaries every dollar received for that purpose.
He also claims that all his reports have been
made, except for the last six months. The
school teachers for the county. thirty in num-
Der, are receiving their paw to-day, and to-
morrow the Georgetown teachers, seventeen in
number, will be paid.