The evening times., 1900-07-28

A. B. Duvall, the Attorney for the Dis
trict, has submitted to the Commissioners
an opinion to the effect that the act OF
Congress approved June ?. 1890. should be
construed so as TO direct the cancellation
of the reassessment Of water main taxes
for the laying OF the water main on Bright
wood Avenue. which were at its date un-
paid by the owners OF the property.
/ The opinion, according tc the Attorney.
was called forth by a memorandum Of the
/ Water Registrar recommending that the
tax sales of lots 19 and q, Green's sub
| division, for certain irstallments OF the
/ tax for the water main laid IN BrightWood
1 Avenue, between Military Road and
Aspen Street, be set aside and the money
refunded.
Mr. DuvaH quotes section Of :he act
| referred 20. which is an act to authorize
! the re2ssessment Of water main taxes, etc
! The section provides that the Commission
/ erS are authorized and directed to cancel
| the assessment Of water main taxes IN
| paid on BrightwOOd Avenue for the laying
| Of the water main about July 20. 1895.
| The Attorney adds that the above men
| toned lots, - and q, were assessed for
1 the water main August 10, 1895, and calls
/ attention to the fact that the Water Reg
istra- states that under authority Of the
act referred TO the water main tax against
| these lots has been cancelled and reas-
| sessed.
! The Attorney also quotes the Collector
| OF Taxes as saying that said act of Con-
| gress authorizes the Commissioners 10
| cancel assessments for water main taxes
unpaid on Brightwood Avenue, and that
] rtf@ m TrruR
| 1900, were paid by sale and by certificates
! therefor issued, and he suggests that the
! law makes no provision for the refund Of
the money that has been paid, but pro-
/ yides for the cancellation only, il case the
! tax is unpaid. Continuing, Mr. Duyau
! says:
! while the act authorizing the eanceIla-
( ton of this water main tax and its reas-
sessmeRt is not as explicit in its terms as
/ might be desired, yet il was apparently
| intended to relieve the owners whose prop
( erty had been assessed, and am therefore
OF the opiPion that the recommendation Of
the Water Registrar should be accepted.
i am O. the opinion that it IS to be con-
| strued as to direct the cancellation OF all
| such assessments for the laying OF the
water main on Brightwood Avenue as we're
al its date unpaid by the owners o. tle
| property"
| The recommendation OF the Water T,egis-
| trar, backed by the opinion of the Attorney
! for the District, was today approved by the
| Commissioners.
E F. YermilliOn. Inspector Of Steam
! Boilers for the District, has handed to the
! Commissioners his annual report for the
/ fiscal year ended June 80, 1900 MI Yer
million states that with but few excep-
/ uOns the steam plants of the District have
been found in good condition. The steam
engineers employed hethinks are an inteli-
| gent and painstaking body Of men and 20
| this cause he attributes the feet that there
have been DO accidents during the period
! covered by his report.
| My relations" he says, with the en-
gineeTs and owners Of steam plants are
1 ] an happy TO say. the best. thus essur-
I ing NE that have their confidence. They
give their support and do ali in their pow
er'to help lie in the hazardous and ardu-
| Gus duties that / have TO perform | de-
J sire to express my thanks 70 John B. Bra
! dy, Inspector OF Buildings. and his assist
: ants for the kind manner in which they
J have assisted me iu the discharge OF my
} duties. At present 1 have desk room ia
! tho Office cf the Inspector OF Buildings. 1
/ again TeQCeS; that room be set aside for
! the exclusive use OF the Inspector OF Steam
! Boilers and the Board OF Examiners Of
/ Steam Engineers"
! Mr. Vermillion states that the number
! or inspections made during the year were
/ 629 Of which 621 were for parties other
than the District of Columbia and eight
for said District. The number Of boilers
| wholly condemned were twelve and those
! condemned for repairs fifty-seven. Cases Of
| internal CorIosiJn were fOrty-fye and those
external corrosion were twelve. and those
! which contained sediment were 23G Five
| defective safety valves were found and
! ffty-siX steam gauges,
| The receipts Of the Office consisted OF
| the legal fees collected on 6GI boilers Of
/ s. each. $3.005. No fees were charged for
| the inspection of the boilers owned BY the
| Distrio', ard the fees for the inspection Of
| twelve boilers were still due at the end
| Of the fiscal var.
The receipts being 50. COS and the ex-
| penditUTes $1,016.12 there is a balance TO
| credit Of the Oficee Of S1.9SS-SS.
| The Inspector estimates the expenses OF
! his Office for the fiscal year ending June
! 30. 1901. at S1200.65.
Mr.. Vermillion calls attention 20 the
/ necessity Of an entire rev outfit tor steam
boiler inspection. He states that the ap-
| pliances turned over TO him when he as
| sumed the duties OF the Office were of an
! obsolete pattern. having been in use at
! least twenty years. He says the apparatus
| now in use is his personal property, and
| he requests that additional appurteIances
| be furnished
! Through the Secretary, DR.. II. Jerome
| Allen, the Board of Dental Examiners has
| transmitted its annual report TO the
! Commissioners of the District covering
! the operations of the board for the fiscal
year closed June 30, 1900. This is a re-
| quirement of the act of Congress, ap-
| proved June 6, 1892, relating to the p-ae-
tice Of dentistry in the District of CoIum-
! bia. The report follows:
! Certificates, emitting the holder to reg
| istratiCn with the Health Officer as legally
! qualified to practice dentistry in the Dis
| trict Of Columbia, have been granted to
| fifty persons who have presented evidence
1 Of graduation from recognized dental col
J leges whose graduates are by law entitled
! to certificates without examination as 10
| qualifications By this BOARD.
! ''Of two candidates that applied for ex-
| animation, one passed. BY these Gddi-
tiOns the list of certificates issued now
/ numbers 465. Three bogus diplomas, pur-
/ chased without attendance at college, were
| rejected.
zone individual was convicted of prac
| ticing without a certificate of Qualification
| and was fined s75 in the Police Court.
Receipts during the year were $50, and
| expenditures SIS. leaving a balance of 81"
Pensions for ConHederates-
FREDERICKSBURG Va. July zs-Of
the $50 Confederate pensions applied for
in Spcttsylvania county, ninety-three were