Chapter 306. To provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia in accordance with the Act of Congress approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and as amended July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven
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CHAP. 306.— An Act To provide for the payment of certain claims against the District of Columbia in accordance with the Act of Congress approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and as amended July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. March 4, 1909.[[S. 4035](/us/bill/70/s/4035).][[Public, No. 335](/us/pl/70/335).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the auditor of the supremeDistrict of Columbia.Claims for losses by destruction of Northern Liberty Market. court of the District of Columbia is hereby empowered and directed to examine and audit for settlement, in accordance with the Act of Congress approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundredVol. 29, p. 500.Vol. 30, p. 119.Auditing of, etc., by auditor of supreme court of the District authorized. and ninety-seven, and as amended July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the claims of the following persons, as named below, for property taken, injured, or destroyed by reason of the destruction or removal of the Northern Liberty Market, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in September, eighteen hundred and seventy- two, as also all claims of said persons for payments made for the purchase, rent, or use of any stall privilege in said market house and for license for conducting any business therein, to the extent of the unexpired term of said purchase, rent, use or license.
The names of the persons whose claims are to be audited are:List of claimants. Louisa A. Berger, Henry Stello, Charles H. Stello, and Theodore J. Stello, upon proof of their being the widow and only heirs of Henry Stello, deceased, and upon proof that said Henry Stello was the owner of stall privileges, the compensation for the loss of stalls in this case not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars for any one stall; Catherine E. Shreve and Nellie. M. Healey, upon proof of their being the widow and only heir of William H.
Shreve, deceased, and upon proof that the said William II. Shreve was the owner of the stall privi- eges, the compensation for loss of stall not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars for any one stall; Elizabeth Haase and Rosa Haase, upon proof of their being the widow and only heir of Henry Haase, deceased, and upon proof that the said Henry Haase was the owner of the stall privilege, the compensation for the loss of stall not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars; Harriet Dover, William G.
Reed, and Ida V. Reed, upon proof of their being the only heirs of Armistead Reed, deceased, and upon proof that the said Armistead 1061 Reed was the owner of the stall privilege, the compensation in this case not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars for the loss of any one stall; Alexander P. Gray, upon proof that he was the owner of the stall privilege, the compensation in this case not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars for the loss of any one stall; Jacob N. Leapley, upon proof that he was the owner of the stall privilege, the compensation in this case not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars for any one stall;
Annie F. Ward, Eva M. Eppley, Mamie M. Leimbach, Lydia Baptista, and George J. Stinzing, upon proof of their being the only heirs of Frederick Stinzing, deceased, and upon proof that the said Frederick Stinzing was the owner of the stall privileges, the compensation for the loss of stalls in this case not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars for any one stall; Eliza Shaffer and Emma Myers, upon proof of their being the only heirs of Christian Wagner, deceased, and upon proof that the said Christian Wagner was the owner of stall privileges, the compensation for the loss of stalls in this case not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars for any one stall;
Mary E. Gross, upon proof of her being the only heir of Barbara Brown, deceased, and upon proof that the said Barbara Brown was the owner of stall privileges, the compensation in this case not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars for any one stall; Mary L. Smiaker, Emma J. Ward, Cecelia Manning, and Joseph Gold, upon proof of their being the only heirs of Joseph Gold, deceased, and upon proof that the said Joseph Gold was the owner of stall privileges, the compensation in this case not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars for any one stall.
Sec. 2. That when the auditor has ascertained the amount of theReport of allowances by auditor to Commissioners. loss, as above described, in any case growing out of the removal or destruction of the market as aforesaid, he shall report such claims, so far as allowed by him, the total amount of such allowances not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall, in case they approve said claims, report the same to Congress in their annual or deficiency estimates,Report to Congress.Appropriation for expenses. for payment out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.
That the sum of three hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, to pay for the services of the auditor in examining and auditing said claims for settlement, and the further sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the actual and necessary expenses incurred in making said examination and audit, is hereby appropriated, to be paid wholly from the revenuesAll from District revenues. of the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. That the said auditor shall make a tabular statement ofTabular statement of claims. the within-named claims, the persons owning the same, and the amount found to be due on account of each; and for the purposes hereinbefore specified said auditor shall have the power to subpoenaWitnesses, etc. witnesses, administer oaths, and examine witnesses under oath, and shall have full access to all of the records, books, papers, and vouchers of every kind whatever of the late board of public works and the District of Columbia, and shall provide, by fair and equitable rules, for the examination of the same by claimants or their attorney.
Said auditor shall give notice for the presentation of the claimsNotice for presentation of claims. hereinbefore specified in such manner as he may deem necessary, and no claim shall be audited or allowed unless presented withinTime limit. thirty days after the first publication of such notice; and said auditor shall make full report of all his acts and proceedings to the CommissionersReport. of the District of Columbia. Approved, March 4, 1909.