Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-23
Distri' 8 Government Anatr..

tn ,ieE WASHINGTON, May Y, 1878.
Z, on; Commissioners Of the District Of
49, .iSusrB:-In obedience to your instruc-
r No.. We herewith transmit tabular state
e ~ showing the amount of tax paid by the
.GZtns of Washington on account Of general
and special taxes. licenses &c. from ls2. the
I time OF the foundation Of the late corporation
OF washington, to the 30th of April, 1878. inclu-
Sl'e; we nave encountered many difficulties
IN procuring the necessary data from which to
furnish the written information, owing to the
imperfect state of the records during the early
Years OF the late corporation. The tax edgers
rem lSbZ TO 1873 inclusive have all been de-
stTOyed, and also for several of the intermedi-
are years from 1884 to 1912. Strange as 1t may
pdsry Of afe the no bs2c il FROM WasS
this information could be obtained
We have, therefore, been constrained
information that ought to be found in it. We
are indebted to Mr.. Z. A. James, cashier of
the Bank Of Washington, for the amount of
the year 1910 the city councils passed an act
constituting the Bank of Washington the city
depository, and al the records of the various
deposits made by the treasurer of the city are
for these records it would Be impossibIs to get
correct statements of the revenue of the city
1or the years mentioned. From the imperfect
records OF the office we were able to ascertain
The assessed value of the real and personal
property OF the city from 1902 to 1912 inclusive,
and the rate of taxation we obtained from the
proceedings of the city councils for the wears
last stated. In 1924 we find that the whole tax
was corrected, and we assume that the same
was true in previous years. We therefore give
me 1ull amount of the tax for these wears on
was collected
We have been unable to ascertain the
amount OF revenue derived from the tax on
business professions and trades for the years
iSG2 to 1911, inclusive. We have to suggest to
the Commissioners that immediate steps be
taken to restore, as far as practicable, the old
records OF me corporation, and to that end We
recommend that the municipal books of 1902
10 1916 De copied and bound, and the same of
the municipal books of 1864 and 1863; also that
all the information that can be procured be
compiled, so that the District government
may possess some history of the financial con
dltIOn OF the city from its organization to
date.
In compiling the accompanying statement
we were greatly aided by MeSSrS. John b.
wheeler and Ross A. Fish, who have been I'M
RENTING in their labOrs TO make this state
m me it as perfect as the limited time allowed
r. lSignedl-Wm. Dixon, Geo. A. Bohn, B. D.
CARPENTER, assessors.
T., The tabglated statement shows the receipts
by years, from which the following totals are
taken; ward fund, 3,05069; personal
tax a SO SS21 ,265: special Improvement tax, $l0-
Is,,59362, Inclusive of i, 5H, 97545 paid on ac-
Publlc Works and District Commissioners
general fund $i,76S, 10 IS: school fund 81 $50
ss6l:Z@ This does not embrace the school fund
from 1874 TO 1873, inclusive, which amount has
nOt YET Deen aScertained); police fund, $51S-
i3&95, (which also does not include the amount
between the wears above stated; tax for
water mains, $5l1 ,37l97 total, $S3 ID, 065.3S
A ROTTEN WOOD PAVEMENT.
delegation OF property holders on E, be-
tween Sh and 10th streets northwest com
posed of MeSSrS. l.. A. GObright, Prof. l.. q.
Marini. George E. Kirk, VIM. Orme and
Df: D. Z. Morgan, waited upon the Dis
tflet C4mmlssloners this afternoon, to
mat street which is nearly impossible
Tor vehicles, on account of the rotten wood
paVements, and ask for some remedy. Com.
missioner Bryan listened to their repre- |
sensations, and replied that he was well aware |
DueS available for street repairs should be ex- |
pended In filling up the holes and giving tenn |
FOrary relief until something of more per |
manent nature can be substituted
MONTHS SALARIES.
The auditor and comptroller of the District,
Commissioners copies of y pay rolls of the |
va, i0us District Offices for March, 1878, to be |
furnished the House District committee agree !
ably to their request of April %, 1873 They |
show the expenditures on that account to have |
been as follows: For District offices proper. |
including police court, water department. and |
assessors office, SD StO.52 for labOrers S. 423.-
az for police force, 81, 800 for school teachers
so, 1927, making total amount of eypendi- |
lures OF officers and employees of the Dis |
trlct during That month to have been SOL 1912 |
BUILDING PERMITS |
issued by Inspector EntWisle: Chas Murphy |
remove frame house corner + and I'd streets |
northeast: $40. John Fisher, build porch to |
premises, nj, between Sd and 416 streets south |
west SO. Lizzie II. Dye, construct a four |
story brick dwelling, 54 18th street northwest:
S5m. d. B. Graft, construct two two-story |
orlck dwelling houses, 18th, between and { |
streets northwest: 5000. ii. Hudson, build |
shed, SUI I'll street northeast: $25