Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-18
TIE District Commissioners.

Yesterday the District Commissioners re-
voksd "a, large number OF contracts for street
A large number of applications for various
positions under the board have been filed.
Messrs. W.: H. Collins and NJ. A. Pine were
yesterday afternoon appointed clerks in the
deputy controllers Office.
Secretary Tindall was directed to issue com
missions to the following notaries public for the
L. Wollard, Nathan X. Ellsworth, Jos. Donald
son, Cbas. +. Weaver, VIM. Ii. Minnix, Robert
j. Murray, A. G. Heylman, Arthur A. Birney,
A. b. Kelley, and Chas. II. Murray.
DR.. L. s. Verdi called on the commissioners
yesterday afternoon, and filed bill of expenses
incurred by him in his visit 70 Europe last year
as agent for the Board of Health and under
a commission given him By Gov. Cooke.
The pay rolls of the District and the Board of
Public Works are nearly ready. a new style
ofwarrants (checks) Is in preparation at the
Treasury department to be ready next week.
In the meantime parties holding orders on pay
OF employees are filing the same (or q memo
randum) with the Controller.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Lieut.. Hoxie, executive officer, to day Issued
a circular to contractors. notifying them that
under the recent act of Congress for the gov
eminent of the District of Columbia call claims
existing, or hereafter created, for which no evil
dence of Indebtedness has been issued, arising
out OF contracts made by the Board of Public
Works, are required to be examined and audited
for settlement by the board of audit. consisting
of the LIST and I'd Controllers of the Treasury of
the United States, who upon such audit will
issue to each claimant q certificate signed by
said board and countersigned by the controller
of the District, stating the amount DUE" 81;
The sinking fund commissioners are AUTHOR
lied to exchange at par certain bonds of the
District of Columbia provided for, payable fifty
years from August LIST, 1874, and bearing inter
est at the rate of three and sixty-nye hun
dredths per cent. per anuum for the indebt-
edneSs evidenced by said certificates of the
auditing board. No other provision is made
for payment for work done or hereafter to
be done under contracts made with the
Board Of Public Works. The disposition of the
appropriations made by Congress, and of the
revenue from taxes and other sources, is con-
toiled by act of Congress, and none OF these
revenues are available for payment of SAID
work Its continuance, therefore, under such
contracts, must be at the risk of the contractor
in respect to the examination of his accounts
by the board and the mode of payment.
NOTARIRs PUBLIC APPOINTED.
The following notaries public were appointed
to-day ard their commissions sent them WIN.
Thompson, A. g. Harmon and II. Clay john
son.
The following was issued to-day:
OPTICAL.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WASHINGTON, July IL, 1874.
Ordered, That all work under contracts or
the late Board OF Public Works, except that
pertaining to sewers, is hereby suspended, and
the same shall not be resumed except upon the
approval of the Commissioners, and by the
written order of the engineer.
2. That an examination or the work on the
at once by the Engineer of this Board, to de-
termine the initial point of the work which is
to be done under the Commission.
w. DRNNIsON.
HENRY Il. BLOW.
j. Ii. KBTCHAM.