The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-13

 not iess than lot, (whsn ihe pEspeEty on which the isx has accrued ls not iess than thai qmanstyl as mak 2 necessary to pay any such isxes with ai inter1 - cOsts. and charges arising thereon, may be sold at public sale to eatify the corporation therefor" And so much of the third yroviso of the tenth section of the said scs ineor. ating the inhabitants of the city of Washington May the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty. ss in the following woFds. vix. "That DO sale shall be made iD pursaance of this section of any improved property whereon there is personal property of sufficient value to pay the said tsxes, be, and the same Is hereby. repealed And the au- thoIy given to the collector h the eleventh section of said act to postpone the sale of sny property o future day ''IoT want of bdders' shall De % con stTued as 10 authorize the postponement for any other reasonable cause. if, h the opinion of the Mayor, the collector, or oih9 oiiceF duly author- zsd there shall be other reasonable cause for such posponement; but public neee shall n all cases be given of such postPOnemeni, and the sales made at such postponed time shali be equally valid as if made the day first designated for such sale; anA no sale of any real property t9 taxes hereafter made shall be impsiied or made Foid by reason of any of the Mayor. other officer of the eorpora. ton. in making calculation or computation of the amount of taxes due, the epenses attendant on the adversisemtnt and safe, or of the purchase money and the interest thereon, noswiths, ,anding the eroneeusiy caleutated or computed may have been paid by the purchaser his heirs or ass gns; but all such sales, and the deeds which may be granted on the certificates then issued shali be valid and bind ing ss if such error had been made and it shall be lawful for the heirs assigns ot aRy purchaser or purchasers of property sold for taxes in the said city, 10 receive, do, or perform ything which, by the said act of the fifteenth of May, eighteen hon. dred and twenty, Incorporating the inhabitants of the ely of Washington by any or acts supple men'ary to or in execution of the same, it may be lawful for such purchaser purchasers to receive do, or perform:
 Sec. &. find be t further enacted, That the said corporation shall have power 10 cause 10 be made out plais of all the squares in the city of Washing ton, on which shall be shown the lines of all the subdivisions of said squares the same shall actual " exist at the date of the completion of the plat of each square and 10 prescribe and regulate the man. ner in which description shall be made of all real estate Sold transferred in the said city: Provided That the said plats shall be made out and drawn upon uniform scale of not less than one inch to fifty feet; and that the method of description of real estate sold transferred within the corporate limits which shall be prescribed by the said corporation sha be such that the pats shall al all times show the lines of properly as actually existing tn the squares, and the office of the surveyor of the city ot Washington shall be the legal office of record of the Plats of all property in the city of Wsshington.
 Sec. 9. find 6r t further SnaCted, That the school-ax which may be levied and collected in pursuunce of the powers in this act given, shall constitute fund, or be added 10 any cher fund now hereafter to be constituted by any act of the cor pOraton, for the establishment and support of com mon schools, and for no other purpose, under such rrguations as may from time to time be established and provided by the corporation.
 Sec. 10. find be Il further enacted, That the cor Poraton shall not have power to increase the pres ent funded debt of the said corporation, either by borrowing money or otherwise, unless 1t shall be agreed 10 do by two thirds of the legal voters in the said ely at an annual election. and the said corporation shall annually apply sum not less than ten thousand dollars of lis revenues 10 the Fedemp ton of the present debt of the corporation.
 SEC Il. .3ad be t farther enacted, That all tax es, except on real property, imposed by virtue of the powers granted by this act, or te acts to which tEis is amendaiory supple mentary. In defsult Of payment thereof within the time limited by act of the incorporation for payment, may be collected by distress and sale of goods and chattels and personal effects Of the person or persons char geable herewith, under such regulations and limi lations as the corporation may prescribe; but no such sale shall be made uRiess ten days previous notice thereof be given in some newspaper printed and published in the city of Washington.
 SEC. I2. Aud be a further enacted. That inc Com missioner oi Public Buildings ,or other officer hay ing charge aad authority over the lands and prop. erty of the United States lying within the city of Washington, shall, from time to time, cause to he opened and improved such avenues and streets, or parts or portions thereof as the President of the
 
 ration of the said city, shs dscm necessary for the public convenience, and direct 10 be done and he shall defray the expe thereof out of any money arising, which shall have arisen from the gale of lots in he city of Washington belonging ox which may have belonged, to the United States ssnd from other fund. And it shall be the duty of the said Commis oner, or other United S,abes officer as a. ioIesad upon the application of tke Mayor, to re- pair and keep in repair the paysinents, water gut icrs, waterways, and fsg ts6ways which have been made or shall be ma4e opposite or along the pubic squares, reseTvatlons, other property be- longing 10 inc United States; also, on like appIi- cation, to repair and keep in repair such streets and avenues, parts thereof, may have been. or shall hereafter b., opened and improved by the United States; the expense of all such repairs to be paid cut oi the fund before mentioned.
 SEC l3. find be h fariker enacted, That the Con- missioner of Public Buildings be, and he is hereby. required to peIIo the duties required of the city Commissioner by the fourteenth section of the act of the twenty y-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twen'y-iouT. supplementary 10 the act of the fi- teenth of May. eighteen hundred and twenty in- cooperating the inhabitants of the city of Wash ington. And il shall be the duty of the Comms- sioner of Public Buildings, within ninety days af- ter the sale of any lots squares belonging to the United States m the city oi Washington, to report the fact 10 the corporation of Washington, giving the date of sale, the number of the lot and square the name of the purchaser or purchasers, ard the said los or squares shall be liable to taxation by the said corporation from the date of such sale A I'd To open space, public reservation, or other public ground in the saii city, siia be occupied by any private person, or for any private purposes what ever.
 sEc. if And be t further enacted, That the justices of the peace. whether they be members of the Board of Aldermen or Board of Common Coun- eil or moi, who may be selected from time 10 time by the said corporation. 10 enforce the police rrgu- lalpus and penal laws of the said city as also 10 warrsnts and to hear and determine cases with in the jurisdiction oi justices of the peace, In which the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Con- Council of the said city shall be plaintiffs shall have power 10 issue all such warrants, and all other warrant or processes deemed necessary and proper of violations ofthe police regulations and nal laws of the corporation and 10 hear and determine all such cases, and, under the orders ofihe corporation 10 issue execn'ioa or other final process thereon; and the said justices shall also have power to compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment, and to punish them by fne not exceeding ten dollars. or by imprisonment not exceeding ten days. for Tefus- k.aIs tnA