National Republican., 1882-12-22
TIE COMMISSIONERS
Current Transactions ut the Various Dis
trict Offices.

4 building permit was issued yesterday to
u. l.. Morrison TO make repairs at l0l3 Il
street northwest TO cost $1,000.
The commissioners yesterday approved the
applicat!ons for liquor licenses of Mrs. Angus
tine Brchman, 1000 Four-and-a-half street
southwest. and Mrs. NJ. G.. Shea, 1903 Third
street northwest
Judge Lawrence in q letter TO the commits
siuncrs, SAYS in reference to claim No. lS,l39
bill of Daniel DOnavan amounting TO Sl3O
for services rs referee in the court oil CLAIMS
presented with the accounts of expenses oil
the court for June, 1SS2, that aS Donavan was
cmrlovcd in the auditors office at the time,
he should not receive any but his regular sal
nrv, according To section 1865, revised statutes
OF the Un'tcd States, and the claim is there.
lore di,ailowcd. lie adds: 81 beg to call
YOUR Attentions to the fact that quite num-
brr of disallowanccs has been made ON account
of ilcral Payments for extra services, &C., to
. ucrsors who are now and have been since
the commissioners were notified OF such
allowance in tho employ of the district, and
that such persons have been regularly pad
their salaries Notwithstanding the indebted
ness to the United States on account OF
these illegal payments, and to say that no
further payments should be made to such per-
sons on any account until the amounts
(shown by the statement of the differences,
of which copies have been furnished you)
nnld IN VIOLATION OF law SHdll HHNc bNtn iN-
uaid into the treasury of the United States on
account of the proper appropriations. have
directed that no credits shall be given Tor
disbursements subsequent to the date on ac-
counts of payments to persons who have been
repaid until the amount due the United States
on account of such payments shall have been
paid into the treasury.
The commissioners held private session
yesterday afternoon, and considered the above
communication. TO some extent the irregu-
laritics spoken of i'll the letter of Comptroller
Lawrence are said to have been going on for
the past two years After the consultation
Yesterday the following letter was sent to
Judge Lawrence: "Wc referred your COM
munication to the auditor for report, and
have Just had his report submitted, the time
involved in his investigation being prolonged
somewhat by the fact that he had Just entered
upon the duties of his Office. Without now
calling in question your ruling as set forth in
the communication now replied to, the COM
missioncrs respectfully request suspension
of the same only so far as 1T applies
to payments to the parties involved
for the current month. To stop the pay of
these employees without more adequate no.
tcc especially at the holiday season of the
wear when their necessities are unusually
pressing would seem to be hardship un-
necessary to enforce at this moment, espe-
cially AS there can be no question of the
responsibility of the bonds of the commits
sioners against whom the irregularities are
charged, and the eventual security of the
government of the United States for the
amounts alleged to have been illegally paid.
Asking your immediate attention to this re-
quest, and trusting that you will see proper
to acquiesce in the same"
The district employees will be paid off to-
morrow. District Auditor Tichenor is work
ing his forces early in the morning and late
at night preparing the necessary papers for
the payment.
Mai L. ii. Heeting of Halifax, Nova Scotia,
was visitor at the commissioners office yes
terday He has been in other cities viewing
the American method of running the fire de-
partment. His purpose is to adopt new i'm
provements i'll the Canadian department.
For the week ending December 16, 1882,
there were ~ deaths in the District of Column
bia-2S white males, Is white females Is
cOorcd males, and - cOlorcd temales---giving g
death rate of 2l.17 per 1,000 per annum for
the total 1918 for the white and 25.01 for the
coorcd population.
The diseases by classes were as follows
Iymotic, II; constitutional, 16; local. 81 ;
d vclopmcntal, 10; violence, ..
The chief causes of death were Suicide, 3;
maluiiII fever, L yariola, l; phthisis pull
monais, II; scarlet fever, 4; pneumonia, 8;
diphthcria 3; congestion of lungs, 2; heart
disease, =; m,ascls, / bronchitis, 2
Fifty y-eight deaths occurred in Washington,
9 in Georgetown, 3 in county, and Ia in hos
pituls and other public institutions; 80 were
natives OF District of Columbia, 2S of other
parts of the United States, and 10 were for
eigncrs. OF the decedcnts 81 were under
3 years of age and 12 over 60 years Of age.
Forty mine births were rcpOrted-2S whites
and II colorcd. Ten still births were re-
ported 13 marriages, 10 whites and 3 colored