National Republican., 1878-06-28
DISTRICT MATTERS.

ftcms from Pour.and-a-haif Street.
Receipts Of the treasurer yesterday were
", lo2.5i.
The erection Of q hydraut on Eleventh, be.
| tween and V streets, hae been ordered.
| An expenditure Of s5ls hs. been authorized
for sidewalk and eurbing 10 KIngman court
| A street.lsmp has been ordered TO DO erected
at the corner OF Fifth and D streets northeast.
! The property. holders have been given per.
mission TO lay crosswalk at their own expense
on Tenth, opposite French street,
The Gazette has been given permission To
place bulletin board at the intersection Of
Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
| Ahx.inch water.msiu has been ordered to
be laid on NJ between Twenty.th!rd and
! Twenty.fOurth streets northwest at a cost OF
A29si
| The Commissioners have authorized the cx.
tension Of the Waterman on Maryland ave.
nue. to the alley adjoining the gas.works, at a
cost Of S33l.75.
| Licenses have been issued as follows T. ".
Baldwin. apothecary J. B. Dodson & Son,
insurance returns Thomas G. Burrill, liquor
dealer, and Young & Middleton, insurance re.
| turns
Patrick Curtain and others have been
granted permission to lay sidewalk and set
curbing, at their own expense, on Seventh
street between Maryland avenue and c street
northeast.
Inspector Entwistle has notified the agent
| for Mrs. Caroline ID. Pell that the property
numbered 100 Sixth street northwest, opposite
the B. and =. depot, is In a dilapidated cond.
| tion, dangerous to life and limb, and that II
must be torn down within thirty days from
| date.
In response to the request Of Colonel Casey
| for the trimming of trees that come In contact
with Government telegnph wires the parking
commission report that the trees cannot be
| trimmed at this timo without doing per.
msnent injury to the shade of the city, but
that the wires and trees cannot long continue
| in their present relations without decided
| injury to the trees.
Inspector Entwislc has Issued the following
| permits for repairs: John Beck, add two
stories of brick to house on d, between sixth
and Seventh streets northwest, $3.50; Charles
Bell, photograph gallery at 463 Pennsylvania
avenue, $50; Mrs. NJ. A. Lambright, general
repairs at lll2 street northwest, 5000 Hen.
rietta Thompson, raise frame house, No. 1879
Twelfth street northwest, $50.
Yesterday Mr.. John II. Brooks, the efficient
secretary of the School Board visited the Com.
missioners, aud, on behalf of his colleagues
| presented the resolutions Of thanks, SC, adopt.
ed at the last meeting Of the board, and made
an appropriate address, to which the District
Commissioners responded, and expressing their
| qualification that the present school system
was in so good condition, and that the plans
put In operation from the first Of consolidating
the two boards had proved to work so well as
| II has.
District-Attorney Riddle has given an opin.
ion In regard to the sale Of property for delin.
qucnt taxes, which has been transmitted to the
collector, In which ho says: II went over the
act referred to with care, and did not find any
provision postponing the list publication and
sale of lands for delinquent taxes. The atten.
tion OF Congress was called to this, and the
omission Of further legislation is decision
that the provisions Of the fifth section of the
act of March 3, 1877, are not repealed, as they
probably are not, though their enforcement at
the times named will work some extra cost and
trouble. ! recommend that the list be pre-.
pared, published, aud sales made as IL the act
Of June II, 1875 was not passed. If property
owners come In to avail themselves Of the pro-
visions Of the last clause OF section 3 of
that law, of course the advertisement and sale,
If sale has taken place, eau be treated as not
to have taken place aud the purchase money
refunded to the purchaser who, rs against the
owner under this law, will under such circum-
stances acquire no rights as now seems to me.
As this provision Of the third section of the
act Of June IL, 1875, is one of benefccnce to
our people, would 1t not be well to publish 1t
for their information at once"