The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-23
CITY OF WASHINGTON TUESDAY MORNING, MAY %. l84S

refusal failure of any elected TO either OF said o
~ as may be required by said corporation within twenty
days after his eeuo1 or "a case Of the DEATH resigna
or holding either of said offices, shall be lawful for the
clare said Office vacant and TO order an election to fiji the
vacancy And in all where it shall become necessary
10 hold an election 20 fill vacancy either of said Offices
the regulations shall be observed the appoint
ment of commissioners hold said elections, and
served the regular elections Propidd That authority
hereby given to the Mayor of the said city appoint
porary, under such regulations the said corporation
prescribe discreet person discharge the duties
such office until election can be had and
ties iN'''''' upon "'' ''-
Sec g. And be 1t further enacted That free white
the age Of twenty years, ard shall have resided in the
day of election, and shall be resident of the ward in
which he shall offer and shall have been returned
thirty OF December next preceding the ay OF election
subecto schooax for that year, Except persons
been convicted Of any infamous crime) and who shall
have paid the schootax and all taxes on personal properly
due from him. shall be entitled to vote for Mayor mem.
beers Of the Board of Aldermen and Board Of Common
Council and assessors for every officer authorized to
elected any election this act OF the act or acts
to which this is amendaory or supplementary, Proptded
That it. during the year ending on the thirty first day Of
passage this act persons shall have been returned
on the , books of The said % subject o school
books of the said corporation subject TO school
tax before the day of the said first election and who
shall in all other respects be qualified under this ac, to
voe and who shall have paid the said school tax and all
on 10
the said first election after the passage of this And
any person shall buy sell VOTE shall than
or shall aye or receive anv n pr aw
goods Or any other thing of value or shall promise any
promise, he shall be disqualified forever thereafter from
Vog aa mo areo oee nro o @ ana
G M b,ict nf Counhio !, ha he ,, ae we id ' a.
'orney proceed against such offender offenders, by
% a. ana a a. % m cases ana i lonna
@ f si ns l le ha Ten dl ID - mn, 70
pay Am me o, nov eo oh h , aoa ana 70 In
@ Hd S - Htbs eoan1d THAT ,e IN @ If III,
dsa OF any person 10 aeGeP .e oce Oh Mayor upon MS
oi @ b =, i' ,h Rara' of Ad inaI J w. o.
of Common Connci shall assemble in ioint n,i and
oiso ann,ha, ~ h rn 70 e rr ~ 49, r ,l h
term or dnrinp snch disability but in case of
absence from the city or of sickness the Mayor NAV IN
tr;,in Ien,a lie i,s;dant Of The Rod ~ jss, -,
W. m III ,,r d,rir ,ch ,aa,,,o ar,, ahsen a. ih "
Src dnd he Il f,rtber enpctsd Thai 80 ,nnch of The
.nh Of tho 1ct ,i, mi bi,ar, VI he
Gin, IF Washno,on annrovad Nav ,be 6,aan,h e;o,enn
hnndred and twenty as is in the following words VIZ
Fiat real propertv whethe improved or unimprov,d in
, 10y ~ in5 Jm' nnd 'na,id or VIZ
cia tax oosed bv virtue OF authority o, the proypn
years after the same Shall have become due or so much
bsreof NOT less Than ~ lot fben he pronertv on Witch
a ca n1 nod cha S Thereon be- o at a n6
H. saa ~ sasv ,he oornor,,ion Iba,a,r 10 ,n H.
q brehv amenaed 90 40 10 read ~ oIowa viz
That real property whether improved unimproved in
ha, have become dine and remain unpaid or on Which
any special tax imposed by virtue authority OF the pro.
Md or So ,nch thereof not less Than iot when
be- nono r,1 -, ich ne raw has ,,ornad il nnt ass Ia
that nnantiiv ne ma he q, nav anv snch
with all interests costs and charges arising thereon
tors And so much OF the provso of the tenth section
of the incorporating the CITY of
Washington approved May the fifteenth eighteen hundred
and twenty, is in the following words Wis 'That no
sale shall be made in pursuance of this section, of any
improved property whereon there personal property of
sufficient value pay the said taxes be, and the is
hereby repealed And the authority given to the collector in
the eleventh section of said act postpone the sale of
future day Tor want OF bidders shall be
construed to authorize the posponement Tor any other
reasonable IT, in the opinion OF the Mayor the colec
other officer duly authorized there shall be other
enable for such postponement but public notice shall
in all be given Of such posponemen and the sales
made such postponed time shall be equally valid if
made the day first designated for such sale and sale of
any real properly for hereafter made shall be impair
dor made void by reason OF OF the Mayor
other officer of the corporaon in making calculation
computation ofhe due, the expenses
the advertisement and sa!e OF the purchase money
aud the interest thereon Notwithstanding the
ousy calculated computed have been paid by the
purchaser his heirs assigns but all such sae and the
deeds which may be granted the certificates then issued
shall be valid and binding as if such had been
made and it shall be lawful for the heirs assigns of any
purchaser purchasers OF property sold the
said city, receive, do, perform anything which, by the
said act OF the fifteenth OF May, eighteen hundred and
The inhabitants the OF Wash
ngion, by any act acts supplementary in
cuon OF the same IT may be lawful Tor such purchaser
purchasers to receive, do, or perform.
SEC. D. Ind De JWther enacted, That the said corpora
ton shall have power to cause to be made out plats
of all the squares in the city OF Washington, which
shall be shown the lines OF all the subdivisions of said
squares the same shall actually exist at the date of the
completion OF the plat oil each square, and to prescribe
and regulate the manner IN which description shall be
made OF all real estate sold transferred in the said city
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