The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-13

Tor each OHeee. at the discfeii0n of the circEit court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington. and shall thereafter be incapable of holding any office under the corporation; and the Beard of Aldermen and Board of Common Council may, by joint resolution, remove any assessor from ottce for any misconduct in office.
 Sec 1. find te t furiher enactsd, That the regis ter, collector, and surveyor Of the said city shall verMly be elected the first Monday in June next, and on the same day neyery second year thereafter, at the the same time and place. in the same man. ner, and by the persons qualified to vofe for Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen and BoarG Of Common Council: Prorided, That, if the said first Monday in June next shah be the regular day for of Mayor of the said city then the next election thereafter of register collector and survey or, shall take place the same day in the following year, and then on the same cay in every second year thereafter as above provided and the comnis. sioners af election shall make out duplicate certiG- cates of the result of the election for register eoec tor and surveyor and shall return one to inc Board of Aldermen, and the other te the Beard of Common Council, on the Monday next ensuing inc day of election; and the persons having inc greatest num- Der ot voes Tor those offices respectively, sba be register, collector surveyor, the case may be; | but in case two persons highest In votes shall have an equal number of votes for either of said offices then 1t shall be lawful for the Board vt Aldermen and Board of Common Council to proceed forthwith. by ballot m joint meeting, to determine the choice between such persons and the said re- gister, collector and surveyor shall respectively hold their offices until their respective duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed from office; and full power and authority are hereby gran. ted to inc Corporation of Washington o pass all snsli laws as may be necessary to define and regulate the respective duties, powers, and authority of the said register, collector, and surveyor and. aso 10 pre- scribe the amount of bond and security to be given 10 the said corporation by each, before entering up or the duties of their respective offices, and geuer ally 10 pass all such laws may be necessary to in efficient and faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices by the sad register coiec tor, and eefveyor; and in case the said officers, either of them, shall fail or refuse to comply with any law, resolution order of the said corpoi ston, or shall fail or refuse to obey any order of the mayor of the said city, shall fa to discharge the duties of beir respective offices with fidelity and strict yard to the interests of the said corporation, shalt prove unable or incompetent, from any cause whatever to discharge such duties shall be guilty of any malve rstation in office, or shall be convicted of any high crime or misdemeanof 1t shall be law ul for the majority oi the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council, by joint resolution, to remove such officer, and 10 order and election 10 fll tho vacancy; and in of the refusal or failure of any person elected to either of said offices o ac cept of the same, to give such bond and security as may be required by said corporation ttin twen- ty days alter his election, in of the death, resignation, or removal from the said city of any person elected to or holding either of said offices it shall be lawful for the Board of Aldermen and
 
 cant. and to order election 10 fill the vaeauey- And in all cases where 1t shall become necessaIy to hold an election to fill vacancy in either of said ofhees, the same regulation shall be observed to the appointment of commissioners 10 hold said cleo
 ons and as to holding the elections and the returns of the same, observed a; the regular elections l PTor'ded: That authority Is hereby given 10 the Mayor of said city to appoint temporarily, under such regulations as the said corporation may pre- scribe, some discreet person to discharge the duties lNf .Fnft~ and a successor duly elected and qualified to enter upon his duties.
 Sec, 5. find be a further enacied That every free white male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of twenty years and shall have resided in the city ol Washington one year im mediaely preceding the day of election, and shall be resident of the ward in which he shalf offer to vote, and shall have been returned the books of the corPofaiion during the year ending the thirty hrst Of December next preceding the day of eiectos as subject to schootax for that year, (exeept per. sons non e0npos meHifs, yagrints, paupers, per sons who shall have been convicted of any infamous crime, and who shall have paId the school-ax and all taxes on personal property due from him. shall be emitted to vote for May members of ihe Board Of Aldermen and Board of Common Council, and assessors, and for every officer authorized to be elected at any election under :his act the act or acts to which this Is amendatory supplementary: Prorided, That if, during the year ending the thirty-hs day of December next preceding the day o the first election after the passage of this act, persons shall have been returned the books of the sad corporation subject to school-tax, then all persons who shall have been returned on the books Of the said corporation subject ,o school tax be- fore the day of the said first election, and who shall m other respects be qualified under this 10 vot and who shall have paid the said schoolax, and all taxes due personal property, shall be entitled to vote at the said first election after the passage of this act. And if any person shall buy sell vote. or shall vote more than once at any corporation election, held in pursuance of law, shall give or receive any consideration therefor in money, goods. or any other thing of value, shall promise any valuable consideration vote m consideration of such promise, he shall be disqualified forever there after from voting and holding any office under said corporation; and, on complaint thereof to the At torneY of the United States for the Distrct of Co.,
 umbia, it shall be the duty of said Attorney to pro- ceed against such offender offenders, by ipdct- menl and trial, as in other criminal cases and, If found guilty, Il shall bc the duty of the court to sentence him to pay fine of not less than ten dol lars, aud 10 imprisonment not more than two months nor less than ten days.
 Sec. g. .7nd be tt fsrtaey enacted That in case of the refusal of any person to accept the office ot Mayor upon his election thereto, or ot his dsath, resignation, inability, removal from the city. the ! Board of Aldermen and Board ot Common Council shall assemble in oin, meeting and elect another in his place. serve for the remainder of the term, or during such disability; but in case ot temporary absence from the city, of sickness. the Mayor may In writing. drpuie ,he President of the E ard of Aldermen to act as Mayor during such tempo Tafy absence or sickness.
 l See. T find De # further endcied, That So much of the tenth ksciion of the act incorporating the 1 inhabitants Of the city of Washington, approved May the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, as in the following words, viz That real property, whether improved unimproved, m the csty oi 1 Washington, on which two more years taxes shall have remained due and unpaid, or on which any special tax, imposed by virtue oisanthorIy ot the provisions of this act shall have remained an- paid for two or years after the same shall have become due, or 90 much thereof not less than lot, l (wheu the property on which the lax has accrued is 10, less han that quantty,) may be necessary to pay any such taxes. with all legal costs and charges arising thereon, may be sold ai pnoe sale to satisfy the corporation therefor" be, aud the same s hereby amended. so as to road as fellows, viz; That real prorerty, whsthes improved un