Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-08
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vided in the seventh section of the act Of Co /
gresS, entitled An act for the govern nent o.
the District of Columbia I'D for OtheF pnf-
poses" approved June 2fh, 1874.
See. 9. That the Offices OF sinking Iuld com
miSsi0ners are hereby abolished; and all the
duties and powers possessed by sand COmniS-
siOIeTs are transferred t. and shall be eXer-
ciSetl by the Treasurer of the United States,
who shall perform the same in accordance
with the provisions of existing law.
See 10. That in lieu OF the Board Of Health
now authorized by law, the Commissioners Oh
the District of Columbia shall appoint phYSi-
elan rs health officer, whose duty il shall be
under the direction of the said CommisSi IN
ers, to execute and enforce all laws and rpru-
iations relating to the public health and vial
StatlStlcS, anu To perform all such duties
may De assigned to him by said Com mis- lipIl-
ers; and the Board of Health now existing
shall from the date OF appointment OF said
bealth-Offlcer, be abolished.
See. III. That there may be appointed by the
commissioners of the District OF Columbia on
The recommendation of the health-Officer, q
reasonable number of sanitary inspectors for
said District, not exceeding six. to hold such
appointment at any one time, of whom two
may be physicians, aud one shall be Il person
skilled in matters of drainage and ventilation :
and said Commissioners may remove aDy OF
the subOTdinateS, and from time to time IN "
prescribe the duties OF each: and said inspec
tors snail he respectively required TO make at
least once IL two weeks q report to said health.
officer, IN writing, of their inspections whicn
shall De preserved on file; and said health-Citi
Tor Sn TePofl IN tn wrins annually to said
and 50 much Oftener as they shall require
See. II. That the Commissioners NAV aD-
pOlnt, on the Ike recommendation OF the
health Ofhcer, reasonable number of clerks {:
Dut no greater number shall be appointed aud
30 more persons shall be employed under said
health officer, than the public interests de
mand and the apprOpriat ION shall Justify.
See 10. That the salary of the health oil ner
shall he 500 per annum and the salary o.
the sanitary inspectors shall not exceed the
sum OF s., per annum each and the salary
OF The clerks and other assistants OF the health
Ofncer shall not exceed in the aggregate the
amount of 5000, to be appOrtiOnel as the
Commissioners OF the District may deem hast
See. IL That the Commissioners aforesaid
are hereby authorized, as far as practicable
by naming and numbering the streets and
dwellings IN Georgetown, 10 make said streets
cGnf"rm To the streets OF Washington city as
4 continuation thereof.
See. -. That from and after the first day o.
july, 1873 the Board of Metropolitan Police
all Boards of Fire Commissioners and Boards
0I School Trustees shall be abolished, and all
the powers and duties now exercised by them
shall be transferred 10 the Commissioners OF
The District oil Columbia. who shall have
authority 10 employ such officers and agents
and TO adODt such provisions as may be necaS-
S.fy to carry INTO execution the powers and
duties deVUlyed upon them by this act: Pro
Ttde6. That the Commissioners of the DiS5ric.
al Columbia shall appoint nineteen persons
actual residents of said District of Columbia
Oi whom five at least shall he of the cDlOrad
race. TO cons! itute the Trustees of Public
Schools OF said District, who shall serve with
al
Commissioners shall fix. Said trustees shat!
,VH the powers and perform the duties in re-
atl0n to the care and management of the
public schools which are now exercised by ana
vested in the Board OF Trustees OF Publ.
Schools for the District OF Columbia.
Sec. 10 That it shall be the dury of the said
commissioners To report to Congress at the
next session succeeding their appointment a
draft OF such additional laws or amendments
10 existing laws as seem to be needed for the
harmonious working of the system hereby
adopted, and for the effectual and proper gov
eminent OF the District OF Columbia
See. II. That the District of Columbia shall
remain and cOntlnTe municipal corporation.
as provided III section two OF the Revised Stat
uteS relating TO the District of Columbia, AMI
The commissioners and council herein pro
FIded lOr Shall be deemed and taken as officers
oil such corporation Notwithstanding anything
10 the contrary IN this act contained; and all
laws and provisions of law now in force re
Latin@ to the District of Columbia, and not in
consistent with the provisions of this act. shall
remain IN full force and effect.
