Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-05

HOW THEY ARE MADE AND CONTROLLED
UNDER THE NEW LAW.

HOW THEY ARE MADE AND CONTROLLED
UNDER THE NEW LAW.
Under the new order of things consequent
upon the passage by Congress at the last ses-
sion OF bill for the government of the Dis
trict OF Columbia, the District Commissioners
yesterday made their first requiSition upon
the Secretary of the Treasury for money. Tne
requsitiOn was for $4,000. 1t was honored
by Secretary Sherman AMI a warranr for TIL.
amonnt made out On Treasurer Gifiliar.
Against this amount the Commits toner's viii
make out checks for funds as needed. A. the
end al each quarter they will make a return to
the accounting officers of the Treasury of I,
their expenditures. This will be ace ,mpani,
was expended From the Ire asurp accoun
ing officers these vouchers etc., will go tn the
Frs Controller, wnere they, will be again
closely scru iniZed before final approval This
OF course is an entirely different method frOln
that in vogue under the old law. Then the
commissioners deposited their funds in tire
Treasury and drew them out by checks on the
treasurer. and were accountable only to Con
glesS. TIE new plan will no doubt be at.en T.
ed with some inconveniencpS to the Commits
siortrs Under the new bill they cannot ex
ceed the estimates for the expenses of the Dis
trict government, which they submit annually
t" Congress, and upon which appropriations
are based. The new bill says the money shall
the estimates submitted" &c The Treasury
department at first held that under this the
commissioners not only could not exceed the
money left over from any single item Of the
estimates 1t could not be used for any other
pVrp0Sr and would have to he covered into
the Treasury. From this position the Com
missioners secured recedal after some
toube. They cannot, however, without being
held responsible for the balance exceed the
total OF their estimates.
LATER-THE REQUIsITIoN FOR FUNDS RE-
1t is reported this afternoon that the first re-
cushion made by the District Commissioners
meht between them and The Treasury officials,
was to-day refused by the latter on the gCouni
Il "a ly two of the Commissioners sign :
lures were appended to it.
ARMY RATIONs FOR FEVER SUFFERERS
Secretary McCrary to day authorized the issu.
ance of 10000 ra,iOns to the yellow fever suf-
ferers al Memphis. Messrs Woodruff, Davis
OF ~ Wa waited
half OF the suffering people OF their city. Their
interview with Secretary McCrary was en-
tlrely satisfactory, and all the relief possible
VIII pc extended to the people of the soreIy
stricken city.
RECRUITS FOR CALIFORNIA-The superin-
teDdent OF mounted recruiting service will
cause so recruits to be prepared and for
Harded, under proper charge, to Fort Yuma,
CAL. for assignment to the 6tn cavalry.
TRANSFERS OF ARTILLERY OPFICERs.-The
following transfers of lieutenants of ARTILLERY Y
are announced. The officers of the new d..
tail will report for duty with the batteries to
which they are transferred the lst OF Ottobe
next when those relieved will proceed to join
their respective batteries: lst Lieut.. r. G.
Shaw, LIST artillery, from battery | to Ii hit ba
tery \, vice LIST, Lieut.. E: r. Russell fir Jm blt.
tely to light battery.I. I'd Lieut.. Thos O.
patterson, lst artillery, from battery to ilg t
leIy,frOm battery L to light battery A, vice lSt
Lieut.. j. C.. Scanlipg from battery A to
"a artillery, from battery b to light battery \.
vice Lieut. E. B. Hubbard from light battery
A TO battery b: 1st Lieut.. Lewis Smith, 2d
artillery from battery & 10 light battery c,
vice lst Lieut.. CHARLES Humphreys from ii.
battery CtO battery &. 2l Lieut.. c. A. Po>:.
ley, 80 artillery. from battery to light bat.
terry Z, vice 2d Lieut. j. K. Williams ON Ii i
battery { to battery b. I'd Lieut. G.. w FOs ,.r.
81 arIiltr:, from battery G to light battery -
vice. Lieu. II. Dow I'd from light battery G q
b. b.tttTy q. lst Lieut.. VIM. F. Stewar. an ~
lllely, from battery ID to light battery B, y',.
Is Lieut., VIM. Ennis from light battery B q
battery ID. 2d Lieut.. w. NJ. Medcaifp firm
battery X TO light battery b, vice 81 LEU. J.
S. Wilson from light battery to batte.y K
lst. Lieut.. w. B. McCulium, 81 h artillery Ir IN
battery NJ to light battery +, vie l : L,ari :,
+: WnOd from light battery f to btiL,.-y N
~ Lieut.. w. X. haniltO9, 5.h ar.ti... from
battery o light battery +, vice Lie - ~
b. Homer from liehr ba;'e' TO ba try B
A VERY SEVERE RAIN STORM caused the
Lackawa'na river to break into the F,i~la .vD
mlnes near Scranton. Pa, yesterday. The