New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-06

| competent jurisdiction, and on conviction
| thereof shall be punished by fine not ex-
| ceeding five hundred dollars, or by 1mprls-
| onment for term not exceeding three
| years, or both, in the discretion of the court,
| and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
SEC. 40. And be it further enacted, That
the charters of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown shall be repealed on and
after the first day of June, A. ID. eighteen
hundred and ,seventy-one, and all offices OF
said corporations abolished at that date;
the levy court of the District of Columbi
and all officers connected Herewith
shall be abolished on and after
said first day of June, A. ID. eighteen nun
dred and seventy lone; but all laws and or
dinances of said cities, respectively, and OF
said levy court, not inconsistent with thls
act, shall remain in full force until modified
OF repealed by Congress or the legislative
assembly of said District: that por-
ton of said District included
within the present limits of the
city of Washington shall continue to pc
known as the city of Washington, and that
portion of said District included within the
limits of the city of Georgetown shall con-
tinue to be known as the city of George
town; and the legislative assembly shall
have power to levy special tax upon prop
erty, except the property of the government
of the United States, within the city OF
Washington for the payment of the debts OF
said city; and upon property, except the
property of the government of the United
States, within the limits of the city of
Georgetown for thespayment of the debts of
said city; and upon property, except the
property of the government of the United
States, within said District not included
within the limits of either of said cities to
pay any debts owing by that portion of
said District; provided, that the charters of
said cities severally, and the powers of said
levy court, shall be continued for the follow
ing purposes, to wit: For the collection of
all sums of money due to said cities, re-
spectively, or to said levy court; for
the enforcement of all contracts made
by said cities, respectively, or by said
levy court, and all taxes, heretofore
assessed, remaining unpaid; for the cOllec-
ton of all just claims against said cities, re-
spectively, or against said levy court; for
the enforcement of all legal contracts
against said cities, respectively, or against
said levy court, until the affairs of said
cities. respectively, and of said levy court,
shall have been fully closed; and no suit in
favor of or against said corporations, or
either of them, shall abate by reason of the
passage of this act, but the same shall be
prosecuted to final judgment as if this act
had not been passed.
SEC. Al. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be no election holden for mayor
or members of the common council of the
city of Georgetown prior to the first day of
June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one
but the present mayor and common council
of said city shall hold their offices until said
first day of June next. No taxes for gen.
eral purposes shall hereafter be assessed by
the municipal authorities of the cities of
Washington or Georgetown, or by said levy
court. And upon the repeal of the charters of
the cities of Washington and Georgetown,
the District of Columbia be, and is hereby,
declared to be the successor of said cOrpo-
rations and all the property of said corpO-
rations, and of the county of Washing ton,
shall become vested in the said District of
Columbia, and all fines, penalties, costs and
forfeitures which are now by law made pay
able to said Cities respectively, or said levy
court, shall be paid to said District of
Columbia. and the salaries of the judge and
clerk of the police court the compensation
of the deputy clerk and bailiffs of said pO-
lice court, and of the marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia shall be paid by said Dis
trict; Provided, That the moneys collected
upon the judgments of said police court,
or so much thereof as may be necessary.
shall be applied to the payment of the sala-
ries of the judge and other officers of said
court, and to the payment of the necessary
compensation and expenses thereof, and
any ditSI
salaries, compensation and expenses afOre-
said, shall be paid into the treasury of the
District at the end of every quarter.
Approved February 81, 1871.
[REsoLUTIoN OF GENERAL NATURE-No. -.
JOINT RESOLUTION in favor of Joshua
Bishop, late lieutenant commander United
States navy.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the President of the United States be, and
he is hereby, authorized to nominate, and
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to reappoint Joshua Bishop, as
lieutenant commander in the United States
navy
Approved February IA, 1871.
LAWS or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.