Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-24
WEDNESDAY, MAY "a, 1926.
IN SENATE OF THE u. STATES, MAncH p, 1870
Read twice, and referred the Committee on the DIS
trict of Columbia.
AN ACT

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the DIS
trict of Columbia.
AN ACT
Further 10 cmendMs Charter Of the tom Of alexandria,
BE IL enactea 6v The Senate and House Of Repre-
se1tafires ofthe United States o. dn'sr'cd IN con
gress assembled, That tenements ana iots OF
ground within the town OF Alexandra, on winch
taxes, assessments, or charges, remain que anu
unpaid, TO the Common Council OF the SAID
town, for the space of two years, Or shall here:
after remain due and unpaid, Tor that space oil
time, or so much of said lots as may be neces-
sary, may be sold at public auction, Tor the pay
ment of the taxes, assessments, or charges,
which are, or shall be due thereon, with the ex-
penses attending the sale: Prorided, That, be-
fore any such sale be made, an affidavit OF the
Collector of the District or Ward, IT. which
such lots lie, stating that no goods or chates oil
the person or persons, charged with the pay
ment of such taxes, assessments, or charges,
sufficient to satisfy the same, can be found with
in the Corporation, shall be lodged with the
Clerk of the Common Council: find prc,ided,
That public notice of the time and place oil such
sale shall be given, by advertising in some news
Daprr published in the town Of Alexandria, Tor
at Leaf six months, where the property is assess
cd to persons residing out of the United States;
three months, where the property is assessed TO
persons residing within the United States, but
without the District of { Columbia; and six weeks,
when the property is assessed to persons resId-
ing within the District of Columbia, in which
notice shall be stated the street or streets on
which such lots lie; the streets by which the
square in which they lie is bounded; the name
of the person or persons TO whom they have
been last assessed, on the books of the Asses
sors, aud the amount oil the taxes, assessments
or charges, due thereon: find prorided, further,
That the purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obliged to pay, at the time of such sale, more
than the taxes, assessments, or charges due, and
.",->~ra~=as s,t sale: and that, If, within two
wears from the day of Sale, the proprietor or
p,oPrietors Of such lot, his, her, or their heirs,
representatives, or agents, shall repay to such
purchaser, or to the mayor, the money paid for
such taxes, assessments. or charges and expcn
seS, as aforesaid. with ten per centum per an
nam, as interest thereon, or make tender Of
the same, lac or she shall be reinstated in his,
her, or heir original title, but if such tender
b. made. within TWO years next after such sale,
then the purchaser shall pay the balance of the
purchase money Of such lot or lots, into the
Treasury Of the Common Council, where it
shall remain subject 10 the order Of the pro-
prittor, proprietors, or his or their legal re-
representatives.; and the purchaser, on the pay
menl Of the whole amount Of the purchase mo-
ney, shall receive title to the said lot or lots,
in fee simple, from the Mayor, under his hand,
and the seal of his office, which shall be deem
Cd good and valid in law and equity.
SEC, .. ind be IL further enacted, That the Com
mon Council of Alexandria shall have power to
provide for the establishment, maintenance, and
superintendence of public schools, and for the
registering Of births, marriages, and deaths,
and shall have power TO preserve the navigation
Of the Potomac river, within their jurisdiction;
to erect, repair, and regulate public wharves,
deepen docks and basins, and to limit the ex-
tension Of private wharves, into the harbor; TO
authorize, with the appreciation Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States, the drawing of lot
teyies, for effecting any important improvement,
in an and to the town, which the ordinary funds
and revenue thereof ill no, accomplish; to re-
strain and prohibit the drawing of other lo,te-
ries, the keeping Of tipping houses, and all
kinds Of gaming; 10 provide for the licensing,
taxing, and regulating auctions, theatrical and
public shows and amuscments, and vendors Of
lottery tickets; to appoint guagers of casks, in
spectors OF domestic spirits, measures and in
spectors OF wood, lumber, and bark, grain, coal.
wv, 1Oi uSi's OutNSi, dHu IdIu, WelgnCrS OIL
hay, fodder, and straw; and to regulate, by law,
the inspection, measurement, and weighing cf
the articles aforesaid; to regulate patty and O.
Their walls & fences, and 10 determine by whom
they shall be kept in repair; 10 direct in what
part of the town buildings Of wood shall not be
erected, and l" regulate the size Of bricks TO be
made or used; and shall have power to restrain
and prohibit the nightly, and Other disorGerly
meetings of slaves, free negroes, or mula,,oes,
and 10 punish such slaves by whipping, no, ex-
ceedins forty stripes, or at the option of the
owner OF such slaves, by fine, or confinement to
hard labor, not exceeding three months, for E.
very one offence; and to punish such free ne.
groes and mulattoes, for such offences, by fixed
penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars for one
ofit nee; and in case of the failure Of such free
negro or mulatto to pay and satisfy such penal.
ty and costs, TO cause such free negroe or mn.
latto to be confined to labor, for any time no, ex
cerding months, for any one offence; to cause
s provide ior the removal of all such paupers
Migrants, * other persons, as may not be legal
ly entitled 10 residence within the said corpo
ration; to punish, by fine or penalty, any minor
or apprentice, guilty Of any breach of any law o