Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-14
Claims Against the District.
EFFORT OF THE BOARD OF AUDIT

REPoRT OF THE BOARD OF AUDIT.
The annual report of the District Board O (
Audit. submitted by MesSrs. Taylor and
Brodhead 10 the President. gives an account
Of the continuance OF their labors under the
provisions of the act OF June Goth, 1874. and
OF the joint resolution OF December 2lst, ls14
Referring TO their report OF December 1th,
1874, and OF February 18th, 1875, aud con-
tinuing the classification and order as therein
The results reached are:
1st. Amount of sewer certificates ISSUED
by the late Board OF Public Works, -, I2g coo:
accounted for in former reports, S2.0i4. 400;
since presented, Sis, go; leaving So so not
considerable amount IN detached and due
coupons, certificates for which were issued
10 the amount of S32952Sl.
:, %. Certificates of the Auditor OF the
Board OF Public Works, Slg,6j2 SIS %: &C
counted for in former reports. SIS, As, 252 %;
allowed To treasurer, Sol, $3.50; amount
satisfied, Sl,703.90; disallowed. =, lG6 $;
transferred to class 1, SIS. jOO allowed since
last report. 81, 49, e; leaving OF such certif-
Gates awaiting action and not presented,
SGi, 4iOSi; amount of certificates issued since
last report, including interest, $50 ,62OO2.
Sd. This class remains the same as at last
report, and embraces Auditors and Con-
troller's certificates.
4th. The claims under this class contract
work. as presented amount 10 SS,2js, 05s.S6.
Amount disallowed, II 81 103 81; amount al
lowed as per last year, Sl126.1 Ii 80; same as
per Present report, -, so $685.; same allowed
but not certified, Sl05. $3.50: allowed bat
paid by Commissioners TO labore~s after au-
dit, 81, 1925; same not acted o., 1896 .77sI5.
The item of sos, 1880 only awaits certificate,
and of this Sl9,31069 is withheld on account
of deficiency in the work. The item of
Sl65, 903.60 awaits final acceptance of the
work. The chief portion OF the claims moi
acted on await report by the engineer. This
class of claims differ from the other classes
as the Commits SionerS were au.aorizr To
carry out the contracts OF the late board OF
public works, and the larger portion of the
claims allowed and &c IN tt-cs IL
under the Commissioners. The amount GER
titled for work done under the late board is
Sl6i0, SS9.03; same under the Commissioners,
$500 is0 50. OF the amount audited but not
certified, S95, 1901 is for work done by the
Commissioners. OF the claims not acted on
nearly The whole sum is for work under the
late board OF public works.
5th. The claims presented of this class
amount TO SGll ,662 IS, of which s52S, 552.Ol has
been accounted for in former reports; $780,
1873 since allowed; $40. 1861 disal lowed, and
S5,S354S not yet acted upon.
9th. The amount of this class of claims
property from streets) is siG1 ,529.11, of which
Sli2.539-9 90 has been audited and certified;
Sl22, $500 audited but not certified; 81 657 90
not audited; S12}, 36O.1s audited and certified
TO Commissioners, and SIC, 0l69l not audited
to be so certified.
eth. In this class damages to real estate)
there were presented 2,2OS claims, aggregat-
ing SS,22S 3GS32. One thousand three hun
cred and ten claims have been allowed IN
whole or in part. By last report, $50 50;
and since last report, S3l6.6S4.l1; disallowed
50 4O0, 6S2. IS. The act of June both 1874 linn
lted audit 10 claims presented TO the Board
OF Public Works; the joint reSolu ton of De-
cember II, 1874, allowed the presentation OF
other claims for the period of thirty DAYS
during which LOO claims were presented
Being Impossible for the board TO make per
sonal examination of each piece of prop5rty
alleged 10 have been damaged, two CONNIE
tent persons were selected as commission
10 visit property and report their Judgment
of damages sustained. This duty was per
formed under oath, and their reports were
valuable aids.
Sth. The amount OF these claims (sewer
taXes) is sI57 ,6sS 81, of which S5i9, 015 - was
accounted for in our last report: S5,G74.S9
allowed since. and - 93S.4S unclaimed.
THE AGG REGATE AIoUNT OF CLAIMS
allowed and certified as above, aud for which
auditors certificates have been issued, is
SIP, SOS, 50. %. Add TO this amount of claims
audited and allowed, but not certified,
Sl32,92 IS, and claims allowed but retained,
SlG5 903.GO, and the total is Sl3.l97 7si u,
which is the amount OF the debt OF the Dis
trlct, as audited and allowed, exclusive of
the funded debt existing June 20, 1874. TO be
increased by further reports of the work un-
der the Commissioners, and by whatever
may be allowed upon unadjusted claims.
The latter, to the amount of S477 PSI 05 have
been presented, but as some OF the smaller
ones are without definite statement of
amounts claimed, they may be slightly in-
creased, and on audit will probably be di-
minished.
EX-TREAsURER MAGRUDER's ACCOUNTS.
In our report of February Is, 1875, a partial
Oh lDt dCCOuQIS Oh treasurer
of the board was shown TO have been made
with, for reasons then stated, unsatisfactory
results. To continue this part Of the work,
william +. warren, esq, an accomplished
accountant OF the city OF New York, was
employed, and the books and papers OF the
late treasurer's office were given into his
desired. a copy OF his report Is hereto ap-
pended, showing a balance due the District
OF S26 ,G03.71. 1t also shows that a veriica-
ton of the condition OF the treasury could
not be had from the books, and that a resort |
to other sources of Information was neces-
sary. A copy OF MIR. Warren's report was |
transmitted TO the Commissioners Of the |
District.
The business of the auditor of the Board
OF Public Works appears to have been regu-
larry conducted, and withoutany important |
error. 4
The collector OF the late board reports the
amount OF collections of special assessments
and OF moneys paid on that account 10 fne
treasurer Of the board to have been $780,
245.S9. An examination shows the amolnt
10 have been S366, 5.6.24, an excess of S3i0.35.
In this, as in some other Instances, too much
reliance was placed on loose memoranda
but the result as given above is believed To
be correct.
The accounts of the Auditor OF the District
we've not accurately kept until December 4.
1873; after which they are regular. nc does
not appear, however, that any loss was sus-
tanned through inaccuracies.
The late collector paid over TO the treasurer
the moneys reported as collected. To ascer-
tain whether the amount OF moneys COL
iected was truly reported would require an