Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-02
BY AUTHORITY.
Acts and Resolutions passed at the First
Session Of the Thirtieth Congress.

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[PUBLIc-No. 3O.1-An Act to continue, al
ter, and amend the charter of the city O
Washington.
BE 1T enacted By the Senate and House o.
Representatives. Of the United States of Ameri
ca IN Congress assembled, That the act O.
May fifteenth. eighteen hundred and twenty
entitled An act to incorporate the inhabi
tants OF the city of Washington, and to fepea
all acts heretofore passed for that purpose
and the act Of May twenty sixth, eighteen
hundred and twenty-four, entitled Sc An ACT
supplementary 10 An act to incorporate the
inhabitants of the city of Washington passed
Inc h1teenth OF May, one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty, and for other purposes" and
the act or acts supplemental or additional to
SAID acts which were IN force on the fourteenth
day of May, eighteen hundred and forty, OF
winch may, at the passing of this act, be in
force, be and the same are hereby continued
IN force tor the term of twenty years from the
date hereof, or until Congress shall by law
determine Otherwise, with the alterations, ad-
ditlons, explanations, and amendments follow
ing, that is to say:
SAID corporation shall have full power and au-
thority to lay and collect tax of not exceed
ing three-tourths of one per centum per annum
upon the assessed value of all stocks which
may be owned and possessed by any person
whatever in any banking, insurance, OF other
incorporated or unincorporated company in
the city of Washington and to compel all
such banking, insurance, or other incorpora-
ted or unincorporated company, to furnish,
when so required TO do, within ten DAYS there
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the stockholders in such company, and the a.
mount of stock owned by each, under pen
atty not exceeding fifty dollars for each and
every week such company shall neglect or re-
fuse or fail to furnish the same. And, in de-
fault Of payment of the tax due on said stock
by the banking, insurance, or other company,
or by the holder or holders of the stock, the
said corporation shall have full power and au-
thority to sell the said stock, or SO many shares
thereof as shall be sufficient to pay the taxes
due thereon, and costs Of collection, as provi-
ded in the case of personal property. The
and collect tax not exceeding three -fourths
OF one per centum per annum on the assessed
value OF all bonds and mortgages, of stocks of
all kinds, and all public and private securities,
and on every description of property within
the said city, or which may be owned or held
by the inhabitants thereof, except the wearing
apparel and necessary tools and implements
used in carrying on the trade or occupation of
any person; and to compel persons TO furnish,
when required by the assessors, full and
correct list of all property by law taxable.
held by them, and to punish with suitable
fines and penalties persons refusing or omit
ting to furnish such lists. The said corpora
ton shall have power to lay and collect a
school-taX upon every free white male citizen
OF the age OF twenty-one years and upwards,
OF one dollar per annum; to provide for licen-
sing, taxing, and regulating livery stables, and
wholesale and retail dealers, in ratio accord
ing to the annual average amount of the CAPT.
tai invested in the business of such wholesale
and retail dealers; to license, tax, and regu-
late agencies of all kinds of insurance compa
MES; to tax private bankers, brokers, and
money-lenders, not exceeding three -fourths of
one per centum per annum on the assessed a.
mount of capital employed in the business of
said private bankers, brokers, and money!
lenders TO MAKE all necessary regulations re-
speeding hackney carriages and the rates of
fare OF the same, and the rates of hauling by
cartmen, Wagoners, carmen, and draymen, and
the rates OF commission of auctioneers; to reg
ulate and graduate the licenses of non resident
merchants and traders, and the taxes on the
same to regulate and establish fish wharves
and docks; to restrain and prohibit gaming
houses and bawd y-houses to punish those
who may sell intoxicating liquors without
having obtained license therefor, by fines not
less than five dollars; and in default of the
payment thereof, by Imprisonment and labor
in the Work-house for term not exceeding
ninety days; to provide for the Furnishing by
fines and penalties, and by confinement to Ia
Dor in the work house, any person and all per-
sons who shall modest or disturb any church
or other place of worship while the congrega-
ton are engaged in any religious exercises or
proceedings; TO provide for the weighing of
all kinds of live stock brought into the city );
to cause to be pulled down unsafe, dilapida-
ted, or dangerous buildings; to take up and
relay foot pavements and paved carriage
ways, and to keep them in repair, and to lay
and collect taxes for paying the expenses
thereof, on the property fronting on such foot
ways and carriage ways; to lay and collect
taxes for the support of public schools; to
cause new alleys to be opened into the squares,
and to open, change, or close those already
laid out, upon the application of the owners of
more than one-half of the property in such
squares, subject to the second proviso of the
eighth section of the act of May the fifteenth,
eichteen hundred and twenty, Incorporating
ike inhabitants of the city of Washington
And the said corporation shall have full pow
er and authority to make all necessary laws
for the protection of public and private pro.
perty, the preservation of order, the safety of
persons, and the observance of decency in the
streets, avenues, alleys, public spaces, and
other places in the said city, and for the pun
ishmcnt of all persons violating the same, as
we'll as for the punishment of persons guilty
OF public profanity and prostitution.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That at
the first general election held after the passage
of this act, Board of Assessors, to consist of
one member from each ward, shall be elected
bv the qualified voters therein, to serve for
two wears and the returns of election for as
SCISSOR shall be made in the same manner and
form as the returns of the election for mem
| bers of the Board of Aldermen and Board OF
| Common Council and the person having the
greatest number of legal votes in each ward
| for assessor, shall be duly elected assessor
but in case two or more persons, highest IN
vote, shall have an equal number OF votes, the
commissioners of election for the ward IN
which such equality shall exist, shall decide
the choice by lot. No person who is not ell
gible to seat in the Board of Aldermen OF
| Board of Common Council, shall be eligible
10 election as Assessor. And, on the first
Monday of May next succeeding the first cleo
tion of assessors under this act, the said board
| or a majority of the members thereof, shall
meet inn the CITY Hall, and, in the presence Of
the Mavor and Register, shall draw by lot the