Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-19
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL.
Items Of Local Intercst-Tax Sales
District Militia, Etc.

House today. The total amount carried BY the
bill is S5.140,440 The amount for the District
Of Columbia is s79,7ILSs. The total is divided
as follows:
Section 1-State Department. s49.6Ss.9e;
Treasury Department, S447 ,035O3; District Of
Columbia, S79,7 SO; War Department. $685.
66S.46; Navy Department, S707 ,5i7.4S; Interior
Department, s47,26s64; Post Office Depart
ment 81, 7S3, S9s. 20; Agricultural Department,
s2,755.77; Department Of Justice, S1l, 662 46;
United States courts. expenses. S603, SIS. a;
House OF Representatives, Sl54. 1872. 10; public
printer. S3l, AIS; Court OF Claims judgments,
sSS. 226 -; United States courts judgments,
S59,565.05; Fox and Wisconsin river improve
ment, S35.362.4I Section Estate claims,
SlS2,39l.24. Section 3-Audited claims, Si5S,-
sl1.4l; total, IS, lao, 44003.
POSTAL SERVICE FINANCES.
One important provision states: That here
after the Secretary of the Treasury shall in
clude in his annual report. in the statements of
actual and estimated receipts and expenditures
OF the government. the revenues from and eX-
pendtures on account of the postal service"
The enactment of this provision and COM
piance with it on the part of the Secretary of
the Treasury will result in presenting annually
to the country in the one report where it will
naturally be looked for a statement of the rev.
enues raised from every source and Of all ex-
penses incurred in operating the government
TAX SALES IN THE DISTRICT
In regard to tax sales in the District the bill
provides as follows: That the act entitled IAN
act prescribing the times for sales and for
notices of sales of property in the District Of
Columbia for overdue taxes" approved March
10, 1890. be, and the same is hereby. amended
by striking out Of lines fourteen. fifteen and
sixteen of said act the words which shall con-
tain the name of each and every person in
which each piece of property is assessed, to-
gether with the amount Of assessment upon
each piece"
INTEREST ON DISTRICT JUDGMESTs
In regard to the interest on District of Co
iumbia judgments the bill, with the statement
Of the committee, states:
THAT hereafter interest, when authorized
by law, on judgments against the District OF
Columbia, in suits begun after the passage Of
this act shall be at the rate of not exceeding 4
per centum per annum."
On all judgments against the District of Co
lumbia the United States pays one-half includ-
ing the interest, which runs at the rate of per
centum per annum from the date of rendition
Of the judgment until paid The last issue Of
United States bonds was at only per centum
interest and was made subject to the call of the
government for redemption. Nearly all OF the
District OF Columbia debt is bearing interest at
the rate of only 3.65 per centum per aunum.
BY act OF Congress passed February I, 1888,
judgments against the United States in Gus
toms cases bear interest only at the rate of 8
per centum per annum. By act Of Congress
passed March 8. 1887, judgments against the
United States under the jurisdiction conferred
at that time on the federal courts bear interest
at the rate of per centum per annum.
The District assessors Office for contingent
expenses gets S492. 48.
THE DISTRICT MILITIA
get for current expenses, rent. fuel, light and
care Of armories s7,s7726, and for necessary
expenses, lockers, gun racks and furniture for
armories. bunting. parades and other current
expenses 5.l34 As
These two last mentioned items are accom-
panied by note, which says:
''Thess items are for expenditures necessary
to the original outfit of the organization and
permanent Improvements on the camp grounds,
and not to be considered as chargeable to the
annual cost OF maintenance
Also for the militia is an item for cost of
annual encampment. for clearing grounds,
lumber, transportation, survey supplies. sub
sstence, &c, S5.55O.9l. The amount, there
fore. for the district militia is Sl8, 56265.
The executive Office gets S675; the attor-
ney's Office, 5000.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ETC
The public schools, for contingent expenses.
1883 Is; for fuel s3, 01S25; for manual training,
s5a03, and for purchases Of sites, S45950.
The health department cones'in for s87
The telegraph and telephone service for
s637.4S. The Washington Asylum for con tin
gent expenses, SCOTIA. a. ..".--y
Among the miscellaneous ex penses is an item
OF S5,02l for advertising delinquent tax sales,
and for printing checks and other necessary
expenses of the District Offices SI,309.s7.
The courts get two items, payment to s. c.
Mills tor acting as Judge of the Police Court
sixteen days a. $40 per day, SlGO, and for wit
ness fees, 81, 1872. SO.
TONS FOR 1889.
There are number Of little items to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal
year 1889. the items OF which give the assessors
Office S395. 35; the engineers Office S233 II: to
pay per diem employees for extra time making
up annual tax sale, A. N. Lambeth I'll aud j.
L. ID. Weeds si27; miscellaneous expenses. ( | 8 05:
expenses OF assessing real property s5l3; pub
lie scales, $40. Public schOois-For fuel.
81, 87215; for contingent expenses. 81. 935 As;
for manual training, szi.l2; for purchase of
sites, &C., Sl3.27.
FOR THE YEAR 1888.
The bin also carries large number of Dis
trict items to supply deficiencies in tine appro-
priatlon for the fiscal year 1888. In these
items the fire department gets SCI 90
fer contingent expenses. s63.29; the Po,sce
Court, Sl.4J3.34; the emergency fund
to pay the Cumberland Hydraulic Ce-
ment Company. s404; miscellaneous ex-
penses. $l.474.3o; fire department $50.
JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE DISTRICT.
Payments of judgments against the District.
and i'll this particular the provision in regard
TO future judgments printed above are Of in
terest, Harriet Corts, 5000. together with
S202. 20 costs; F. L. Alexander, Sl.700, with
sl55.35 costs; Hattie Mcpherson, S2.oO6 with
SSs vs. costs John H. Brewer, ss605 costs; Po-
tomac Terra Gotta Company, s35 costs
Griffith n. Hopkins, 500, with 5000 costs;
II. K. Hall, cent, with S3L35 costs; Michael
Mccormick. S53S6i. with SlO7S5 costs; Will
lam c. Murdoch, 92.750, with S3l.65 costs;
Harvey Spalding. Sl9.45 costs; W. B. Hartley,
5000, with 1925 costs: T. S. Mechlin.
zoo, with $685. costs; Z. Maurice
McMurray, zoo, with 80 81 costs; s. H. Bacon.
S60O, with SO. 10 Costs; W. l.. Arnold $500. with
S9.S5 costs; s. II. Spalding, SzI6 cosss: Har-
vey Spalding. Sl36 costs; II. L. Woodbury.,
$4,000. with SPA IS costs; Catharine Hem
nes7S. 81 500, with S9L 20 costs; Z. u. Young
S33 S6 costs, and to Daniel Donovan for serv-
ices as referee, $40.
All the above District items are payable in
equal parts by the United States and the Dis
trict. Besides these for deficiencies in tho
water department there nre items for contin-
gent expenses, 1880, $27.60 for 1888, SIC 25; for
1887, SS3S4.
OTHER ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST
Besides these District items there are por-
tious Of the bill of interest to citizens Of the
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