Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-10
(OFEIClAL.I
CITY ORDINANCES.
Laws Passed by the Sixty-eighth Council
OF the City of Washington.

ss u enattsd ~ tht Beard OF A,drIasn aad Boqrd
Tor i ~, yss, S5s1t q re ctg 81 wa..rsrn That
AID levied for general and massachusetts pur poses,
aId 81 And IN tue several wars
dened at the rate q one dollar and eighty cents on
All real ans s1sared dollars Q, the ,a1e Of
1ngton; Of all stocks which may be owned by any
other rcorporated or unincor porsied company Of
ia city q all bonds end mortgages Of stocks, Of az
every desFpton Of property in said city, or which
may be owned OF he'd by the inhabitants thereof,
cordlps 10 the ment and valuation Of the
as made and turned BY the board of the
ssu TAX 10 ne iesled and collected as provided ny
and to be payable from and after the passage II
SEC. 2. And be at f,rth.r enacted. That the taxes
above imposed and levied the assessed valuation
hereby, Imposed and irSsd % sceOsni Of the differ
foE by this Corporation: namely:
For For the general fund, per act Of Congress, ap-
every hundred dollars OF valuation.
ersi she ward funds to he apporioned to the sew
per sOis property in each ward ard TO be appli-
as may be ineuPSSd in the respec,iVs Ssrds ipr ths
Of S sewers, aud Saving at inter sections
property, and to the laying OF flag iootwsys, the
srssolng and grayeliDg OF streets the reptring OF
repair of lamps, the repairing and supplying OF
pumps and hydraHts. the removal ~ garbage. &C :,
fifty cents ON every iurdred dollars of ' aIna,ion
For ljs hiins the city with ga. per act Of Conzre-.
For the Metropolitan police, per act, Of Congress,
fit.en cents on every hundred dollars Of valuation
Tor the .pppYrt Of the public sehoo,s intending
&c, 81 Gongrsss Spptoyedd Jnly 20 ISL tax OF fifty
For the redemption of the tea year bonds. and the
payment Ct the Interest act of Congress
Of July q ISIS atax of ten cents on every huaired
Fer the i'm provement of the Washington canal,
tehteeS cents on every hundred dollars Of valuation
eEc.3 And o ~ tITthe, enacted. That there be,
tax at the rate Of seventy five cents every one
hundred dollar, OF the as essed amount of capital
broF err and money lenders in this city acc riding
TO the assessment and return of the same by the
iected as the taxes imposed by the first and second
sections are levied and collected; and If person
OF persons engaged in the business mployme OF
private bankers. brokers', CT money, lenders shall
tail or refuse to pay The taxes which may be due
days after the fsme shsl fave become due, tn,
nd nav or or rep us, ssa GT .
doa,s tor each and ever, day he or they may fail
as other lines OF this corporation are recovered and
this ha Construed As to % s tax on
the stock issned BY ihi. corporation or upon the
the duty of the Collector OF Taxes as is required by
IN the day OF lie I-csipt in such bank may be de
sSnated by law tie cust' dian Of the fund. of the
sources for and account of the corporation with
out ceducting from said money his own commi ssion
ali Be pad to R monthly 81
have be f p sT in me therefor snail
oineeIs or The corporation are paid
the credit of the several funds objects designated
on q IN sae to
sIVide the proportion ascruinG 70 the ward funds
proportion Of the valuation of property in each ward
and also taking care to separate and enter to the
assessed for that fund the section OF this
act all money ceived for lice and other priyi
from any other source which is now or shall
be hereafter assigned to the genera fund and in like
special tax fund, not bereinbefore mentioned. ali
:crey that may be recei,ed on account Of special
Of footways or Streets, the eoHsrue:ioa Of sewers,
the opening or In of alleys, the abatement
which shall have been assessed upon private prop
erty in order to compensate contractors for making
Collector to make taily return Of the amount Of
moley received and deposited by him and Of his d
funds to The Comptroller, who as;;,r having exam
ined ard verified the said return, s. all enter the
several thereof TO the credit of the appropriate
SEC. And DC AZ further eaactsd, That the taxes i'm
applied exclusively to the several funds or Objects
for which they are levied and imposed, and for no
ter the Mayer City Councils, or any ofscer or
agent che rged with The distursemt 1T OF money 10
money 50 levied and collected Shall h. kept
the second and w Of
act ard Lo chsnse Whatsoever shall be made by the
any sum br sums Of money on account of any Object
purpose for which it was not levied aud collected
ment money who shall Violate any u the p-oT
lions OF This act shall ac Sao N WITH the Of
afics. N as'''' ~"
standing any law OF this Corporation to the contra
~, the Collector Of Taxes be- snd be is hereby,
aet to pay yss part thereof IN the ceItcste
ihst IN receiving The said in payment d
settlement Of the interest which shal have sccrued
ON the sonPos and that all certificates paid in for
the face thereof and also H. the coupons the
s ,v .ms cancel b. Ts TOE date q the
the Collector shall then deposit the said cert icates
bank S placed 70 the credit the 10 in
arste account, and to be subject to the reclaim ion
a SIdr me t az Thar ali
taxes accruing under this act the Collector Of Taxes
ttn Of the same, and Ike commission on ali special
taxes cole cted ty him.
lecttr Ct Take. be, and he is hereby, authorized TO
appoint, upon his cxn responsibility and az his own
cesssry wait upon citizens and collect such taxes
personal property as are now due, or which may
become due prior TO the first OF January next; and
for such smounts of taxes o3 personal property
shall be collected by means OF deputies outside of the
Collector Office, he shall lie entitled to receive
commission Of seven per cent. over and abOse the
compensation allowed him by the act Of February
20, 1861.
SIC. II. And be IT further tndcted, hat discount
OF ten Ger centum shall be allowed by the Collector
of all taxes accruing under THE act thai
may he paid prior to the fifteenth day of October,
$780, ard Of five per centum upon all such taxes that
m lie Daid he w Of her
sId the fifteenth day of November, 1870; and that
from and sftsr the fifteenth day OF November ns dis
count shall be allowed PrOr,ded, That the abate-
ment n. rein authorized shall not be allowed upon
the taxes accru upon property already In arrears
for general purposes until such arrearages
paid, upon property owned by persons who
in arrears for taxes on personal property until such
arrears are raid. q. b. HOLDEN,
President Of the Board OF Common Council
JOHN b. CROCkER.
President Of the Board OF Aldermen
Approved, October Z, $50.
NJ. g. EMERY, Mayor