The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-06

Window to secure Canine TaGs-A
Request From Cardinal Gibbons
tlrnntcd-The Georgetown Market.
The Collector of Faxes and the clerks in
h=s Office have been very busy since July
/. in issuing licenses for dogs. NoJwith-
standing the extremely hot weather
4 long line Of persons seeking tags for their
CANNES have been standing and waiting
their turn To set TO the window where
payment could be deposited and the Ii
ceuse received So far about 2o5o tags
have been issued. out Of the le.eeo to bee
sold if the owners of ali the dogs in the
District pay the LICENSE required 10y law
Last year "a few less than 1850 dog IL
! censss were issued. that number being q
considerable increase over former years
/ e Davis. the Collector Of Taxes, is of
tn opinion that there are not less tTan
$500 dogs in the District Of Columbia
He Said today that he feltzsure q good
many people evaGed the law in various
ways He said there is a good deal Of
stealing OF tags from dogs and that every
year hundreds Of people were obliged To
come bach to the Office and get a dUpii-
cote tag because the first one procured
had been lost. In the majority of these
instances he thought the tags Were stolen
Mr. Davis said that people who have dogs
cannot be too careful about fastening the
| tag on 50 that it cannot be easily re
moved
/ Nj Davis mentioned other ways in
1 which the dog tax is evaded- He said
| the dogs are taken out in the country
/ during the months Of July and August.
! They are brought back 20 the city in
( September and closely watched He said
/ they might wear a collar and an old tag,
/ which the pound men could not distin-
/ gUiSh. unless close to the dog
/ 1t is the purpose of the Health Depart
ment this year not to give any time for
( complying with the law Hitherto the
I entire month of July has been allowed
/ for people owning dogs to secure their
/ tags but it is the intention of the au-
I thorities this year to continue the work
/ of taking fIp the dogs that are not prop
erIy tagged. For few days the Pound
master VIII be busy taking up the dogs
Of those who notify the Health Depart
Trent that they vii! no longer buy a IL
Z csnse for their pets There are q con
/ siderable number Of such people. They
/ become tired Of paying 81 year Tor
( d dog and notify the Health Department
! to send the pound wagon after the ca
mines II this way 200 500 dogs are
: taken UP every summer. the owners OF
I the animals preferring that they should
/ be killed by the humane methods prac-
/ ticed al the pound rather than by them
/ selves.
! After the work Of taking up the dogs
! thus reported. the Health Officer VIII be
gin the work of taking up untagged dogs
Cardinal Gibbons recently addressed the
| Commissioners. asking that lie acres on
Rrlghtwood Avenue, plat y, valued at 81
Gil. be exempted from taxation. Cardinal
Gibbons stated that a church building
had been erected on the lot and was now
IL -.gL-
ed for relief from taxation under the
District Act OF Exemptions. The matter
was referred to the Tax Department. and
Il. H DarneilIe, the Assessor, has Re
ported IS follows:
A Catholic church used for divine wur-
ship and completed last February has
been erected on the 10 feet next to the
south II feet on BrlghtwoOd Avenue. ny
q depth OF 50 feet of the lis acres. and
the taxes on said tract are paid to June
30. 1901
IN accordance with the statute ex-
empJiag from taxation all property used
solely for divine worship, II Is recon-
merded that the I,5rtion on which the
church building stFnds- 30 feet by 50 feet.
with the additional il feet on the south
- feet IN the rear. and % feet ca the
north Of said building, for light and ven
tiIation- of the 1I6 acres on BriEhtwood
Avenue be exempted from taxation, 70
date from July /, 1891, and 50 long there
f-1-e'4 a C.1N "a - - 49, "
The Commissioners. it is understood.
VIII approve the recommendation
". H Williams. master OF the George
town market has submitted TO the Com
missiouers his annual report for the fiscal
year ended June 20, 1901. Mr.. Williams
says:
This is a small market containing only
/ twenty-five stands to rent at S. per month
each. twenty Of which are rented and two
vacant The rear Of the market is set
apart for the farmers, very few of whom
attend however. because they have no
space in which they can keep their wag-
ous Therefore they have to keep their
produce IN the market and take their
teams away The business of the market
is very limited in consequence Of 50 many
provision stores and a large company
market which captures nearly all Of the
trade in the town.
y would respectfully call your attention
to the great need OF painting the market
and embarrassing the walls. which has
not been done for several years
/ The receipts Of the market for the year
were: Received for rent Of stands. Sl-lJ3s
! collections from farmers, 1850: total. 81
296.59-
The expenses were. Salary Of market
master, Ss1H. salary Of labOftr at market,
$40. total Sl-lsj leaving balance 20 the
credit Of the market Of $Z,6,59.
F. NJ. DetweiIer. Of 5N I Street north
west, has written to the Commissioners
complaining about the damage done to
the roof of his house by District en-
due. he states. to wires strung over the