New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-16

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 disapproval of an act of the
Legislative Assembly of said District approved
August 10Th, 1871, entitled s'An act levying a
| tax for the payment of the interest as it sh all
| annually accrue on four million dollars of bonds,
authorized to be issued by the District of Column
bia, by an act entitled '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 a
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 million
of Improvement bonds, to vote of the people
at a 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, tbeir . the twenty second day of that
month, the act of the Legislative Assembly of
the District aforesaid approved August 18th,
1871, entitled An act levying tax for the pay
ment OF the interest as it shall annually accrue
on four million dollars of bonds auth orized 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 the interest
as it shall annually accrue thereon, and submit
ting the act with the question of the issuing of
four millions of improvement bonds, to a vote
OF the people at general election in the said
District " will be submitted to the people of
said District for their approval or disapproval
with the said acs entitled IAN act authorzingthe
District of Columbia to create debt for special
improvements and repairs in said District by the
issuing OF four million of bonds, and levying a
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 a 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 "An act
levying tax tor the payment of the interest as
1t shall annually accrue on four million d ,llars
of bonds, authorized to be issued by the District
of Columbia by an act entitled An act author.
izing 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 inter
est as it shall annually accrue there On, and sub.
hitting the act, with the question of the issuing
OF four millions OF Improvement bonds, to vote
OF the people at general election in said Dis
trict'"
And said election, as respects the said act
will be held as in the said act provided. Said
act lie hereto subjoined and publication thereof
is herewith made.
I'D. COOKE,
Governor of the District of Columbia
EDWIN l.. STANTON,
Secretary of the District of Columbia.
AN ACT levying tax for the payment of the in.
terest, as it shall annually accrue on four mil
hon dollars of bonds, authorized to be issued
by the District of Columbia by an act entitled |
IAN 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 a 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 a vote of the people at |
general election in the said District"
BE 1t enacted by the Legislative assembly of
NE district OF .Cotambia, That for the purpose
oi paying the interest annually, as 1t may accrue
ON the four million dollars of bonds authorized |
70 De 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.
hons OF bonds, and the levying a tax for the
payment OF the interest as it shall annually ac-
crue thereon, and submitting the act, with the
question OF the issuing of tour millions of i'm
provement bonds, to a vote of the people at a
general election In said District special tax
IF two hundred and eighty thousand dollars il
hereby levied upon the taxable property in said
District for the period of twenty years, to an
mount sufhcient to pay the interest which may
Iccrae on said bonds during said period, which
Ak shall be- collected in sum9bf two hundred
md eighty thousand dollars during each of said
Iears, agreeably to the provisions of the act of
Congress- entitled An act to provide govern
nent for the District of Columbia approved
February twenty first, eighteen hundred and
evenly one, and in the same manner that the +
General taxes Of said District shall be collected,
nd be applied and used exclusively for the nav.