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

on an extraordinary occasion, the
governor shall think proper to call the leg
islative assembly together. And the gov
| ernor and secretary of the District shall, in
the disbursement of all moneys appropri-
ated by Congress I'D intrusted to them,
! be governed solely W the instructions OF
the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
| States, and shall semi-annlally account to
the said Secretary for the manner in which
the aforesaid moneys shall have been ex-
pended; and no expenditure shall be made
by the said legislative assembly of funds
appropriated by Congress, for objects not
especially authorized by acts of Congress
making the appropriations, nor beyond the
sums thus appropriated for such objects.
SEC 80. And be it further enacted, That
the legislative assembly. of the District of
| Columbia shall hold its first session at such
time and place in said District as the gov
ernor thereof shall appoint and direct.
| SEC. "a. And be it further enacted, That
| a Delegate to the House of Representatives
| of the United States to serve for the term
of two years, who shall be citizen of the
| United States and of the District of Column
bia, and shall have the qualifications of a
| voter, may be elected by the voters quail
fed to elect members Of the legislative as
sembly. who shall be entitled to the same
rights and privileges as are exercised and
| enioyed by the Delegates from the several
|
House of Representatives,, and shall also be
| member of the Committee for the District
| of Columbia: but the Delegate first elected
| shall hold his seat only during the term of
the Congress to which he shall be elected.
| The first election shall be held 1T the time
and places and be conducted i'll such man
ner as the elections for members of the
| House of Representatives are conducted;
and at all subsequent elections the time
| and plapas and the manner of holding the
elections, shall be prescribed by law. The
| person having the greatest number of legal
votes shall be declared by the governor to
| be duly elected, and a certificate thereof
shall be given accordingly; and the consti-
tuition and all the laws of the United States,
which are not locally inapplicable, shall
! have the same force and effect within the
| said District of Columbia as elsewhere
within the United States.
| SEC. 80. And be it further enacted That
| all officers to be appointed by the President
| of the United States, by and with the adj
| vice and consent of the Senate, for the Dis
| trict of Columbus, who, by virtue of the
provisions of any law now existing, or
which may be enacted by Congress, are
required to give security for moneys that
may be intrusted to them for disbursement,
shall give such security at such time and in
such manner as the Secretary of the Treas
ury may prescribe.
SEC. sc. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be valuation taken in the Dis
trict of Columbia of all real estate belong
ing to the United States in said district, ex-
cept the public buildings, and the grounds
which have been dedicated to the public
use as parks and squares, at least once in
five years, and return thereof shall be made
by the governor to the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives on the first day of the session
OF Congress held after such valuation shall
be taken, and the aggregate of the valua-
ton of private property in said district,
whenever ma lie by the authority of the
legislative assembly, shall be reported to
Congress by the governor; provided, that
all valuations of property belonging to the
United States shall be made by such per-
sons as the Secretary of the Interior shall
appoint, and under such regulations as he
shall prescribe.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be in the District of Columbia a
board of public works, to consist of the
governor, who shall be president of said
board; four persons, to be appointed by the
President of the United States, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, one of
whom shall be a civil engineer, and the
others citizens and residents of the District,
having the qualifications of an elector
therein; one of said board shall be citizen
and resident of Georgetown, and one of
said board shall be a citizen and resident of
the county outside of the cities of Washing
ton and Georgetown. They shall hold office
for the term of four years, unless sooner re-
moved by the President OF the United States
The board of public works shall have entire
control of and make all regulations which
they shall deem necessary for keeping in re-
pair the streets, avenues, alleys, and sewers
of the city, and all other works which
may be entrusted to their charge by the
legislative assembly or Congress. They
shall disburse upon their warrant all
moneys appropriated by the United
States, or the District of Columbia, orscol-
lected from property-holders, in pursuance
of law, Tor the improvement of streets,
avenues, alleys and sewers and roads and
bridges, and shall assess in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law, upon the prop
erty adjoining and to be special 7 benefited
by the improvements authorized by law
and made by them, reasonable proportion
of the cost Of the improvement, not ex-
ceeding one-third of such cost, which sum
shall be collected as all other taxes are col
lected. They shall make all necessary reg
ulations respecting the construction of pri-
vate buildings in the District of Columbia,
subject to the supervision of the legislative
assembly. All contracts made by the said
board of public works shall be in writing,
and shall be signed by the parties making
the same, and copy thereof shall be filed
i'll the office of the secretary of the District;
and said board of public works shall have
no power to make contracts to bind said
District to the payment of any sums of
money except in pursuance appropriations
made by law, and not until such appro-
priationS shall have been made All con-
tracts made by said board in which any
member of said board shall be personally
interested shall be void, and no payment
shall be made thereon by said District or
any officers thereof. On or before the first
MONDAY in November of each year they
shall submit to each branch of the legisla-
tive assembly report of their transactions
during the preceding year, and also furnish
duplicates of the same to the governor, to
be by him laid before the President of the
United States for transmission to the two
houses of Congress- and shall be paid the
sum of two thousand five hundred dollars
each annually.
SEC. 80. And be it further enacted, That
the officers herein provided for, who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall
be paid by the United States by appropria-
lions to be made by law as herein before pro-
vided; and all other officers provided for by
this act shall be paid by the District; pro
vided, that no salary shall be paid to the
governor as member of the board of pub
lie works in addition to his salary as gov
ernor, nor shall any officer of the army ap-
pointed upon the board of public works re-
ceive any increase of pay for such service
SEC. 80. And be 1t further enacted. That
if, at any election hereafter held in the Dis
trict of Columbia, any person shall know
ingly persenate and vote, or attempt to
vote. in the name of any other Derson