National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-08

tofore made to the respective boards thus eonsOl
dated shall be, and hereby are, vacated.
That the order relating to assessors Of taxes,
T passed July 10, A. ID. 1874, be, and is hereby,
c modified so as to provide as follows:
( That the eleven Offices Of assessors OF taxes be,
and they are hereby, consolidated into six.
{ That George W. Riggs, Henry A. willard and
+ Anthony Hyde are hereby appointed assessors OF
.; That the abovenamed assessors are hereby d.
rected to proceed Immediately after their accept
ance and qualification TO assess for the purposes
of the special tax directed BY section OF the act
Of Congress OF June 20, 1874, all taxable real
estate subject to said tax and not included in the
That ali the real estate in the District, ex-
: cept that belonging to the United States or the
5 able purposes, must be included either in the
present assessment or the supplemental one
! berein authorized.
That no contract Of TIE existing contracts Of
the late Board ofPublie Works be continued until
Us legality be certified to by the attorney for
S S P bTS is P'0T.dss I IN III sag
eIs shall continue until the attorney for the Dis
trict can examine and certify as to their legality
Ana provided further, That nothing in this order
shall be construed to prevent the Commissioners
from suspending or annulling any contract Of the
which may be certified to by the attorney for the
AUGUST I2, Is7I.
4 That the fire limits of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown be extended as follows: Within
the inner building line Of the following named
streets and avenues, viz: Beginning at Rock
Greek and Virginia avenue; thence along said
4 avenue TO B street north: 'Heuce along the Po-
| tOmac river to street south; thence along said
street to Virginia avenue; thence along said
avenue to South Capitol street; thence along
North Carolina avenue to Lincoln Square and
/ Massachusetts avenue; thence along said Massa-
Il chusets avenue to North Capitol street; thence
along said street TO street north; thence along
said street to New Jersey avenue; thence along
said avenue to Q street north; thence along said
street to Sixth street west; thence along said
street to Boundary street; thence along said
/ Boundary street to Eighth street west; thence
along said street to q street north; thence along
said street to Thirteenth street west; thence
| along said street to Boundary street; thence
| along said Boundary street to Fifteenth street
west; thence along said street to Q street north;
| thence along said street to Nineteenth west;
thence along said street to street north; thence
along said street to Twentieth street west; thence
| along said street to S street north; thence along
said street to Boundary street; thence along said
/ Boundary street to Rock Greek, at street north,
| in the city Of Washington, and thence along West
street from Rock Creek, to High street; thence
| along said street TO Potomac river, Georgetown;
! thence along said Potomac river to the place OF
/ beginning.
! That it shall not be lawful to erect, construct,
| enlarge or remove any wooded buildings any
where within the area embraced within said hre
limits.
| Orol,rsI:
All applications Tor collins for the burial of de-
ceased paUpers must be made to the Board OF
Health, that board being hereby authorized TO
issue orders on the contracting undertaken Tor
coiins after an investigation of any case pre-
such action. Upon the application OF said board
the intendant Of the Washington Asylum viii
grant sites at the graveyard OF the Asylum.
The said board TO make to the Commissioners
monthly reports Of the collins and graYe-sites so
provided.
is hereby directed to embrace in his weekly re-
ports to be made hereafter = statement Of the
manner in which he shall have enforced the Jaw
to cause all persons committed for offences against
the laws to be employed in some useful work.
That said intendant is hereby directed to en-
k11n 81 f1Nnrr r7Wnr fnwnn
mis- control in work on the avenues, streets, Slleys
parks and squares OF the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown, and on the roads and public works
in Washington county, and on the public
property OF the District OF Columbia Tor its
Improvement, repair or preseryation-the mum:
Der of workmen and the nature and place OF
the work to be designated under the direction Of
the engineer Of the District. and the labor TO be
performed under the supervision OF members oil
and expense and ON the application of the District
of Columbia.
thoriZed to make from time to time, as may be
required the application to the Board OF Police
required by the eleventh section Of the act of
Congress OF August 6, 1851, for the appointment
of such -patrOlmen as may be necessary for
the supervision Of the labors Of the prisoners, and
to pledge the District Of Columbia for the pay
ment Of their salaries.
