The evening times., 1895-08-29
WORK By 'HEl DISTRICT
Departmental Headi Submit Their
Annual Report.
Many Suggestions AaAAae Looking to
the Improvement Of the Local Gov
ernment-The Cifyss Revenues.

Reports of the heads Of the departments
of District government named below have
been submitted TO the Commissioners for
the past year:
From the annual report Of the Collector
OF Taxes the following ie extracted:
The collections from all fourccs was
81, ,042, ,742.76, divided as followf: Re-
atty, $2,5O2, personally, $166,-
326 80; penalties, $sl ,19s.45; mifccl-
lancous, $4ss, ,349.3 .32; water Ientf, $32s,
sOo.37; water mains, $4,3O0 90; interest.
81 ,3s2 l B; special fund, $2s. .773. 52.suEdry
| dcposits, $354, ,4s0.1O.
Hp urges the necessity for the enactment
of a comprehensive law for the sale OF prop
erty for delinquent taxes. las has been
repeatedly pointed out" he rays, the law
under which we sell property is defective.
There is hardly provision OF the present
law that has not been the subject or liti-
cation, and, as a rule, at the expense of the
District
In submitting his annual report, Intend
ant StoutenburG estimates for the coming
fiscal year. as follows:
For contingent expenses, So, 900. This
Includes provisions, fuel, forage, groceries,
dry goods, shoes, lumber, hardware, drugs
upon daily average of 52o persons TO be
supported.
Forccntralhl latingstatIon and allrecessary
applia noes, 81, 900; construction OF vault
in Potter's field. $500; general repairs
to building, So. 900; beds and bedding.
$500; salaries, SIT, sos. Total, S7T,9Os.
For cost OF burying the INDECENT dead,
81 500, which Includes lumber, paints
,<xe<
The average number OF persons main
tanned in the institution during the year
was 522, decrease from previous year.
Amount expended from the employment
fund, for extra guards and Ia Dor, was
S3,s64.lO.
Twenty six inmates were transferred
during the year TO st. Elizabeth's.
Prisoners in the workhouse July 1, 1894,
numbered 1913; committed, ,515; re-
captured, 10; discharged, 4,4e5; escaped.
22; died, 4; remaining July last. 206.
DIR. ]. W. Eovees report, as attending
physician. accompanies the intendant's
paper He says the number of patients
treated in the hospital was 769 and npre
than twice that number suffering from
light ailments .=ere treated in the various
other departments.
and alnishouse ne pronnunces to beverygood.
or the number OF inmates treated at the
hospital, EOS claimed the District as their
place of nativity, while 134 claimed Mary
land, and l74 Virginia.
The harbormaster, X. d. Sutton. in
submitting his annualI report, shows
total expenditure OF $4,000, which IN
cludes salary Of engineer, watchnan, deck
-.
rials for repairs. The next year he esti-
mates for an appropriation of $3.50.
This embraces an expenditure OF S90c
for new sponcils for boat, new deck, and
TO raise the house twelve inches.
Mr.. Sutton renews his recommendation.
made last year. that vessel be purchased
10 be used as c harborboae HIS suggestion
is that $50 900 be expended In purchasing
an iron boat. with fire pumps and electric
lights. This would afford an increased pre-
lection in case of fire, and the boat could
assist In clearing the river OF ice during
the winter The boat should,' he adds,
''be the strongest and fastest on the river"
The unexpcnded balance OF the fund appro-
priated Tor breaking the ice gorge is stated
10 be $1.517.31
Frank A. Bond, sealer of weights and
uicusuTeS, tpOEtb tudt tie idW pdeseu Dy
Congress March e.. 1898, was put in
fun operation March 8, and should it
receive the support of the courts OF the
District, 1t will, in bis opinion. accom-
plish the desired object. The law is not,
however, as clear as he thinks it should
be. and should be amended, but he does
not indicate in what particulars.
For the quarter ending June so, the fees
collected amounted to 81 1870, and
the total expenses of the office were
81 ,111.93; balance, S4G.14.
The board of dental examiners reported
that twenty-five applications for certifi
Gates OF qualification to practice were
passed upon last year. Twenty-three were
from graduates of colleges requiring a
three years course of study, and were
ranted certificates without examination.
One was from an applicant who had
graduated from college that processes
to, but did not In this case require a
three years course.
The total TO date of certificates issued,
including twenty-four siEce the last re-
port, is 247.
One case of violation of the act was
tried, and the maximum penalty of $50
imposed.
The report is signed by II. NJ. Schooley.