Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-19
D TRICT AFT RS,
A Bill to Facilitate the Sale of Property
for Taxes.
Defects In the Law to he Remedied-
Various Matters That Citizens
Bring to Omcial Attention.

Inc commissioners have transmitted 10
congress, with Recommendation for IA
Vorapie action, a draft OF ( hili prepared by
me collector or taxes and the attorney for
the District. with view 10 making more
ernclent the law enforcing the collection Of
taxes by sales Of property the taxes on
which are overdue
Inc principal necessity for some lesisla-
ton OF this character is the impossibility
under the present law of giving q tax deed
which the courts will sustain, and tue i'm
practicability Of enforcing IN equity The lien
OF the District On the property which IL Is
compelled to buy IA at tax sales for the
lack Of other purchasers. The difference In
the first case is the importsnee which
courts attach to The most trivial technical
defects In the AK sale advertisement, and
In the second case ID the almost insur-
mountabie obstacles in the way Of prepAr-
Ing the cases for hearings. 10 which all the
parties con cerned. howsoever remote, have
to be brought
The proposed bill contemplates the waiv-
ing OF immaterial errors in the advertise
ment to overcome the difficulties of the
KIND first mentioned, and secondly to OBJ
viate the necessity for resorting to equity
required by the existing law by exacting
ders shall be decided by the Commissioners
70 the assessor. who is authorized to dis
pose OF 1t whenever he chooses to a salts
20 s,,fa purchaser who will pay price for
II suHcient to reimburse the District for
the principal, interest and cost.
another feature Of the bill is that which
permits the owner Of the property sold AT
"a, uaa sure 70 redeem II from the grantor
wlthln specified time by paying to the col
iector OF taxes the amount for which the
property was originally sold, with penalti.s
costs. &c. together with 50 per centum ad,
ditional thereon. This is designed to pre-
from extorting excessive exactions from
.hose whose property they may have
bought. There are other modifica tions in
corporated In the BILL which extend the
time ana opportunity for redemptfon IN
order to give delinquent taxpayers the
broadest notice practicable.
Orders for Work.
Commissioners today:
That contract be awarded to ]. G. and ]
NJ. Warders for furnishing 1000. more or
less, OF hydraulic cement TO be delivered In
barrels or bags either at the ID. c. cement
house or at contractors warehouse as NAV
be ordered. at the following prices: Cement
In barrels at ID. c. cement house 81 IL per
barrel; cement in bags at d. c. cement
house. 90 cents per bag; cement In barrels
90 Noht dStoi . "dTcnOuSe, tl.ll per barrel.
cement In bags at contractors warehouse,
IS cents per bag. For failure to return
bags, 10 cents each.
That contract be awarded to J. c. Nc
Gill for furnishing 1000 more or less of n.y.
draulic cement, to be delivered at con-
tractors ware house in barrels or bags. as
may be ordered at the following prices:
cement In barrels. H.6 per barrel: cement
IN bags, 20 cents per bag; failure to return
bag, 10 cents each.
That A. J. Curtin he reoi Of eres q na po.r.
ca as master plumber and gas filter after
filing proper bonds.
That alley entrance in rear Of 100 LIST
stfeet northwest. corner OF r. he opened
ana work paid for from appropria ti,,n for
current repairs for streets. avenues and
alleys for 1894
That a water main be laid In alley Of
square los. between 18th and 18th, Wsl,er
$3SO5 Vi
That sewer IN the west side of Sd street
southwest between c and b streets be
added to the schedule Of sewers TO be built
unuer she appropriation for replacing OBJ
structed sewers, 1874
An Alleged Nuisance.
Mrs Leslie Kearsley OF Fredericksburs.
va. writes to the Commissioners today
complaining Of an alleged eyesore in the
shape OF an old shanty and several fences
IN front Of her property in souare 10s7
Massachusetts avenue Southeast nlacai
tnere by a colored man. She asks thar
steps De taken to abate the nuisance ana
claims that the occupancy of the street Inv
'he shanty injuries the sale OF her property.
Inc commissioners today granted Alex
ander Weir and A. Van Rent permission to
oump street sWeepings at 18th and n streets
ana 18th and Olive streets northwest
X. r. Ml,ilgan Of llo 18th street northeast
writes to the Commissioners today, statiny
that ne mas invented car fender, which.
he claims. will eclipse anything OF the kind
ever before invented. He states that 20
Will, IL requested to do so, put one Of his
tenders on the Washington and GeorsetoNn
cars, and demonstrate its worth TO the
commissioners and the public.
Building permits were issued 10 Or y
Toner, TO erect house IA 18th street nortb.
east $500, and Thomas J.. Casey. to re-
pair house l4l9 X street northwest, 8, 0oo
Miscellaneous.
Mrs. Amanda Dove Of 1886 ssth street
northwest complains to the Commissioners
OF the condition of two trees In front of her
house. which were blown over in the storm
OF last Friday. and asks that they be re-
Protest Against Cobble stones
Thomas p. Woodward Of LIS New York
avenue adds his protest to that Of the other
property holders on New York avenue
against the granting OF permission TO the
lexington and Soldiers Home Railway
Company to lay cobble stones between its
tracks. He claims that the excuse offered
by the company, that they expect within
two years to put their wires under ground.
Is insincere, as the ties and tracks now
being laid by them do not bear out the
idea. He further claims that the granting
of such permission will ruin the surface q
one Of the city's most important thorough
fares.
Wants Mr.. Cornish ReappOfnted.
Thomas Walker OF 1873 Vermont avenue
writes to the Commissioners and indorses
Mr.. Louis A. Cornish for reappointment to
the position of school trustee.
Election Of Masonic Omcera.
Gethsemane Commandery, No 5. K. r.
have elected the following officers. viz:
Eminent commander. Sir Henry c. Harris