New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-05

anu Is nereDy constituted port OF delivery,
within the collection district of New Or
leans: and there shall be appointed q sur
veyor of customs. to reside at said port, who
| shall, in addition to his own duties, perform
| the duties and receive the salary and emOlu-
| ments prescribed by the act of Congress.
approved on the second of March, eighteen
hundred and thirty-one, for importing mer-
chandise into Pittsburg, Wheeling, and
other places.
Approved, July I, 1870.
PUBLIC-No. 49,
AN ACT to amend the laws regulating the
assessment OF taxes in the city of Wash
ington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That it
shall be the duty of all officers of the corpo-
ration of the city of Washington. in the
District of Columbia now empowered by
law to make assessments of taxes upon the
real estate therein, to file forthwith, in the
office of the collector of taxes of said city,
a transcript of such assessment.
| SEC. =. And be it further enacted. That ii
shall be the duty of said collector in each
year to embrace in the tax books of the cur
rent year all taxes of every kind then AS
sessed and due upon or against the real es-
| tate in said city. and including that OF the
| previous year then unpaid, and to collect
all taxes SO assessed and certified as atore-
| said at his Office in said city
| SEC g. And be it further enacted. That il
| shall not be lawful for the mayor or city
councils Of the city of Washington, or any
person charged with the disbursements Of
money in the District of Columbia. to di
| vert from its Legitimate object anv money
levied or collected as taxes from the people
| of said District, but all such taxes SO levied
or collected shall be kept separate and dis
| tinct, each item under its own proper head.
as named in the act or acts authorizing such
levy to be made, and that no change what
| sOever shall be made by transfer of one
| fund to another. or by paying out any sum
| or sums of money on account Of any object
! or purpose for which it was not levied or
| collected.
| SEC. 4. And be ii further enacted. That
| in no case shall the sum levied for the gen
eral fund.- or miscellaneous purposes, ex-
coed twenty-five cents on the hundred dol
| lars OF valuation.
SEC. D. And be it further enacted, That
the Mayor Of the city of Washington by
and with the consent of the Board of Alder
men thereof. shall appoint an auditor and
controller for said city, each to receive
! such annual compensation as shall be fixed
| by an act OF the corporation of Washington,
and whose offices shall be adjacent to that
| occupied by the Mayor. 1t shall be the
duty of the auditor to audit all accounts
| against the said corporation; to certify the
same when found correct, to the controller;
| and to retain the originals of all contracts
| made and orders given for all descriptions
| of work or improvements by the corpora
ton aforesaid 1t shall be the duty of the
controller to keep an exact account of all
| warrants issued in the manner here
matter provided for, and of all
taxes levied by the corporation,
| l,
and keep an accurate record for all receipts
for taxes or other revenue of any descrip-
ton whatever; given by the collector and
register, such receipts not to be valid unless
so cOuntersigned, and to compare the same
| daily with the books of said collector and
register. Each and every account against
the corporation of Washington, when a,l-
dited and certified by the auditor. shall be
paid by warrant of the controller coun-
tersigned by the mayor; and in no case
shall payments be made in any other man
ner than provided for in this act. But no
| account shall be paid by warrant or other
wise, unless there is a fund to the credit of
| that particular account. The money received
| from any and all sources for and on ac-
count of the corporation, shall on the day
of its receipt, be deposited by the col
| lector and register to the credit OF
| the city of Washington, in such place as
| may be designated as a depository for the
funds of the corporation by an act OF the
board of aldermen and board of common
| council, approved by the mayor: and such
| depository shall, each day that deposits are
made, furnish statement of the same to
| the controller, to be by him filed in his
Office
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
| the said corporation of Washington shall
| have power to issue certificates OF indebted
ness. not to exceed in amount SIX hundred
| thousand dollars, and to bear interest at the
| rate of seven and three-tenths per centum
per annum. and to be redeemable within
| three wears from the date of issue: the said
| certificates not to be OF less denomination
| than fifty dollars, and to be receivable tor
| taxes due said corporation to such amount
| yearly as said corporation may designate by
law. not, however, to exceed fifty per
! centum of the amount due by any taxpayer.
| And said certificates shall be used for no
| [otherl purpose than the payment OF the as
| certained indebtedness Of the corporation
| of Washington to the sixth day OF June,
| eighteen hundred and seventy.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That
apy person who shall violate the provisions
of this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor in office. and be dismissed there
! from.
Approved July7, 1870.
GPUBLIC REsoLUTION-NO. "a.
| A RESOLUTION concerning the pay of
customs officers in North Carolina.
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
act of the twenty-fifth of February, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven entitled I" An act
relative to collection districts in North
Carolina" in the first section and the last
clause before the provisO, shall be, and
hereby is, go amended as to include the
words "and commissions " after the word
"fees." E. 49,
Approved, July ], 1870.