Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02

III ~ 90 - ,l,I fII,I,i,.,'--
.-rm the proceeds Of said s,lrs.- instead If
r..rfyer.-r.. l,nf- to tr.. judgement claimants
..- ar,-n.riz.t i'm rh... original act.
A"''"""'"' NFF"e"'
recent occurrence has convinced me
thai. i'm the interest of She District this pro-
vision, -r..,rr5 ~. s.sr r,,~-r., ,r,.-,.7.F IN,
..-+ -, 80 49,, -
'''i''' '.'7 '''''i ''tl -l'-'~> eva -.'
'eE 'hlS 1't Sd4tt "r reported Z" congress
and receive the approval Of that body bg-
fore payment
The Ca~r tO which l refer IS that or
contractor who received a judgment based
upon i!tT award OF referred, for SilNi4E
p he special attorney r.TE. Serj-uG the DIS
.r.sr If Columbia N tAe Court Of Claims.
H.H'NlNG the award O. rr without Ju~.il-
ZION. h'"'i "a motion IL! rev lILt. "''t
while this motion Wa PHE'-E- the JUG
la"ni was '-rtlLi-d =" inc seer airy ~ .hH
treasury AMI check for S..4lh-'-- hing
s,- l.li r-. 81. ,r. -, I,r
rH,. claimant. Fortunately "a question arose
..~ IT, the dat" OF jA- interest .i-ttNah.'-
'... ~ S', ... '.. ' ~,
I'm If - Tn r...l,.r..,-f,.- s..,- r.r.
-.--- f,.-7r-4+fr tT IN T,f.-rfs.--. -.r,,...rrt4
r..4s that rr,. fII7cTn.rr had been certified
for pa ,fu,r... ana no tine was lost I'm t..-u-y
g. r.r.. 81 4.-4fr9sf ..r-f,r i'm rE4 r,r. m s---
l.. ill.,. rr.aETsr-r. If The United state. the
check however as already stated hat
T.....,. .-f..r..f HfIt If had no. been ra-N-d.
Upon the representations ma ie the treas
-.r.r ordered payment -.nE.Iai but Ia .liG
HOT demand return rf tine rnrD X and il =
-.day improperly. in my opinion. in pos
session If The claimants attorney.
Judgment in The cas- was rendered upon
rEe report of a referee. which. according
10 thu. brief Of the special attorney for the
District is based wholly upon error The
brief If this special attorney. which Is an
excaptiruaUv able and weIl-causiderrd
paper shows most C'uc.uSivyly that in
stead 1T the District being Indebted to the
claimant To- the amount os $f.1-l4f. as the
cree l'a-'"' ny N,a'-..'. '"'N ,l., -
~, =
~ Intelligent apprecfati1u ~ rh, facts and
their relation to the cases under couSidera-
tl"H that they would cause profound
@.il',@' m. 'uI ~ "a ~
49, a. III va i-r
t-.''I3lN III NILII II ei''''' '7i''-i-''' H1''7
-''T ''7F 'L 9-ii P''sS'
Recovery of Interest Illegally Paid.
Tho ..fara INIT NOT ola r,,art=d % arf Of
'oi 1SitS D. 1870 "''9 HdiFI1 7-''' '-4'N o.
having been repealed NaTCA -. lN'ir HuJ
il numbered the statute books long enough
Il, .nsr an exnendirI1rr Of 81: ,,.7 - heinz
.-l- $500,
A.'''N-"' principal anu E-''4'''Nl inter
est The principal. representing . .IO"anIe.'
made To contractors ~ the board OF public
works In excess OF their contract rates.
was declared 10y the supreme Court Of the
I nited States. in d decision rendered Feb
rtidry Il. 1871 to be a pure and sim
rt.. gift" AS th. act aforesaid author
lied this gift however. the payment
thereof in The shape Of the principal Of
these su-caNcd claims was legal. ana no
criticism, EXCEPT Of the law itself j. iu--
but. I'm allowing interest upon this ar4trIi-,-.
the special attorney representing rh,. b---
tri,.r OF Columbia c5Ut.rsrI thar the t'of.rt
Of claims erred ana ,r ..of,.3l Vs. errs-
raiu.f in, This contention nv rha T-rit.a
S-.,rsS Suur.rne Cont T-r.u rba rarlf-so0
80 tl,4. i..f-i.. a,,;.- "a, f[--,f+,-.l -
th@ Court of Claims for the recovery of
TINS Illegally paid interest and hdt hoped
~ ','' Co. ~ M ''' az '-t5 ~ y.
in answer fo a recent fnqu.rv was adj