The morning times., 1896-04-05
PASSING THEM IN REVIEW
Commissioners Take Action On
koposed Measures.
CHANGE IN TAX Law VETOED
Boards Views Sustained by District
Auditor ana Attorney, Respectively.
Bill for the Relief of Mrs. Keyser
Disapproved-Pro Favored for
Recording Certain INSTRUMENTS.

terLay upon three measures of local in
lrTesL, wutcn nau neen reIerrei 10 then uy
Congress- Tor their investigation and re-
port.
Adverse action was recommended upon
House DIii 900, proviLing lor a chanSe IN
the law governing The SAFE Of real estate
Ior Hon-pu yunruJ vi taAeS, ineir pCsiuon
being bacReu by an opinion OF Attorney
1uouiaS ana a I.porG uaae by Assessor
Trlmpie.
attorney, referring To Mr.. Trimhles
report, 10 Inc erect tnaC the execution OF
lac u.diy ,.etiLiIS ot til1 proposed iaw would
neceSsitaLe an extraordinary amount OF
aauitIuadt lauor, says lic assessor mas
rraCIe,t Il proper conclusion DIS W the merits
oil Tie measure, the provisions or which are
novel IN the District.
"suoutd tile OH become a law" Mr..
Thomas ADDS, it would unsettie existing
! laws Oh tie subject, with thc result lhat
! the decisions OF the courts, which have
tnus lar hrLtteI many material points,
would DC indppicable.''
Tie biil empowers The supreme court OF
| The District, iii lieu or tile Commissioners,
| 10 ORDER saIPS OF IanuS tor the payment OF
| taxes assessed against owners, and re-
| quireS the assessor 10 proyide II BOOK, in
! which be SHAH enter eacl parcel OF real
| estate assessed upon which taxes are not
!
amount of the unpaid taxes, and charges
due, with penalties, costs, and ices. 1he
property of unknown owners is To be
| lrruLed in like manner. The minutia OF
! proceedings under the law are given in
| uetail devoving, the assessor alleges, a
| large amount of extra work.
STRINGENT LAWS NEEDED.
In further comment, Assessor Trmble
says:
1t Is an admitted and recognized fact
that stringent laws are needed for the
collection OF revenue and sale OF lands Tor
taxes, ana while not disappearing OF this
| bill, as a whole, think it is susceptible OF
| Amendment i'll many particulars, which are
| fully met in House Bill 4149, which has been
! carvIuny considered by the collector and
! myself and has the approval OF the Com
J nlSSionerS."
/ fnr The further Information OF CCngre IS
! upon Senate bin $50, duplicated III the
! House as No. 353, ''Ior the rciieG OF Esther
/ a. keyser," a copy OF Auditor Pettys
I report was traHsritt9d TO cach house, ia
! which the facts are briefly outlined, and
! the opinion is given that the bill should be
/ returned diSapprOVcs.
1t appears from the auditors statement
that A.r. William B. Todd purchased al o
! tax SO held May &, 1860, for the sum OF
81. %, lot 3 of square S73. He received
| his deed in 1862, aud retained possession
until his death in 1878. In his Will he ieIt
the lot 10 his daughter, Esther A. kcyscr,
WHO held The property until in 1850, when
| she was disposseSsed upon the grounds that
| the deed had not been recorded. For
| twenty years Mr. Todd aud his heirs re-
ceived the rents aud paid the taxes.
Ii is by the auditor assumed, from Mr.
Todd's knowledge Of business, that he was
familiar with the laws requirements, aud
that his estate should suffer the coHSe5
Quences of his ne elect to have the Led re-
corded.
The purpose Of the bin is to refund the
taxes and assessments collected for the
! ueriod in which the property was held by
Mr. Todd and his heirs, III amount not eX-
ceeding S2,036.65. .s,s
TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT.
Favorable action was recommended in
a communication To Senator Mcmillan upon
nuuse uul 2ai, requiring BINS Oh saie,
| CuuullIOudI SdItS, IIluI - Ees OF uSSus IL
| trust On pcrSouitI Chttlteis, executed IN Tue
District, TO be recorded.
| Inc IItt, ut oI I;c InCusnre is to protect
| inuuccnI purchasers, ana lJs PROVISION is
| That 10 SuCu INSTRUMENT as amy 0l thoSe
nalneu suaIl he he'd 10 be Nand against I
| subsequent purchaser uuICaS II shall nave
been duly recorded.
Iuuuuuias,cf t>llstein gets great many
coiuiuuuIcaG Gons from u,nc 10 IIliie on u
variety of the phazes OF pOundmaster $
QutIeS, but the most unique OF All lne
specimens reached him Though the nitts
| yesterday. II was from all rate owner
OF IA cog. that was worth, according TO
his own estimate, not TO exceed "heilul
a doilah." he is Indignant and doesn't
care WHO knows 1t.
The letter was addressed to Samuel
Eipstein, "boundmister, and reads as
follows:
II nar rcCeciveded word dat you grappeded
my IccIle uoag from oe shtreet und dook
him nit der bound. Wy is II You don
dake sum udder veller's doag sunltimes
already? am ded dired wv baying every
week 400 doalcr fur dat bup ven he amt
worth a helluf a doaler. Vat ! want
to no iZ, are you drying to get efen mt
me cause you pade me dree doaler fer dat
goat vot cost me fife doaler duzzent
Dot goat fit you in my store. and uf- d'
rain shrunkeded it up, dot vas no beesiucss
OF mine, amt it? Be shust."
OFFICIAL ORDERS ISSUED,
, The Commissioners ordered yesterda,
that the contract for grading alleys
Anacostia be awarded to 81. N Wells, a
10 34c. per cubic yard.
Also that the proposal of A. G. Cheno
wetD. received MaTcn 81, for constructing
| sewers at various localities in the Distrlc
be accepted.
Also that a cement side walk be laid il
front of No. 1716 @ street north west
under the permit system.
Appropriations were approved as fol
: lows: For assessment ana permit work
$4,000: for current repairs to streets
, $500.
Tie excise board yesterday rejected tn
application of Edwin NJ. ?. Harriss, Nc
1928 Eleventh. street, for wholesale license
aud granted a retail license to Michae
j d. Fleming, No. TIC Four-and-a-baif stree
/ south west.
Fleming forfeited bis license TWO year
\ ago upon conviction of having sold L
: minors. The probationary period expire
= on the third instant and yesterday he wa
- given both a license and lecture.
1t is the first case OF q renewal unde
those circumstances. but he showed clea
record aside from the conviction. He n
marked that the nickle received for tn
2 beer had cost him $500.
2 Building permits issued yesterday: T
/. Clayton Serrin. for dwelling on lot
i block "a Frookland, $1,000; Nathan
e Cordsill, dwelling No. 500 Seventh stree
northeast. 81. 800; J. p. Siebert, dwel
ing. No. 1926 Eighteenth street northwes
$1S 900.
i, The last named structure Is to be hui
II OF select red brick. with Hummelstow
n brownstone and terra Gotta trimmings.
p will have three stories above the basemer
4 and will contain twenty rooms.
n With the Amateurs.
r The BiIreau Jrs have organized for til