See. j.. That all laws inconsistent with the
provisions OF this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
TIE CASE OF DETECTIVE BELL-He is Re
HGSeGJfOnt 9dH-leSterday, the hearing
IN The ease of c. ). Bell, arrested April 9th on
a warrant in response to a TequiSitiOn from the
Governor of Texas, Onthe charge of murder
committed I'm that state, was resumed before
lhlti Justice Cartier, who held that the
Indictment accompanying the reuuiSitiOn was
Lot explicit enough in its terms. 1t did not
>hGw That the foreman OF the grand jury was
- i'll fact, and the clerk OF the court did not GER
lily to il. Neither did it appear that Live Oak
county, where the bill was purp0rted to have
been found, was in the state OF Texas, nor did
II assert that Bell was a fugitive from Justice
In addItlOnit did not specify in sufficient plain
EesS what Bell was wanted, and as there We e
several In the city of the same pame. either of
the parties might be held 10 answer with the
same degree oil reason as the one that had
been arrested Owing 10 these defects he dis
charged Mr.. Bell, whO with bis counsel, Col.
IamOn, was warmly congratulated Mr. Bell
proposes To go to Texas and ask a hearing of
the charge. Cunningham, the agent of the
state, was not present when the decision was
announced.
A WASHINGTON Boy BADLY HURT-The
Baltimore Sun of this morning has the follow
ing dispatch from Frederick, Md dated YES
terday: Whilst Campbells eircuS was being
transferred over the trestling of the Pennsyl.
wanna railroad at this place, this morning,
young man named Frederick Joseph, son of
j. +. Joseph, residing on 9Th street, Washing
tOn- ieU, or was thrown from the train and
was seriously injured. AmputatiOn of the
nEht arm m may be necessary: He has accom-
panied the circus since leaving Washington"
The boy Is a son OF MIR. j. +. Joseph, residing
at i29 ON street, a clerk in one of the depart.
ments. The boy IS about l3 years DID, at one
time was engaged in selling papers and light
articles III the city. and it IS thought was en-
gagged IN selling articles on train when the
occurrence took place. He did not leave this
city WIKI the circus. and he was here several
days last week. His mother was informed by
telegram yesterday. which spoke of his in
. JHrleS as being very serious, and she left i'm.
nedlateiy To attend him.
HAEEAS CORPUS FOR RECOVERY OF
CHlID-IhlS afternoon, on the petition of
George Richstein, as the grandfather and next
friend OF Mary >. q. Sloan, a child of ) wears
Judge Macarthur ordered a writ of habeaS
corpus to issue, directed to Mrs. Elizabeth W.
Weller To produce the body of said child forth
win. The petitioner represents that the
latnef Ol the child died in Union county, New
Jersey, lew years since, and the respondent
tAlrS. Weller) with the mother, Elizabeth G..
Sloan, removed the child from that place and
MIS- Sloan subsequently returning was adj
judged lundtic, and on the finding of the in
guiSlilOn she Was committed TO the asyium at
M0rrlstOwn, y. j., where she now is He far
Their charges that Mrs. Weller keeps the child
IN confinement; that it is not properly cared
Tor, and she row threatens To remove the child
10 The state OF California.
1HE SHOOTING OF ALBERT REED. coIOred
on Ihe 9TH INST, by celOred man named Son
ny hOgan, has been mentioned in the STAR.
nope entertained by his physicians of his re-
coVery He was shot in the right side the ball
remaining IN his person, and beyond the reach
OF surgical skill to extricate it. Last might
ABOUT nine oclOck, Ofiieer Rhodes of the sec
ohi precinct, was directed TO secure the Dsr
IttfatOf, and succeeded in arrestipr him in
HeOfSelOWn. as he was aDout LEAVING On a
schCOner Tor New York. He is held 20 await
The results Of the wound on Reed.
BIDS were opened today i'll the Office of the