The times., 1899-02-10
CONTAINS NO ALCOHOL OPIUM, or other NARCOTIC

no discrimination in the employment of
men. All applicants will be given work
until sufficient force has been obtained.
In this way the District expects to be able
to assist the unemployed and relieve some
of the suffering and want which has been
caused by the protracted cold weather.
In assessing property owners for the
expense incurred in carrying out the pro-
visions of the law, inspectors will take
into consideration the time required for
the work on each sidewalk. Sew
eral extra foremen will also be employed
to see that the work is properly done. In
this way the cost of removing snow will
be slightly greater than it would have
been had negligent parties complied with
the police regulations. In that case they
would have paid for the actual cost of
having the work done. but under the new
order Of things they will be compelled to
pay for the inspection service of the
Street Cleaning Department as well.
The Commissioners have heretofore been
backward in insisting upon rigid com
pliance with the snow cleaning laws, in
the hope that tenants and property owners
would live up TO the requirements of the
police regulations. During the present
year, however, so much indifference has
been manifested in the matter that it was
concluded 70 carry out the full letter of the
law, under the belief that it will have a
salutary effect upon tenants in all parts
Of he city.
Many of the negligent parties are fully
aware of the law, as they have been noti-
fed time and again to remove snow. There
is a possibility that other property owners
and tenants are unaware of the existence
Of the law which empowers the Commits
sioners TO remove snow at public expense
in case of the failure of tenants to do so
and 10 assess the cost against the property
The law was passed by Congress on March
? 1885. and is embodied in the District
police regulations. The law is as follows:
Sec. %. That ia case the owner or tenant Of any
hou~c, lot huiiding, or land shah neglect 10
comply with any of the provisions uf the prcccd-
in2 sections OF this act it shall be the duty of
p the Commissioners uf the District Of Columbia
10 cause the removal ui SHOW and rP. or Inv
dirt. sand. gravel from all paved sidewalks
and alls in the cities 81 Washington and Grur;,t-
town wherever there has been failure IN the
rart II the owner tenant Il. aforesaid to re-
move the same; and the cDst Ui such removal
ly order and under the direction Of the said
C0mmi~sioncrS shall be- a,SeS~rd rs lax against
the property TO which the sidewalks in question
belong, TOR the purposes tlis act and the -aid
taz So assessed -hall Ice carried the regular
TAX inN uf the cities aforesaid and shall be- col
/ lcc'ef 10 the manner provided Tor the collection
ut other taxes.
Streets beyond the boundary. which is
now the northern city limit, will not be
included in the sidewalk cleaning opera
tions which will be begun today, but, in
the future. property owners on all such
streets viii not be exempt as under the
new order OF the Commissioners, published
January 10, and which will go into effect
| today. all paved streets in Georgetown
( and beyond the northern city limits will
| be considered as city streets so far as
| street cleaning and similar ordinances are
| concerned.
The Commissioners are gratifed with
! the action Of Congress in agreeing 10 ap-
| propriate SO, 900 for the removal of snow.
! The amount asked for by them last week
was $1,000. The House passed bill ap-
propriating $1,000, but when the measure