Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-29
EVENING STAR.
IOAkCIAL.l
LAWS OF THE nrsfRzcT OF COLUMBIA,
Passed a. the First sesEics Of the Legislative
Assembly Of the District Of Columbia.

Assembly OF the District OF Columbia.
Al ACT. prescribing the mode Ct assessment FOR
sp.eLai ilnTToy ements, and prOvi1ing for an col
r. % ,Hge.sd ~ rae L.gis'a.irs Assembly Of ;hs
htS',St - tctH775i1r That Whenever any of the
thirty seven Of the entitled An act to provide
q government for the District Of Columbia APP
pioSed u twenty hrst day u February one thou
tend eight hundred and yenty one shall be com
IrePared 81 the Board 4 Pablic Works. and he ied
a. the Once thereof and Immediately thereafter an
rsde. a provided Tor in sail seeti5n Of SAID act.
siSp il, E i gnt shall be e?tleeied by the sid
tisSt - tP.uf1bia are now or nav hereafter be
Sac ? Ind D iffgTtasT enacted. That within ten
Cays al making assessment. the Board If Pub
HcWoTk- shall give or cause to be given written or
4 and specially benefited by any {nlprov EMIT ~
drnt q In, strict 81 Columbia. and II he be nan
Tesen ." hi tenant or agent, requiring the amount
such notice, and return Of such service shall be
te ~ IN ,d tenrh, WITH proof OF the manner in
among IL records And the service of such nOtic,
tor. sCsst tenant or by pasting or placin a sopv
reoI On me pr perty Aforesaid against which the
SEC.5- Aai b sffsri4sr sHac'sd. That IL shy per
son OF persons notified aforesaid shall neglect
their prop rty aforesaid after the expiration .
thirty tsyf he sail B?aTd Of PFss works % ;, fhs
s the s TpRes s S az gi2 SiS
tie rate Ten per centum per annums and until paid
tie SIent and certificate shall remain and be
ha have been % and II tie sad s sisssm 1ny
3 al mt be paid within one year, the said board
titcate q indebtedness proceed to sell the property
acaiEst which the assessment and the certificate
pay said assessment; such sales to be first duly ad-
Nertlsed daily Tor three successive weeks in the
District Of Columbia. and to b. male by said board
~ IiIc auction TO the highest bidder; and deed
hall De given BY the Governor. countersigned by
tie secretary of The District Of Columbia, which
authorzed Pr6ri4sd That the Swnef Of such resi
sold by pay ing the amount Of the purchase Money
and twenty per oentum thereon, within two years
SIC. 4. AsdJs ifJsr'her enacted, That the amount
over and above the sum required to pay the and
owner OF owners, their heirs, attorneys, or other
legal representatives, against whom such tax was
sEc S. And Be IL further enacted, That minors
tayng ini NJ, IN real pr%Perty which property
one year after such minors coming to OF being Of
ehase or pnThaser h her eg their h bef eu u
assigns on paying the amount Of purchase money &c
thereon as aforesaid. and an the taxes that have
Zen psid thereon y the pure haser OF his assigns
dempticn, With twenty per centum interest ON tn
fmoant Of such taxes and also the full value Of tbs
S 9 PGPsT Ts G The s Se or his assigns
Approved, August 10, ISL.
* Act smendatory Of an act entitled =" An at prA
striking the mode Of assessments and providing fol-
the collection thereof approved August II, 1871
DI,Tis - G iVDs5ia, That the act entitled IAN ac
Isscr,si1 the mode 81 ssses7Ient for special i'm
Of approved August n, ISL, be, and the same il
- 81 -. VIZ O. rs Nv
ticn q said act, and inserting in lieu thereof tn
Approved. August .. ISL.
Az ACT providing for the registration Of voters il
the District Of Columbia.
y. p .@T,i.d ~ ne Lss:S1at,se Asssn5iy Of %
triCt q toiumbia is hereby authorized and ernpow
consist q hve persons, three Of whom shall be res,
dents Of Washington, one Of Georgetown, and one o
annually 70 prepare list Of s0;sfs in The pi s
Columbia. majority Of said board shall cOnstitut
clerks as hall be necessary t. enable the sal boar
a. perform heir duties with efficiency and the com
d"ars Tor every day they shall De actually employee
IN tn discharge Of their duties. and they shall b
ton whatever, and the clerks appointed by sal
Iar shall Ie entitled 20 com p-nsstiOn of four doI
Isr- foT each day actually employ 81.
sc. 2 And b % fsJissr sHGc;sd, That the sai
d y6ssrs a. 'G sRa hod s essRtrH
said board IN the several delegate districts, not les
than che more than three days, aud shall give
I-.st ne days notice, IN or more newspapers o
the city q Washington, # the several places an
SIC ) dRd b litsTtssr sHaris3: That the board O
regsLia in the preparation Of the list Of
FIRST IL shah b. the duty u the aid board 70 hav
1a lists vote Tor all the several al gate
aforesaid completed On or before the fourth iay o
hoytmher. and a the same shall be cuInpleted dur
Irg the progress II the work 10 have printed Ope
thereof Fut I'D in not less than twenty five puhli
places L. each Of said districts. the last of whic
kAau E printed and 50 put up not less than Ave day
previous 90 the eleventh day Of November next. ;
that notice cf the persons inscribed voters omit
I'd from the lists, respectively. may be given
IracilCble t. the voters q the several district
without cgaylng ior the Of all the lists
Second. The said board shall convene st thu Cit
ball. In the city Of " Arlington, the fourteenth
DAY q Nov nier, at the hour Of nine O'Clock a. m
ard hold session 81 four days, sitting from min
O'Clock till eight O clock m, for the purp0s
&C correcting The lists aforesaid by striking Of tn
ii persons they may asc rtain not to be quail
Irad. and placing thereon the Of other
a. are urlihei to vote, but which had been omit
ttd IN the FIRST instance for any cause.
Third. Immediately upon the completion Of thei
Session for making corrections as Aforesaid th
board If gstratiOn shall make or calse 20 be mai
cut Ia DUPLICATE. corrected list II the voters 70
each Il the twenty two delegate districts at 1resai
Of which they shall send 10 the Governor of tn
District Of Columbia. and the other o. the superin
teudcnts q election in each of said districts Pro
qtdsd. That said board shall be in session on tn
day Of election. during the hours such election i
held, T. certify IN cases when error has been mad
Sc. 4. Dial p ~ tfTth.T enact 4, That each mem
her Of said board ct registration, and the clerk
Thereof, before entering upon the performance O
their duties, shall De sworn or affirmed faithfully
and correctly {, perform the sane, which oath q
Affirmation shall De hlet in the Office Of the Secre
tary Of the District Of Columbia.
triCt If Columbia will not be responsible for an,
fNpeuse incurred b. tbs board Of registration no
directly authorized b this act except on the writ
ten order e the Governor.
The seventeenth line, second page. being first in
tCrliued with the words and hold session of fJu
DAYS. sitting from nine o'clock a. N. -
Approved August ., ls7l.