The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-20
OFFICIAL.
r AWs~OF, THE UNITED STATES.

for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives of tho United St"tes OF America in
Congress assembled, That an act entitled " An
act to continue, alter, and amend the charter OF
the city of Washington" approved May seven
teenth eighteen hundred and forty eight, ana
the several amendments thereof now in force,
are hereby continued in force for the term OF
one year from the GATE hereof, or until Congress
shall by law determine otherwise.
Sec 3 And be it further enacted, That 1t snail
be the duty of the mayor of the city OF wash
ington, District of Columbia, the board OF alder
men, and the board of common councli tnereoi,
to assemble in Joint convention al the city hall
in said city on the first Tuesday OF July, elgli-
teen hundred and sixty-eight, and proceed to Sc
lect by ballot all officers whose appointments,
upon the nomination of the mayor, are now au-
thorized by the charter, by any law of the
United States, act or ordinance OF SAID CRY, or
which may hereafter be authorized thereby, who
shall bold their offices respectively for one year,
and until successor is appointed; and on the
same day of the month i'm each year thereafter
the Joint convention shall proceed to new Sc
lection: Prooided, That no person snail he re-
garded as incompetent to hold any of said off.
ces or be disqualified therefor, who is qualified
elector in said District.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That in all
meetings of the mayor of the city of Washing
ton and of the boards of aldermen and common
council for the purposes mentioned in the sec
ond section of this act, the mayor Oh the presi-
dent OF either of said boards shall preside, and
the secretaries of said boards shall act tellcrs
and keep q record of the proceedings, and the
mayor, or any member of either OF said boards
may nominate one more persons for the offices
required to be filled, and the person having the
highest number of votes she'll be publicly de-
clared selected, and certificate of his election
shall within five days be made out and be signed
by the presiding officer and secretaries, and be
transmitted to the person selected, who shall
within ten days therea ter enter on the discharge
of the duties of his Office, which shall be imme
diately vacated by any person then holding the
same.
Sec f. And be it further enacted, That all
questions arising in the joint convention author
lied by this act shall be terminated by MAORI
ty of the votes of the members thereof present
at any of its meetings, and it shall have power
to adjourn from time to time until all the duties
imposed upon it shall be completed, and to re-
uuire of the persons selected for any office such
security as may be deemed necessary And in
the event of any vacancy from disability, death,
or resignation, it shall be the dnty of the mayor
to call meeting of the joint convention to Sc
lect a successor for the uneXpred term of his
service.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when
the mayor, the board of aldermen, and the COM
mon council shall be assembled in joint convcn-
ton, as provided for in this act, they shall, by
majority vote, designate bank in which the va
rious moneys of the city of Washington shall be
deposited and they shall make such regulations
in relation to the mode in which such funds shall
be kept and paid out as shall be deemed advisa-
BILE for the interests of the city; and within five
days after such designation Il certificate of the
bank selected shall be made out and placed in the
thereafter it shall not be lawful to retain or de-
post the funds of the city, or any part thereof,
in any other bank or place, unless by order of
the board.
Sec. q. And be it further enacted, That the
first section of the act entitled " An act to regu
late the elective franchise in the District of Co.
lumba," passed January eight, eighteen hun
dred aid sixty seven, be, and the same is hereby,
amended to require electors in the city of
Washington to reside in the ward election
precinct in which they sha offer to vote fifteen
@h.,Sl lSf
three months: Proyided, That said section shall
not be construed as comforting the elective fran
chise in said city on non com nlssioDed officers,
soldiers, Sailors or marines III the regular service
of the United States, stationed or on duty in
said city, except such as may have become actu-
al residents with their families in said city. for
one year previous to any election: Propided fur
Their, That no person claiming to be naturali-
zed citizen shall be registered as an elector, not
shall the name OF any such person be retained on
the list of voters, without the production of his
naturalization paper Or duly certified copies
thereof, satisfact,I2y proof of the loss of the
same; and for the purpose of correcting said list
as regards the aforesaid classes of persons and
in all other respects, the judges of election shall
meet in some proper place in said city between
the hours of nine O'clock A. NJ. and seven
O'clock P. M, on three days instead of two days
now required: PrOViied further, That all the
original lists OF voters both before and after their
correction shall remain in the custody of the
member of the board of judges first named in
their appointment by the supreme court of the
District of Columbia; and, IN the event of his
removal or rtSlSnatlOn, IN the custody OF regu-
larry appointed successor, except when being
copied for publication and for the of the COM
mssionerS of elections, and said original lists
shall at all times be open for the use and inspec
ton of either of said Judges: PrOrided further,
That no property qualification shall be required
for any of the officers of said city, and that three
days prior to any election each board OF
mssoners of election shall appoint two clerks
to assist them in registering the names of voters
in their respective election precincts and in ma
king returns OF the elections who shall be sworn
before the clerk of the supreme court of said
District truly and faithfully to perform their du-
tics, and for any misconduct in office be subject
are now subject And provided further.
ton to make any regulations and give any notice
which may be proper necessary to carry out
any or the provisions of this section.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That all acts
and ordinances, or parts thereof, or parts of the
charter of the city of Washington inconsistent
herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed
SCHUYLER COLEAX,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
~ t .E B. F. WADE, f-
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Endorsed by the President: "Received Nav
10Th, 1861
NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE-The
foregoing act having been presented to the Presi-
dent of the United States tor his approval, and
not having been returned by him to the house of
Congress in which it originated within the time
prescribed by the Constitution of the United
States, has become law without his approval