Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-03
District government Affairs.

The number Of drawback certificates issued
by MIR: Roome, clerk in charge Of revisions Of
special assessments, up to O'Clock to-day, was
Claimants, ss7, 1862. ' -'' ~ '''''-e
Major Brock has recommended that Lieut. NJ
A. Austin be placed on the police trial commit
vacant by the promotion of the first named. The
recommendation has been adopted by the Dis
trict Commissioners
SEWER CONTRACT AWARDED
The commissioners to-day awarded the con-
tract for laying 12-inch pipe sewer, with the
necessary man-holes in West, between WASH
tngton, between West and Bealle streets,
Georgetown, to Patrick Maloney, at $780,
REVISION OF THE DISTRICT LAWS.
The District Commissioners to-day trans
recommending the civil code of law and pro-
cedure for the District, prepared under the
direction Of the attorneys for the District in
accordance with provision OF the act of March
Sd, 1879 This code together with the code of
municipal law submitted to the House of Rep
resentatives on the eth Of January, 1879, COM
pletes the revision Of the laws contemplated by
the act of June 18th, 1878, (sec. 1917 and by the
act above referred to. The early enactment of
this code, with such amendments or modifica-
ton as Congress may approve is recommended
Dy the commissioners, as matter of much i'm
portance to the District for the purpose of an
efficient and vigorous administration of its
affairs, and the commissioners express the hope
that it will receive the prompt and favorable
consideration of Congress,
DEEDS IN FEE have been recorded as follows:
BENJAMIN Solomon to Elon Behrend, part Of lot
IA, SO. south of SO. SIC; 5. James Murt to Mary
Lynch, lot 9, so. SOC; $40. Michael Mccormick
to Annie Hawkins, part lot 81, SO. 1872 5000. II.
G. Thyson to G. W. Brown, lot 1o4, 81. as;
S32S12. Same to Charles Brown, lot 1O6, So. AS;
sl1562. Same to T. E. Brown, lot los, So. AS;
s32312. j. w. Lewis to L. D. Reynolds, part 80,
SO. $40; g.: c. T. Stewart to Lucy York, part 2,
So. $40; ,000 G. Earle to E. F. NJ. Faehtz, lot
4, SO. 2s1; s26O4.45. Elizabeth II. Rowe to B.
Charlton. part 5, SO. Isl; s10l.4O. J. W. Cord to
+. Latta, lot IA, So: $685. s349.sO Matilda VIM
$500 E; HALEY to Simeon Denty, part 66, so:
545; 81 500. H. B. Moulton to T. Slaughter and
D: simpson, lot. q, sec; ., Barry Farm; $3.50.
Barry farm; $500. G. n. Hopkins tx to c. c. B. 3.
same, lot So; So. iii; ST. $3.50. g: y: Hopkins ct
a ae oe g. lot ii s.: & Ii su moee 9s
to same, lot 60, SO. Iii; 81 sO47O. n. E. Hopkins
to- same lot 81 So II 81 Luttrel
$780, Rosanna Lamson to c. N. Thorn, all of
So. 9s; 5. J. E. Kendall to c. N. Thorn, all of
50. %; s.. W: z: Particle to Helen J. Tanner
Christiana A: Jolly, lot 49, SO. 800; s., 500 Mary
Austin to B. y. keyser, receiver, lots to and
same lot 81, in Sub Of 9 and L, So 15s and 5,
sub So. 81; s.. W. H. Wetzel to John Irwin,
part IA, so. 81; $40. Robert Thompson to Mary
A. Thompson, lot 10, So. 5as; $. C. d. Osborn
toJ. 7: Osborn ct al, part of Incidence; 800.
John IN Murphy to Margaret Murphy, part Il, SO.
10, 50. 3ss; $500; J. M: Hutchinson, trustee, ct
H. Smith, trustee, to Edward simms, lot $50, So.
2O6; 81 800. Henry Bakersmith to T. T: Scarf,
part Peters Mill Seat; $4,000. r. 7. Scarf to
Margaret E. Bakersmith, lot A, So. 19l; $1,000.
G. B. Williams to NJ. S. Johnston, lot "a. SO. $40;
=, 800. A. A. jackson to N. M. Douglass, lot 26.
So. $40; s.. G. F. Appleby ct al, trustee, to
Edmund Cammack ct al, lot 80, So. 2O9; 81, 200.
b. II. Warner to X. w. Walker part of Girls
Portion, in county; 81 $3.50 A. c. Hurley to JAS
c. Mcguire, lots and K, SO. 337; $50. Joel Par
ker, receiver, to Michael White lot 80, Mount
Pleasant; 3. l. G. Kimball, trustee, to Michael
White, lot 80, Mount Pleasant: 5000 j. F. Col
bach to j. P. Jidt part ID, So. 10; $125.75. Geo.
Lyles to W. H. Curtis. parts 81 and 81, so. 1872;
s.. VIM. Schwing to A. j. Clarke, part lot 49,
So $40; s., 900. A. j. Clarke to VIM. Schwfng,
part lot T. So $40; $1,000 s:o c. A. Crawford to
Schneider to Chas. A. Schneider, part lot 8, in
sub. of So. 1G6; s., $50. Henry c. Dean to Jas. H.
Fowler, part lot 9, in sub. Of ground lying east
OF So "a; $411.