THAT the pay of each special policeman ap-
pointed to superntend the labors OF the prisoners
service. and that the District shall reserve the
right to terminate the contract with such police
men at any time, on five days notice through the
That the secretary notify each Of the papers of
Washington that the Commissioners do not recog |
nze their liability to pay for any advertisement
since they came into office, except as specially !
ArGrsT2I, 1874.
Ordered:
That no contract for supplies or repairs for any
purpose involving the expenditure of money shall
be made by any officer or employee connected |
with the District government, excepting with |
i '.',0' AUGUST q, 1871.
That the order Of November I, 1873, of the late !
Board Of Public Works permitting persons to do |
work in front Of their premises where the streets
were under contract be. and the same is hereby, !
All permits Of this character upon which work |
has not already been commenced in pursuance of
celed.
ceiVe any debt due from the District of Colum- /
bia shall be recognized by any accountant or dis
bursting officer CT said District, unless said war
rant shall recite the nature of the consideration
and, as near as may be, the amount and date of |
maturity Of the debt, and unless it be signed by |
the party parties in interest," attested as to each
signature BY two competent witnesses, and &C |
knOwledged by the party or parties executing it |
before an officer having authority to take the |
acknowledgment; and unless it shall appear by |
said certificate that such officer at the time OF /
making out such acknowledgment read and lulIy
or persons acknowledging the same.
ordered:
That paragraph one Of the order of August s, .
1874, be, and is hereby, so amended as to read as
follows: That the three Boards OF Trustees OF |
Public Schools and the Board OF Trustees oil |
Schools for Colored Children in the District .
Of Columbia be, and they are hereby,
consolidated into one Board Of Trustees Trustees
trustees Of public schools in and for the |
the District of Columbia; eleven Of whom shall
be residents Of the city OF Washington; three Of |
whom shall be residents of the city Of George
town. and five Of whom shall be residents Of the
county OF Washington: Provided, that nothing |
herein contained shall affect the appointments OF
trustees of public schools made in pursuance of
said order of August s, 1874.
SEPTEMBER q, 1874.
That the Offices Of physician of the Washing
ton Asylum and resident student of the Washing
ton Asylum be, and they are hereby consolidated,
under the name of the resident physician to the !
Washington Asylum, at an annual salary Of four !
hundred and eighty dollars.
Q. That all moneys hereafter paid for fines or
parts Of fines, to secure the release Of prisoners
under sentence and confined at the wOrkhouse, !
shall be paid to the clerk Of the Police Court,
on duty with said Police Court, and that the
order Tor release shall be under seal Of the Police
Court and attested by the clerk, and shall be kept
on file by the intendant Of the asylum and work
house.
trict OF Columbia IS hereby requested to pay out !
of any funds belonging to the said District that |
may hereafter be in his hands, the fees accrued |
since June ~. 1874, oil all witnesses lOr the DIS
triet in the Criminal Court in appeal cases from |
the Police Court taking as vouchers the sigma
ture of the witness to the customary payroll and
the certificate Of the court clerk to the attendance
of the witness; and all fees so paid by the Mar
shul shall be allowed to him in his settlement |
with the District.
!. That all claims against the public schools |
before being audited or paid, shall have been ap-
proved by the Board Of Trustees OF Public |
Schools.
SEPTEMBER -, 1874.
Ordered:
That the opinion OF the Attorney of the District |
Of Columbia, that the entry made by the Board /
of Appeals in fixing the valuation Of the property
known as "VernOn Row" on lot s, square $40, at |
eighty thousand dollars may be disregarded as |
being without authority Of law, be, and the same |
is approved, and that the superintendent Of as |
sessments be directed to restore on his books the
said property for taxation at valuation Of forty
thousand dollars.
SEPTENBER II, 1874.
OrIersd:
That the Board OF Trustees of Public Schools |
is hereby directed to report to the Commissioners
for the District Of Columbia schedule Of all the |
school sites or other pieces Of real estate owned,
bargained for, purchased or occupied for public |
school purposes within said District, stating par
ticularIy in regard to each piece the description
of the land the date Of acquisition; by what title
it is held in whom the title Is vested, the amount
Of purchase money, the amount and value OF in |