The Washington times., 1924-12-01

sewerage system up to date by June
50, 1929.
The report shows the cash re-
ceipts of the District amounted to
$24,46S, 1924, made up as follows
revenue from taxes and msicel-
laneous sources, SIS 1881, 200. 81;
amount paid by the United States
on account of its proportion of APP
preparations. $3.50, 45763.
The collections from taxes on real
estate were $9,128.765; collection
from taxes on personal property,
ETC., $2,690,61879; collections from
taxes on intangible personal prop.
erty, $1808, 174.43. Collections from
miscellaneous sources amounted to
$1,710, 1929.
There We're 81, 155 tangible and in
tangible accounts in the District
Assessors office during the year,
the report shows.
The report announces that the
biennial assessment of real estate
will be completed January /, 1925.
and will be open for Inspection and
review from the first Monday in
January to the first Monday in
June, 1925, becoming effective July
1, 1925.
Change in Making Returns.
The most pressing need is
change in the time of making re-
turns Of personal property. which
are now due during the month of
July or the first day of August, .
says the report THE time is too
close to the period of payments in
November, and, moreover, occurs
during the summer month when
many persons are out of the city.
If these return were made dur
ing May, at the time of tax pay
ments, it would give opportunity of
reminding the taxpayers in the Dis
trict OF this yearly requirement,
and would also enable them to
make one visit to the District build
ing instead of two as under the
present law"
The license bureau collected $685.
094.59 during the year from the fol-
lowing sources: Miscellaneous IL
censess $168,558.F9; motor vehicle
tags, $367.027: operators permits,
$41,109; duplicate tags, $3.50: dupli.
cate registration cards, 1897; en-
gineer licenses, $243. The income
from licenses during the last fiscal
year was $685. $50 greater than the
previous fiscal year.
$4,000 Auto Tags.
Ninety-three thousand automobile
tags were sold, the report shows.
Permits to operate automobiles num-
bered 24,345.
The District purchasing officer
spent $S,495,758. The greater part
of this sum, $1,067, 949, was for
construction materials used in road,
street and sewer work
The report states that the cadets
in West Point, appointed by the
District Commissioners, are Viii.
liam H. Hunter, term ending June,
1927: Horace S. Reall, jr., Thomas
]. Brennan, jr., and Mercer c. Wal
ter, term ending June, 1928.
The midshipmen at the Naval
Academy are Joseph William Lude-
wig, term ending June, 1925; Jo-
seph Lenoir Bird and Wilhelm
Klein Busck, term ending June,
1926.
$345,797 i'm Fines.
The corporation counsePs office
reports 1895 inforlnations filed
against offenders in Police Court
fine and forfeitures aggregating
SEAS, 1891 being collected. Three
hundred and eighteen claims for
damages to lamp posts were made
and the sum of $4,144.34 collected.
The inspector of claims leposas
through the commissioners, that
263 employees were injured and re-
ceived medical treatment during the
year. OF this number, 203 received
compensation totaling $6,396.92. In
addition total of $3,726.95 was
spent for widows. minor children,
and doctors and hospital bills.
The commissioners report 391
companies were licensed to write
insurance of various kinds here.
S1S,974 ,532.92 and losses paid
amounted to $6,303 .070.25. The
premiums collected are an increase
of 100000 over the previous
year and losses paid showed an in
crease of $776.765. Losses paid for
life. fraternal and assessment in
crease was about $4,000, 900; fire
and marine, about $1,10O, 900 and
miscellaneous, $69S,000.
FraternaI Insurance Bill.
1T is hoped that the new in.
surance code is passed giving to
the District a workaple CODE" the
NOAIlIIllSSIOu6ES state,
"A fraternal insurance bill has
been agreed upon by the National
F'raternal Congress of America and
will be introduced into Congress
during the present session, the re-
port declares.
The weights and measures de-
partment is not properly equipped
to take care of the coal situation
the commissioners state. 1t needs
equipment for determining the ac.
curacy of large scales above a
very limited capacity. Much effort
has been devoted to the elimination
OF the practice of selling coal by
the busheI.
The report states that the District
consumes about 10000. 900 quarts Of
milk annually. For lhis reason.
special attention was given to test.
ing milk bottles. AS a result, $13,-
SO4 short-measure bottles were con-
fiscated and destroyed.
Food Inspectors Needed.
"Many deceptive practices are
used in retail sales of fruits and
vegetables" the report states. "if the
department had sufficient force to
keep one or two inspectors regularly
assigned to the working of enforcing
the standard container provision OF
the law, II is believed that much saw.