Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-16


ne bts shall be for the term OF three years, and
the beginning and end of said term shall be
clearly expressed in the commission 70 be given
TO the person 80 appointed. No new appoint
ment OF a Notary Public shall be ma suDtii the
nun Der OF NOtaries Public in said District is
reduced, by expiration OF terms or otherwise, to
fifty, or shall 20 many be appointed there after
TO cause all those in office at any one time in
said District to exceed that number. SAID Re-
gents may, by designation under the seal OF said
Regents, authorize, for term OF three years
each, convenient number OF persons in the
various States and Territories of the L mon To
exercise in such States or Territories, respect
lively, such parts of the duties and authOr.t v of
Notary Public of said District, and with such
validity and effect ard IN such N amer not in
consistent With existing laws and cOmpJnsa-
ton, as the regulation of said Regents may
specrfy, in reference to deeds, stfidAvits, and
other papers and documents to be used in or
relating to property or person in said District;
but there shall hereafter be no such Off GER as
Commissioner of Deeds under said government.
Sec. "A. Tnst said Regents may, under tae
proVi-i0Is hereof relative TO appointments ami
removals by said Regents, appoint ami remove
COnstables; but there shall not be moro than
ten COnstables in said District at any one time,
after those now in Office have been reduced to
that number, and the right OF removal shall ap-
ply 10 those now in Office as well ~ % thDss
hereafter to be appointed. The term OF offics
OF each Constable hereafter appointed shall be
three years, which shall be speci fed In his COM
mission from said Regents. The existing laws
OF Congress shall continue to apply 70 said OIL
CeIs. and they shall be authorized Co serve war
Tdite ana SUMMONS. ana 10 levy executions
tTom the Municipal Court herein provided for,
and shall be subject to such regulations OF said
Regents as shall be approved By the Supreme
Court OF said District. Each Constable shall
keep memOranGum-boOg, in which he shall
regularly enter the date OF every warrant, su n
mons, and execution, and other paper he NAV
receive to serve or collect, the place where, and
the time when, and the person upon whom he
served 1t, the amount he collected and OF whom,
ard the date of such collection and tue dispO.i-
ton he made OF such warrant, summons, execu-
m 70 ina
passed from his hands. A failure in any case OF
matter TO make such entries, at the time, shall
forfeit the Constable 8 right to receive any fees
therein; and on the thirtieth day of June OF
each year, or on the next day If that be Sunday,
and whenever he shall cease to perform the
duties Of Constable, he shall deposit such
memorandum book with the Clerk of said Su-
prene Court, where the same shall remain OF
record.
Sec. 70. That said Regents, under the provis
IONS last referred TO, may appoint ami remove
not exceeding three COrOners for said District
OF which three COrOners, however the Coroner
now in office shall be one; and every Coroner ia
said District shall have all the authority and
duty now belonging to that office in said Dis
uict, except that he shall conform to the rea-
s0nable requirements of the Board OF Health
and 10 the regulations which NAV be ADMITTED
by said Regents. The term OF each Coroner To
be appointed hereunder shall be ii We years aud
be shall, before entering upon his duties. give
bond, in tue same form and subject to the same
approval as that required OF the Superintendent
OF the Board of He6 It'll, in the penal sum of
twenty thousand dollars. The compen .atiOn OF
the Coroner shall be the same as that now AL
lowed by law. Said Coroner shall keep a record
showing the name, nativity, sex, and age OF
eacE person on whom he shall hold an inquest
the alleged, and also What he believes 70 be the
real cause OF death, and the particulars OF each
inquest, and the time and place where the same
was held; and this record shall be deemed a
public record, and the Coroner shall, on the
thlrtieth day OF June of each year, or the next
day il that be Sunday, deposit said record for
the past year with the Clerk OF said Supreme
Court, where the same shall remain, and de-
post shall be made OF his record when any Cor
Oner shall cease to discharge the functions OF
his office.
Sec. 70. That said Regents may, under the
provisions last referred 10, designate aud can
eel the designation OF District Surveyors, whose
term shall be three years, but there shall BE- no
more than four surveyors 50 designated at any
one time in said District.
Sec. II. That said Regents nav under the
provisions last referred to, appoint aud re-
move an officer TO be designated the So
hcitor OF the District of Columbia, whose
term Of Office shall be tive years and Who sh All
be the legal adviser of said Regents and OF each
Lead Of bureau, and of eacn officer herein
provided for, in and about the discharge OF
their official duties; but he shall conform to
the appropriate regulations of said Regents, t.
be made Tor the organization of his otice and
the prompt discharge OF his duties. The sal
airy of said attorney sh all be four thousand dol
lars per year; he shall neither charge nor re-
eelye any fees In any case or matter in which
said District or Department is interested, or In
which any officer in his official relations here
under IL party, and he shall attend to all
civil suits and proceedings arising hereunder;
and also attend 10 al criminal proceedings 90
arising which shall be pending In any tribunal
interior to said Supreme Court, aud shall rem
DER any reasonable aid in that court de shall
have such assistance as sald Regents SD ali ap-
prove snd appropriations will warrant. He
shall be entitled 10 ask advice OF the UniteI
States District Attorney for said District, and
whenever the Attorney General of the Unitsd
states shall consider that due protection OF the
~ faWA o. la TTFTF
shall tnteTpose for such protection in any case
or matter in charge Of said Solicitor OF the Dis
tTict OF Columbia. And said Regents nav
through said Solicitor, compromise or settle or
discontinue any suit that may be pending in
the name OF SAID District, pursuant to a stipu-
lation or direction in writing to be filed in such
record, by said Solicitor, and also by the Secre-
tary OF said Regents. Said Solicitor snail keep
q record, in which all his Official opinions shall
be entered, and which shall also show the par
ties and proceedings and result thereof in each
case and matter officially in his charge and all
the expenses of his office, which record shall ba
deemed pablo record. He shall make re-
pert OF hs dOiBgs TO said Regents as often as
their regulations shall require, and shall once
In each year make a general report to them of
the administration of his flee, giving a state
ment or all suits, matters, and proceedings
clearly indicating which were begun, ended,
or were the subjects of any, and what progress
during the past year, and the details OF the
expenses OF bis office, and he aay call attention
TO defects in the laws, and make such susges-
tons az he thinks will, If adopted improve the
administration in said District.
Sec. IS. There shall be a bureau in said De-
fartment, at the head OF which shall be an of
ncer, TO be designated the Superintendent of
Charity and Correction. Said Superintendent
shall be appointed, and may be removed, BY
said Regents, under the provisions referred to
IN the first section of this chapter, and his term
OF Office shall be five years; and his salary a.
such Superintendent shall be two thousand dol
lars per year. He shall, before entering upou
his duties, give a bond In the penal sum of ten
thousand dollars, in the same form as is re-
CURED OF the Superintendent OF Police for the
faithful discharge OF his duties. 1t shall be
among the duties of said Superintendent OF
Charity and Correction, as an exec utiye officer
under raid Regents, and as the Regulations may
provide:
First. To supervise and have the general care
or all persons receiving public support on the
basis OF charity or humanity, ana Of all proyi-
sioDs for such support III said District, (0.her-
wise than in any chartered or private institu-
tion,) and OF the buildings and grounds provided
Tor such persons, except as otherwise provided
by law, and to see that none receive such aid
who are not legally or morally entitled TO the
same, and that economy, propriety and public
utility are secured in its administration.
Secondly. To have such general oversight of
All places where public money in said District
Is used, or special enactments have been Sc
a.