The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-13

AIassa chuset;s Avenue, then assessed to
William Catcher BY deed recorded De
cenber s 1888. conveyance was made by
William Catcher 10 Htlah S Smith
The petitioner swears she purchased on
the faith Of said certificate. therefore in
accordance with the provision Of act Of
May Is, 1892 relating to tax sales and
taxes. il is recommended that the C0lIec-
ton and recovery Of the tax for 1859. in
amount Of $50 against The sixteen feet
next To me west half Of lot :, square 500
he barred as to any purchaser subsequent
! 10 issue Of certificate No u.Ig'. dated No
vember il. 1888. and SO noted on the rec
OTdS Of this Office"
Joseph Ewald has petitioned the Com
missioners for the cancellation of tax for
1882 against lot IS. block l, Trinidad. The
Assessors report upon the application
was
| "On August 9, 1883 certificate was is
sued TO the Lawyers Title and Guarantee
/ Insurance Company on lot IS, block !,
/ Trinidad. wherein the above recited tax
was omitted By deed recorded June 70,
| 1900. conveyance was made by August
Schmidt to Josephine EWaIds
The petitioner swears she purchased
on the faith Of said certificate therefore
| in accordance with the provisions Of the
act Of May .. 1882. relating to tax sales
and taxes, It is recommended that the
collection and recovery of the tax for
I 1852 in the amount Of S3.3I. on lot Is.
| block !. Trinidad. be barred as to any
| purchaser subsequent to issue of certifi-
! cate dated August 6, 1899
! George TruesdeIl. of the Wyatt Building.
/ has requested permission to pay without
! interest and penalties the taxes on sever
! al pieces OF property, as follows: Tax for
| 1888 on lot g. Washington Heights, assess
| ed in the name of Mary + Barker; sec
/ ond half tax of 1921 on sub-Iot %. block Q
| lexington; and tax for 1898, en- sub-Iot
/ L. block S. lexington
| on each Of these applications the As
! SCISSOR. after stating the facts relative to
( the assessments and the ledger accounts.
informed the Commissioners that he could
/ discover no reason for granting the re
! lief requested and submitted the case
/ with adverse reComE1endation
! Clara Rassback presented a petition TO
/ the Commissioners, asking the canceIla-
ton Of tax for 1880 against sub-lots 81 and
80 square 1925. on the ground that she had
/ purchased the property on the faith Of
| tax certificates issued by the Tax Office
| The Assessor in his report upon the ap-
| plication submits a statement Of facts and
| asserts that in his opinion the purchaser
| should have known the situation in re
| gard to her property. and therefore. was
! not an innocent purchaser He submits
{ the case with an adverse recommends
/ ton
! The local frernen are no less handy with
| the bat on the baseball field than with
| hose and ladder fighting fire in the Dis
| trict. A picked nine from the department
| went down to Chesapeake Beach yester-
/ day and defeated a similar aggregation
| from the forces Of the street railway com
/ panies- The railway pitcher was cherry
| pie for the fire ladies. and they batted
i the sphere all over the lot. The score was
| to 3 in favor Of the firemen. The Fire
| Department team was composed of Hunt
| third base; Watt, catcher; hardwood,
! lefthelder; Cook, shopstop; Mcconnell,
| centrefeIder; Boyle. first basemaa; SuIli-
| van, pitcher; Coulter second basemanr
| and Sears Tighthelder-
The fremen received from their beaten
! rivals bat catchers mask and glove as
! the reward Of victory
Andrew B DuvaIl. the Attorney for the
! District. has submitted 70 the Commis-
| sioners his opinion upon the commuaica-
! ton OF l. 3 PIatt, trustee, requesting the
| return OF the pound fee paid by him for
the release OF a certain dog The AttoE-
ney gives this review Of the case.
1T appears that young man, whose
name is not given, came from PhiladeI-
! phia to this city in April last, with the
! intention Of making Washington his
| home. and brought with him his dog,
/ which he left. temporarily in the care Of
the applicant II appears further that
| on April the dog stTayed into the streets.
| and being found running at large in the
/ vicinity Of Connecticut Avenue and L
Street northwest, without the required
tax tag was seized by the POundmaster
and inpounded- It appears also that on
| April 70 AIr- Plat redeemed said dog by
paving the POundmasteT the usual Zee Of
3. which he now asks the Commissioners
10 return 10 him.
M Duvaf refers TO section Of the act
Of Congress. approved June 70, 1873, which
provides:
/ The Poundmaster of the District Of Co
Iurnbia shall. during the entire year, seize
/ ali dogs found running al large without
the tax tag. issued by the Collector afore-
said. attached. and shall impound the
! same: and if. within forty-eisht hours
the same are not redeemed, by the own
! ers thereof. by the payment OF s, thty
shall be sold destroyed, as the Pound
| master NAV deem adVISa BILE and an ale
made by virtue hereof shall be deemed
| valid to all iutents and purposes IN all
the courts Of the District Of Columbia.
This so-calIed fee says Mr. DuyalL
| in nav Judgment, is not 4 tax. nor Is II
intended IN any sense as a substitute for
| the tax required to be collected by section
! Of said act Of Congress It Is penalty
| prescribed by the act of Congress and Is
intended as ii punishment for the offence
/ Of allowing dogs to run at large IN the
| District without the tax tag. II Is. there
| fore not within the puryIew of the act 81
/ the Legislative Assembly, District Of Co
| Iunbia approved January 49, 1872, au-
| thorizing the repayment of taxes errO-
! neousIy paid. and ] am unable to find any
aut hoTitv conferred on the Commissioners
TO refund this penalty. which IS imposed
7ut by an ordinance Of the corporation
nor by a law Of the Legislative Assembly
nor by police regulation but by an act
Of Congress.
The Commissioners today authorized
orders for public work through the Engi
neer department as follows:
That A. 3. Boettcher, rodman In thu
Engineer Department at 3 per day. Is
4 I transferred to the position of &raftsmaE
at s. per day: and that p 5 NeIliEan
4 . craftsman at s. per day, is transferred u
( roGmaH ct = per day
| That Capt. Chester Harding assistant
! to the Engineer Commissioner. and W. \
/ I Mcfarland. Superintendent Of the Watel
Z Department, are directed to proceed from