Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-18
he compensation $500, is added to his
Legislation to Cover Changes.

Legislation to Cover Changes.
Proposed legislation carried In, the
bill. covering the changes already not
ID. follows: ~
so much Of existing law as provides
that the assessor of the District Of CO.
| lumbia and the members of the perma-
nent board of assistant assessors shall
rot be removed except for inefficiency,
| ice is repealed: Provided, That on
| md after the date Of the approval OF
| this act all records and accounts in any
way relating or pertaining to the book
| taxes and assessments now prepared
| and kept in the Office of the assessor
| of the District of Columbia shall be
| transferred to and kept in the Office of
| the collector of taxes of said District;
and the collector of taxes shall here
| after be charged with the duties here
| tofore required of the assessor in rela-
ton to the preparation and issuance of
| assessments: the preparation for public
! inspection of lists of all real estate in
| the District of Columbia heretofore
sold. or which may hereafter be sold,
Tor the non-payment Of any general or
collector shall furnish. whenever called
upon. certified statement, over his
hand and official seal, of all taxes and
assessments. general and special, that
may be due at the time of making the
said certificate: and he shall prepare
the lists of taxes on real property in
said District subject to taxation on
which taxes are levied and in arrears
| on the LIST day Of July of each year:
Provided further. That on or before
November / of each year the assessor
shall prepare and deliver to the col
lector of taxes of said District tax
ledgers in completed form. showing the
and value of real property listed for
taxation in the District of Columbia
and on before April of each yea :
| the assessor shall prepare and deliver
to the said collector personal tax ledg-
ers In completed form, showing the
names and addresses of assessed own
ers and the location and value of prop
erty assessed: And provided further.
That the register of wills of the Dis
| trict of Columbia shall hereafter fur
nish copies of wills, petitions and all
necessary papers wherein title to real
estate is involved to the collector of
taxes and the assessor of said District.
All the authority, duties, discretion
and powers now vested by law in the
assessor of the District of Columbia
with respect to licenses and the is
suance thereof. shall, on and after July
1. 1917. be transferred to and vest in
the superintendent of licenses provided
for in this act.''
Limit on Salaries.
In connection with the public utili-
les commission:
provided. That no person be en-
ployed hereunder at a rate of compen-
sation exceeding $4,000 per annum'
On and after January /. 1918, every
deed offered for record in the office of
the recorder of deeds for the District Of
| of Columbit, shall have attached thereto
an affidavit duly executed by the era tor
named in said deed setting forth the
| true consideration passing from the
grantee to the grantor as the purchase
price or the property therein conveyed,
and the recorder of deeds for the Dis
trict of Columbia shall refuse to accept
Tor record any deed which does not
have attached thereto such afndayit
And provided further, That on and aft
Ter January /, 1918. all deeds of trust
secured by real estate in the District
of Columbia and offered for record in
the office of the recorder of deeds for
the District of Columbia shall have at
tached thereto an affidavit wherein the
party secured by said deed of trust sets
forth that the sum of money recited in
said deed of trust as the sum In which
he is secured is the amount actually
loaned by him on the security Of said
real estate, and the recorder Of deeds
for the District of Columbia shall re-
fuse to accept for record any deed Of
trust winch does not have attached
thereto such affidavit
"On and after December 81, 1917, all
licenses. including identification tags
and registrations, for motor vehicles
heretofore granted shall expire and
become null and void, and on and after
January 1, 1918. there shall be charged
annually for the licensing and regis
tration of motor vehicles the following
fees. which stall be paid annually to
the collector of taxes of the District OF
yrh ri ~, I'm ri, dc.
tration and the furnishing of an iden-
tification number tag-s5 for each We
hfcie of more than twenty-four horse
power, So for each vehicle of twenty
four horsepower or less and 50 for each
motor cycle or similar motor vehicle.
Provided, That the term motor vehicle
used herein shall include all vehicles
propelled by internal combustion en-
Sines, electricity, or steam, except
traction engines, road rollers and We
hicles propelled only upon rails and
tracks: Provided further. That motor
vehicles owned and maintained in the
District of Columbia by the United
States or the government of the Dis
trict OF Columbia shall be registered
and furnished identification tags with
out cost: And provided further. Tha-
the Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia are authorized to establish
such rules and regulations and to aftix
thereto such fines and penalties in
their judgment are necessary for the
enforcement of this act and the regu-
Iations authorized hereunder"
Opening of Barry Farm.
Under the authority contained in the
act making appropriations to provide
for the expenses of the government of
the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1914, and for
other purposes. which authorizes the
Commissioners to prepare a new high
way plan for any portion Of the Dis
trict of Columbia under the conditions
therein named. and the said Commits
sioners are authorized and directed to
prepare a new highway plan for that
portion of the District of Columbia
included within the subdivision known
as Barry Farm: Provided, That the