New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-09

NOTICE BY THE GOVERNOR AND SEC
IN rotary of the District of Columbia Of the
submission to the people of said District, for
their approval or disspprova of an act of the
Legislative Assembly of said District approved
August 10Th. 1871, entitled IAN act levying a
tax for the payment of the interest it sh Ill
annually accrue on four million dollars of bonds
authorized to be issued by the District of Colum
bia, by an act entitled AN act authorizing the
Dis rict of Columbia to- create a debt for special
improvements and repairs in said District by the
issuing of four millions of bonds and levying
tax for the payment of the interest as it shall
annually accrue thereon, aud submitting the aot
with the question of the issuing of four million
of improvement bonds, to vote of the people
at general election In said District"
ExECUTIvE OFFICE,
DISTRICT OF CoLuMBIA,
August 2lst, 1871.
Notice is hereby given that at the next gen
eral election in the District Of Columbia, which
will be held on the fourth Wednesday of Novem
Der, 1871. (being the twenty second day of that
month. the act of the Legislative Assembly Of
the District aforesaid approved August l9th,
1871, entitled AN act levying a tax for the pay
ment OF theinterest as it shall annually accrue
on four million dollars of bonds auth priced to
be issued by the District of Columbia by
an act entitled AN act authorizing the Dis.
trict OF Columbia to create debt for special
Improvements and repairs in said District
by the issuing of four millions of bonds, and
levying tax for the payment of he interest
as 1t shall annually accrue thereon, and submit
ting the actsrith the question of the issuing of
four millions of Improvement bonds, to a vote
of the people at a general election in the said
District " will be submitted to the people of
said District for their approval or disapproval
with the said &C entitled IAN act authorizing the
District OF Columbia to create debt for special
improvements and repairs in said District by the
issuing of four million of bonds, and levying
tax for the payment Of the interest as it shall
annually accrue thereon, and submitting the act,
with the question Of the issuing of four millions
OF improvement bonds, to q vote of the people
at general election in said District
Said election will be the first general election
after the passage of said act entitled can act
levyng tax tor the payment of the interest as
it shall annually accrue on four million ,llars
of bonds, authorized to be issued by the District
of Columbia by an act entitled AN act author
izng the District OF Columbia to create debt
for special improvements and repairs ia said
District by the issuing of four million Of bonds,
and .eyying a tax for the payment Of the inter.
est as it shall annually accrue there IN, and sub
uniting the act, with the question Of the issuing
OF four millions OF Improvement bonds, TO q vote
of the people at general election in said Dis
trict.'"
And said election, as respects the said act,
will be h, Id as in the said act provided Said
act il hereto subjoinsd and publication thereof
is herewith made.
H. D. COOKE,
Governor of the District of Columbia.
EDWIN l.. STANTON,
Secretary of the District of Columbia
AN Acr levying a tag for the payment Of he in.
terest as it shall annually accrue on four mil
lion dollars of bonds, authorized to be issued
bv the lEsfrict Of Golt,,nhia hv aotan lad
''An act authorizing the District of Columbia
to create debt for special Improvements and
repairs in said District by the issuing of four
millions of bonds, and levying tax for the
payment of the interest as it shall annually &C
crue thereon, and submitting the act, with the
question OF the issuing of four millions Of i'm
provement bonds, to vote of the people at
q general election in the said District
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembiy Of
the District Of Columbia, That for the purpose
Of paying the interest annually, as it may accrue
on the four million dollars of bonds authorized
TO be issued by the District of Columbia, in &C,
cordance with the provisions of an act entitled
An act authorizing the District of Columbia to
create debt for special improvements and re
pairs In said District by the issuing of four mil
lions OF bonds, and the levyirg a tax for The
payment of the in crest as it shall annually &C
crus thereon, and submitting the act, with the
question OF the issuing of tour millions OF i'm
provement bonds, to vote of the people 1t a
general election in said District" special tax
Of two hundred and eighty thousand dollars is
hereby levied upon the taxable property in said
District for the period OF twenty years, to an |
lmount sufficient to pay the interest which may
accrue on said bonds during said period, which |
AK shall be collected in sums of two hundred |
md eighty thousand dollars during each Of said |
rears, sgreeably to the provisions of the act of
Congress entitled AN act to provide govern
nent for the District of Columbia" approved |
February twenty.frst, eighteen hundred and |
'sveniy one, and la the same manner that the |
rsnersl taxes of said District shall be collected,