DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

(Municipal Building, Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street. Phone, Main 6000.) Commissioner.-Henry B. F. Macfarland, president of the Board, The Marlborough. Private Secretary.-Waldo C. Hibbs, The Kanawha. Commissioner.-Henry L. West, 1364 Harvard street.

Private Secretary.-Ralph B. Pratt, 1511 U street.

Engineer Commissioner.-Maj. Jay J. Morrow, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., 1930 Calvert street.

Private Secretary.-F. C. Lee, The Massachusetts.

Chief Clerk.-Daniel E. Garges, 50 U street.

Assistants to Engineer Commissioner. Capt. Wm. Kelly, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., 2014 R street; Capt. Edw. M. Markham, Corps of Engineers, Ŭ. S. A., 1450 Newton street.

Secretary to the Board.-William Tindall, 1132 Fifth street.

Assistant Secretary.-Wm. F. Meyers, 1319 Irving street.

DISTRICT OFFICERS.

Assessor.-W. P. Richards, 137 S street.

Assistant Assessors.-J. T. Petty, 3331 O street; B. F. Adams, 1219 L street. Board of Assistant Assessors of Real Estate.-S. T. Kalbfus, 1727 De Sales street. Alexander McKenzie, 1446 Harvard street; E. G. Davis, 2211 R street.

Board of Assistant Assessors of Personal Property.-Francis Nye, 1443 Belmont street; Mathew Trimble, 1320 Rhode Island avenue.

Auditor.-Alonzo Tweedale, 2825 Fourteenth street.

Deputy.-Daniel J. Donovan, 1532 T street.

Boards:

Automobiles.-E. F. Vermillion, chairman.

Charities.-John Joy Edson, president; Geo. S. Wilson, secretary, Oak Grove. Children's Guardians (472 Louisiana avenue). --B. Pickman Mann, president; Miss Mary Ella Moore, secretary.

Control, Rock Creek Park.-The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Chief of Engineers, U. S. A.; secretary, Capt. Jay J. Morrow, Corps of Engi neers, U. S. Ă.

Dental Examiners.-A. D. Weakley, president, 1339 K street; Wm. B. Daly, secretary, 1340 New York avenue.

Education (Thirteenth and K streets).--James F. Oyster, president; Alexander T. Stuart, superintendent of schools, 16 Fourth street SE.; H. O. Hine, secretary. Examiners Veterinary Medicine.-D. E. Buckingham, president.

Excise.-Matthew Trimble, 1320 Rhode Island avenue; S. T. Kalbfus, 1727 De Sales street; Alexander McKenzie, 1446 Harvard street: chief clerk, Roger Williams, 18 Third street NE.

Medical Examiners:

Regular.-George C. Ober, president, 210 B street SE.

Eclectic.-Elbert C. Benson, president, 824 Fifth street NE.

Homeopathic.-J. B. G. Custis, president, 912 Fifteenth street.

Medical Supervisors.-J. B. G. Custis, president; Geo. C. Ober, secretary.

Pharmacy.-Frank C. Henry, president, 703 Fifteenth street; S. L. Hilton, secretary, Twenty-second and L streets.

Plumbing.-Peter C. Schaefer, president.

Trustees of Industrial Home School.-J. Ormond Wilson, president; C. W. Skinner, superintendent.

Trustees National Training School for Boys.-William M. Shuster, President; Samuel W. Curriden, Secretary and Treasurer; G. E. Darnall, superintendent. Trustees Public Library (Ninth and K streets). —Theo. W. Noyes, president; Geo. F. Bowerman, librarian.

Trustees of Reform School for Girls.-J. Nota McGill, president; Elizabeth A.
Whitney, superintendent.

Chemist and Inspector of Asphalt and Cement.-J. O. Hargrove, 1603 O street.
Collector of Taxes.-Chas. C. Rogers, 1745 Park road.

Deputy.-C. W. Collins, 52 C street NE.

Coroner. Dr. Ramsey Nevitt, 1820 Calvert street.

Corporation Counsel.-Edw. H. Thomas, 926 S street.

Assistants.-Henry P. Blair, 416 Fifth street; Francis H. Stephens, 1819 Belmont road; James L. Pugh, jr., 3300 Seventeenth street.

Disbursing Officer.-Louis C. Wilson, 1501 Park road.

Deputy.-C. M. Lewis, 3319 Seventeenth street.

District Building Commission.-The Secretary of the Treasury, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Executive Officer.-Capt. Jay J. Morrow, U. S. A.

Supervisor of Construction.-Capt. Wm. Kelly, U. S. A.

Engineer Department.—Chief clerk, Daniel E. Garges, 50 U street.

Electrical Engineer.-Walter C. Allen, 3307 Newark street.

Engineer of Bridges.—W. J. Douglas, 1855 Calvert street.
Engineer of Highways.-C. B. Hunt, 1815 M street.

Engineer in Charge of Street Extension.-E. M. Talcott, 3126 Q street.
Inspectors of-

Boilers.-E. F. Vermillion, 123 Thirteenth street NE.
Buildings.-Snowden Ashford, 1508 Twenty-first street.
Fuel.-Michael Bergin, 711⁄2 P street N. E.

Gas and Meters.-Elmer G. Runyan, 300 R street NF.
Plumbing.-Henry B. Davis, 1339 Fairmont street.
Markets.-Wm. C. Haskell, District building.

Nurses' Examining Board.-Kathrine Douglass, secretary, 320 East Capitol street.
Permit Clerk.-H. M. Woodward, Brookland.

