74 HAND-BOOK OB WASHINGTON. THfl CITY HALL. This largo and handsome edifice, the official home of the City Fathers, was commenced in 1820 and finished in 1850, it having remained a kind of ruin during most of the intervening time. It occupies a commanding position on Judiciary Square, is 200 feet in length, and after the stucco style of architecture. The Circuit and Criminal Courts hold their sessions in this hall; also the members of the City Councils. The Mayor has his office here, and so also have a large number of the city attorneys. In this connection it may he well for us to give the Judiciary of Washington, which is as follows: Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, which is a court of general jurisdiction, civil, criminal, and admiralty. It is composed of four judges. Levy Court of Washington County meets on on the first Monday of each month. A president presides. Orphans’ Court meets in west wing on second floor. It has one judge.