National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-10
DISTRICT AEEAIRs


SATURDAYS WORK OF THE coSIMIs
SION.
On Saturday the Commission did a good
days work. The following official orders
were promulgated:
oRFIcE OF THH COMMISSIONERS OF rzEl
DIsTRlcT OF CoLUMBIA,
Ordertc: First. That the three Boards o.
Trustees Of Public Schools and the Board o.
Trustees Of Schools for Colored Children II
The District Of columbia be, and they arr
hereby, consolidated into one Board Of Trus
tees Of Public Schools, consisting Of nine resi-
dents Of Washington, three residents Of George
town and three residents Of the county o.
Washington, and the several appointments
heretofore made to the respective boards thu
consolidated shall be, and hereby are, vacated
Second. That Geo. +. Mcclellan, Edmund +
French, William r. Woodward, George "
Dyer, Benjamin 2. Lloyd, Frederick Douglass,
ST., Henry johnson, John II. Brooks and W
Perry Ryder, Of the city Of Washington; An.
thony Hyde, W. ". Curtiss and r. W. Motfatt
OF the city Of Georgetown, and C. B. Smith,
Prof. J. W. Chickering, III and Solomon 6.
Brown, Of the county Of Washington, be, and
they are hereby, appointed Trustees Of PubliC
Schools IN and for the District Of Columbia.
/ Tho gentlemen named were each notified,
and VIII hold q meeting this evening for the
purpose OF organizing.
This change was made for the purpose Of
uniting and simplifying the government of the
schools, and viii NOT In the slightest degree
affect the present mode. Both superintendents
will be continued. Hlr,
The following order was also issued:
Ordered, That the order relating to assessors
Of taxes, passed July 10. A. d. 1874. be, and Il
hereby 4S. PG sh g g g provide as follows
be, and they are hereby. consolidated into six.
2. That George W. Riggs, Henry A. Willard
and Anthony Hyde are hereby appointed assessors
g. That the above-named assessors are hereby
directed 10 proceed immediately amer their &C.
eeptanee and qualification to sssess for the pur;
poses the special tax directed BY section four Of
the act Of Congress Of June 20, 1874, all taxable
real estate subject to sAid tax and not included In
Z. That siI the real estate in the District ex-
eept that belonging to the United States or the
District, that used for educational and charta-
pie purposes, must be included either IN the
present assessment or the supplemental one herein
authorized.
The Commissioners have decided that Mr..
]. B. Lord, who has occupied the Seventeenth
street wharf for q number of years past, must
pay the rent for the same for the time he has
occupied 1t, or the property will be sold for the
purpose Of making the rent out Of It; and that
Mr.. Lord must pay rent for any future time he
may occupy the premises. a
The contracts for furnishing supplies for the
Washington asylum for the next six months
were on Saturday awarded as follows: Robert
Ball, for shoes; Wall, Robinson & Co., dry
goods; Hall 4 Hume, groceries, and Charles
Q. Carroll, fresh beef, bacon, ham and lard.
Messrs. Jesse B. Wilson, Wright Rives and
Thomas Evans, committee Of the Taxpayers
Association, waited upon the Commissioners
morning with 9 communication and
resolutions relating to the suspension Of GER
hofn al hs,k khn
were too busy, and an appoint
nent was made Tor future hearing. s
Circular instructions have been sent BY the
engineer 70 sewer contractors, stating that,
grade stakes having been given them, they VIII
conform to the plans furnished In the future
Of their work, and lay all house
connections and extend them to the building
line, consulting the convenience of the owner
In the location Of the same. When no prefer
ence is expressed, and In the case Of vacant
lots, they Will lay these connections opposite
the middle point OF the building lot, or at In
tervals of twenty feet, In every case OF pipe,
sewer Y-pipe viii be used for making these
The distance between these con-
nections in each case is also to be reported to
the engineer.
A permit has been Issued to the Metropolitan
Railroad Company 10 erect certain frame build
ings, with the proYiso that they be replaced
with brick structures within five years.
The Georgetown Gas Company have been
granted permission to lay . coal-tsr pavement
at their own expense, in front Of their prem
ises on Green street, Georgetown.
The Commission have sent the following
in regard to the Corcoran mar
ket:
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS or THE1
... DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WAsHINGToE, Aug. 8 1874.
Peter camposlt, ssqa Chdfrmqa koEthsrH 1arka
GESTIEsfEs: We have carefully considered tho
written communications laid before rs, with .
view Of procuring the Issue and negotiation BY rs
Of market stock bonds, and the application Of the
proceeds thereof TO the construction Of q market
house on square numbered 44o. We have given
attention, also, to the arguments addressed 70 Us
By deputations who have called upon us with ref
erence to the same subject. Wedesire TO advance
the material interests Of this community In every
section Of the District, but upon an examination
Of the various statutes bearing upon this subject
j. That the act Of the Legislative Assembly Of
June - @ PEosdss that no Sop N6 "a i0F IRE e
made the entire cost Of which shall exeeed
tlOo 600 and that until the completion Of the en-
tire work no payments shall Dc made upon such
amount Of work actually done. The subsequent
act or the Assembly, approved June %, 1870, ap-
f. ~ tS bu1Sng sTa nrnvss 1 h.
suing 800 900 In bonds applicable under previous
enactmentg to markets In both the western and
northern sections Of the city. Thus BY the latter
'front.' Of . sum equal 10 the whole amount hrst
fixed as the limit for the cost OF the entire build
Ing. We are not satisfied that the appropriation
Of 1000 for the SeEsnth-street front sanctions
contracts or expenditures for other parts Of the
building upon Q scale % much ct variance with
the provisions OF the earlier act And II Is clear
that the provisions Of the act OF June 10, 1sT2
any payments IN excess OF eighty per
cent. on work actually done, Is still in force.
z The appropriation Of 800, 900 for the Seventh
5Iees mont 81 the Pr0possa D1ltdng viii isPse S On
limit Of so per cent, on work actually done cannot
reach the sum Of t100, 900 between now and Octo-
Dor /, consequently the negotiation OF bonds to
the amount Of t1O0,O00, or exceeding that sum, Is
not required in faithful administration Of the
valid laws Of the District. II the expenditures
be limited, a. the law requires, to 50 per cent,
.ober l. the result would be an incomplete struc-
ture with no appropriation available FOR fits COM
Dletion or protection Were there no other consid-
oe almost. II not wholly, decisive.
q We are not authorised to increase the debt
Of the District otherwise than by such contracts
Sd oGgSS1i Is ~ VIA n pGGS:Gy q ne e ~
OF the District, execution Of existing
legal obligations and contracts, and preservS-
Ion and protection Of improvements existing, or
and not completed ct the time Of tho
passage Of the cot Of Congress Of June 20, 1874
Charged temporarily with the administration Of
his government, We are not at liberty to under
take new and expensive enterprises and improve
nents, nor 70 impose upon the District other OBJ
legations than such as may DO necessary to the
Iaithful administration Of valid laws for the gov
arnment Of the District, execution OF existing
legal contracts, and preserYatipu Of existing I'm
In view Of the foregoing, no other conclusion Is
len rs than to decline the application for the
Very respectfully W. DExNlsoS,
]. H. KErcHAN,