Physicians to the Poor.-L. J. Battle, 306 E street; A. W. Boswell, 928 Maryland avenue NE.; G. C. Clark, 321 East Capitol street; James C. Dowling, 2008 Eighth street; C. E. Ferguson, 1648 North Capitol street; Howard Fisher, The Mendota; John P. Gunion, 927 Ó street; A. J. Hall, 928 I street; P. C. Hunt, 1815 M street; H. S. Medford, 151 C street NE.; Jesse Ramsburg, The Portner; F. F. Repetti, 149 B street SE.; J. D. Rogers, 721 Eighth street NE.; James Stuart, 937 R street; W. G. Suter, 13 H street; J. R. Tubman, 1222 Eleventh street; J. A. Watson, 201 Monroe street, Anacostia; Truman Abbe, 2017 I street; V. B. Jackson, The Brunswick. Homeopathic.—I. W. Dennison, 1312 L street; E. S. Lothrop, 807 East Capitol street; F. A. Swartwout, 12 Iowa circle.

Property Clerk.-M. C. Hargrove, 1603 O street.

Sealer of Weights and Measures. -William C. Haskell, The Cumberland.
Special Assessment Clerk.-John W. Daniel, 1622 Riggs place.

Superintendents of—

Home for Aged and Infirm.-W. J. Fay, Blue Plains.
Insurance.-Thomas E. Drake, 1632 Riggs place.

Municipal Building.-J. M. Ward, 1201 Girard street.

Municipal Lodging House.-A. H. Tyson, 312 Twelfth street.
Roads.-L. R. Grabill, Takoma Park.

Sewers.-A. E. Phillips, The Portner.

Streets.-H. N. Moss, 1790 Lanier place.

Street Cleaning.-J. M. Wood, 611 Tenth street N. E.

Surveyor.-M. C. Hazen, 213 Eleventh street S. W.

Trees and Parking.-Trueman Lanham, Lanham Station, Md.

Tuberculosis Hospital (Fourteenth and Upshur streets).—Dr. P. G. Smith.

Veterinary Surgeon.-C. B. Robinson, 222 C street.

Washington Asylum (Nineteenth and C streets SE.).-Louis F. Zinkham, superintendent; visiting physician, D. Percy Hickling, 1304 Rhode Island avenue. Water Department.-W. A. McFarland, The Westover.

Water Registrar.-G. W. Wallace, The Portner.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Chief Engineer.-William T. Belt, 233 North Capitol street.

Deputy.-Frank J. Wagner, 1910 Eighth street.

Battalion Chief Engineers.-Andrew J. Sullivan, 1506 Thirty-second street; James Keliher, 733 North Capitol street; Samuel R. Henry, 909 Lawrence street, Brookland.

Fire Marshal.-Philip W. Nicholson, 1619 New Jersey avenue.

Chief Clerk.-Geo. S. Watson, 310 Third street.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

Health Officer.-William C. Woodward, 508 I street.

Deputy and Chief Clerk.-Harry Clay McLean, 1373 Irving street.
Deputy and Chief Inspector.-H. F. Sawtelle, 3001 Eleventh street.

Inspector in charge of Contagious Disease Service.—William C. Fowler, 1812 First

street.

Chemist.-R. L. Lynch, 2930 Fourteenth street.

Medical Sanitary Inspector.-John E. Walsh, 202 East Capitol street.
Poundmaster.-Samuel Einstein, 3406 N street.

METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Major and Superintendent.-Richard Sylvester, 1223 Euclid street.
Chief, also Property, Clerk.-Edwin B. Hesse, 506 A street SE.

Police Surgeons.-Dr. Edmund Barry, Dr. W. H. R. Brandenburg, Dr. J. S. Wall,
Dr. Alfred Richards.

Harbor Master.-Lieut. J. R. Sutton, 925 R street.

Sanitary Officer.-Robert Sroufe, 523 Twelfth street NE.

Hack Inspector.-G. S. Catts, 2143 L street.

Inspector of Pharmacy.-J. W. Vanzant, 129 Fourth street SE.

Detective Headquarters.-Inspectors R. H. Boardman, 1218 M street NE.; F. E. Cross, 319 Ninth street SE.; Harry L. Gessford, 416 Fourth street SE.; John A. Swindells, 3328 Q street.

ORIGIN AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

The District of Columbia was established under the authority and direction of acts of Congress approved July 16, 1790, and March 3, 1791, which were passed to give effect to a clause in the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, giving Congress the power—

"To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings."

The local government of the District of Columbia is a municipal corporation having jurisdiction over the territory which "was ceded by the State of Maryland to the Congress of the United States for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States."

This government is administered by a board of three Commissioners having in general equal powers and duties.

Two of these Commissioners, who must have been actual residents of the District for three years next before their appointment and have during that period claimed residence nowhere else, are appointed from civil life by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate of the United States for a term of three years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

The other Commissioner is detailed from time to time by the President of the United States from the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, and shall not be required to perform any other duty. This Commissioner shall be selected from among the captains or officers of higher grade having served at least fifteen years in the Corps of Engineers of the Army of the United States.

Three officers of the same corps, junior to said Commissioner, may be detailed to assist him by the President of the United States.

The senior officer of the Corps of Engineers of the Army who shall for the time being be detailed to act as assistant (and in case of his absence from the District or disability, the junior officer so detailed) shall, in the event of the absence from the District or disability of the Commissioner who shall for the time being be detailed from the Corps of Engineers, perform all the duties imposed by law upon said Commissioner.

The salary of each of the Commissioners is $5,000 per annum.

One of said Commissioners shall be chosen president of the Board of Commissioners at their first meeting, and annually and whenever a vacancy shall occur thereafter.

The Commissioners are in a general way vested with jurisdiction covering all the ordinary features of municipal government.

Congress has by sundry statutes empowered the Commissioners to make building regulations; plumbing regulations; to make and enforce all such reasonable and usual police regulations as they may deem necessary for the protection of lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the District, and other regulations of a municipal nature.

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