The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-10
AFFAIRS OF The DISTRICT.
A Question of the Cancellation of
Tax Sales.

\ question OF the tanCeliatlOn OF
Tax Sales.
The Claim of +. :. Randall vet Well
FOuuded-A Meeting of tbs Hoard
of Charities to he Held 'Thf,. AFTER
neon to Consider Estimates.
Edwin Forest acting for r. 5. Randall.
recently made application for the cancel
lation Of the sale o. lots = TO 81. incIu-
siye. iu square 1855. for second half of the
tax FOR the year INS, and FOR the years
1890 and 1890 The grounds FOR the request
were that In the listing and advertise
m,nt of these lots for sale the District
did not follow tn, requirements of the
law which provides among other things
that the prop, rty shall ue assessed iu the
name Of the owner. The application WAS
referred To tn Tax Department and the
Assistant Assessor has submitted the fol
lowing statement of the facts of record
iu On, ga-.-
The above property was advertised in
the tax list for taxes levied and i'm ar
i''fS July J. l>'>. and sold at tax sale
April y. 1880. To- G. %. Witsir- sold at
tax sale April H. 1880, for the tax of lSsr.
10 g. IT. WiIts.,. sold at tax sale ArriI
81. 1901. for the tax OF 1900 TO O. a. Wilt
Sic he tax sale certificates are out
standing. the two last sales being subject
20 redemption The advertisement and
sale oI TINS property appears To- be in con-
lgrmity with law. being properly dsscrfB-
cd and IN, correct amount OF tax for each
year, assessed. advertised, and sold in
name Of j. H. EUsch,r.
The attorney claims that The ragufre-
m,AJS OF the statute were not met by the
l"I.uTr TO ISSg - and advertise IN the
nam, az the owner
h.. H. oh. .-
EUnTalm \ Randall. trustee. conveyed To
Michael G. Mccormick this pruuertv with
oJhtT property assessed to said BuScher
under deed OF trust from B9iScher and
under decree in equity. No 20Ss4 docu-
ment =. Ephram :. Randall VS. John
Henry BuScher. ct al. by decd dated and
recorded September l.. 1900 II VIII, there
Iprt- plainly appear that the assessment
was IN the name Of the owner up To tht.
date Of the sale of April H. 1900 and also
iiSt'd IN the correct name for the year
1880. and being so listed was correctly adj
LeruSed and sold at tax sale April l3, 1891.
FOR the tax Of 1900.
The act Of February %. 1898. relating to
tax sales and taxes. in the concluding
portion recitcS that "A description suffi-
Client 70 Identify the property shall be
considered proper description.
IT ne office fails to discover any irreg-
ulaTltN IN the listing. advertisement and
sale Of the above-recited p property. and
the contention Of the applicant that the
ONCE has not complied with the statute is
not admitted. r-.-
1t is alleged the purchaser failed and
neglected 70 pay the amount Of his bid
within five DAYS after the last day of
sale which is It matter within the pro
vince Of the Collector OF the District Of
Columbia. To d,termine.
With this summary Of facts. there
appears 10 be- no ground for the CapCeIla-
ton OF the tax sales or taxes and there
fore the recommendation is submitted
adversely"
r. 9. Davis the Collector Of Taxes
adds the following 10 the report Of the
Assistant Assessor
Il concur with the Assessor in his an
swers 10 such parts of the petition that
come more directly under him. and il re-
mains only for this Office 10 reply to the
claim that payment was not made by the
purchaser within five DAYS after the last
day Of sale
The clause in the act. under which the
sale is asked 10 be- invalidated. leaves the
matter entirely discretionary with the
Commissioners, stating that they may
set aside the sale IL the amour: be not
paid within five days, etc.
The purpose for which this clause was
inserted in the act was to compel good
faith on the part Of purchasers and does
not affect the validity Of the sale.
Il might state that the sum Of $4,000
was deposited by the particular pur-
chaser OF the lots i'm question. during the
course Of the sale. as evidence q good
Il consider that the claim as made by
the petitioner is not well founded and
report adversely
Mcssrs Gordon q Gordon. attorneys for
the Traders National Bank re1a..tIy- al.
dressed the Commissioners requesting 20
be furnished with copies Of th- assign
ment and power OF attorney by James h
Murphy 10 the above-named bank 90 col
let the retain on contract No. l46 for
the construction Of the Tiber Creek and
New Jersey Avenue high level interceptinR
sewer.
Tho Engineer Commissioner. in passing
upon the application today forwarded IL
TO his associates with the reCommt udatio
that the parties be- informed that OwiHr;
to the pressure OF time just now on the
executive office Of the Commissioners,
the copies cannot be furnished as request
ed, but that facilities Will De furnished
them 70 make the copies for themselves.
TIE Board Of Charities will hold a meet
ing this afternoon at o'clock 20 consider
the final draft Of the estimates 10 bc sr3-
mittod 70 the Commissioners for the ex-
penses Of the department for the fiscal
year ending June 20. 1909. Secretary VII
son has been al work upon the. estimates
for several weeks. and they have been
under the scrutiny Of the board during
the past ten days. II was sfTtCd by Sec
Rotary Wilson that the schedule is nov
far advanced. and hr was of the opinion
that 10 would be practically finished this
afternoon.
The Electrical Engineer recently re-
quested permission Of the Commissioners