New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-06
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1871


and for one year after the expiration of
such term; and no person holding any office
of trust or profit under the government of
the United States shall be member of the
legislative assembly.
SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That
the said legislative assembly shall not
have power to pass any ex post facto law,
nor law impairing the obligation of con-
tracts, nor to tax the property of the
United States, nor to tax the lands or
other property of non-residents higher
than the lands or other property of resi-
dents; nor shall lands or other property in
said district be liable to higher tax, in any
one year, for all general objects, territorial
and municipal, than two dollars on every
hundred dollars of the cash value thereof !;
but special taxes may be levied in particu-
lar sections, wards or districts for their par
ticular local improvements; nor shall said
territorial government have power to Dor
row money or issue stock or bonds for any
object whatever, unless specially author
lied by an act of the legislative assembly,
passed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire
number of the members of each branch
thereof, but said debt in no case to exceed
five per centum of the assessed value of the
property of said District, unless authorized
by vote of the people, as hereinafter pro-
vided.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted
That the property of that portion
of the District not included in the corpora
tions of Washington or Georgetown shall
not be taxed for the purposes either of i'm
proving the streets, alleys, public squares,
or other public property of the said Cities
or either of them, nor for any other expen-
dituFe of local nature, for the exclusive
benefit of said cities, or either of them, nor
for the payment of any debt heretofore con-
tracted, or that may hereafter be contracted
by either of said cities while remaining
under a municipal government not coexten-
sive with the District.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted. That
the property within the corporate limits of
Georgetown shall not be taxed for the pay
ment of any debt heretofore or hereafter
to be contracted by the corporation of
the corporate limits of Washington be taxed
for the payment of any debt heretofore or
hereafter to be contracted by the corpora
ton of Georgetown; and so long as said
cities shall remain under distinct municipal
governments, the property within the cor
pOrate limits of either of said cities shall
not be taxed for the local benefit of the
other, nor shall said cities, or either of
them, be taxed for the exclusive benefit of
the county outside of the limits thereof:
Provided, That the legislative assembly
may make appropriations for the repair of
roads, or for the construction or repair of
bridges outside the limits of said cities
SEC. %. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty of said legislative
assembly to maintain a system of free
schools for the education of the youth of
said District, and all moneys raised by
general taxation or arising from donations
by Congress, or from other sources, except
by request or devise, for school purposes
shall be appropriated for the equal benefit
of all the youths of said District between
certain ages to be defined by law.
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted, That
the said legislative assembly shall have
power to provide for the appointment of as
many justices of the peace and notaries
public for said District as may be deemed
necessary, to define their jurisdiction and
prescribe their duties; but justices of the
peace shall not have jurisdiction of any
controversy III which the title of land may
be in dispute, or in which the debt or sum
claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars;
provided, however, that all justices of the
peace and nOtaries public now in commits
sion shall continue in Office till their present
commissions expire, unless sooner removed
pursuant to existing laws.
SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That
the judicial courts of said District shall re-
main as now organized until abolished or
changed by act OF Congress; but such legis-
latiye assembly shall have power to pass
laws modifying the practice thereof and
comforting such additional jurisdiction as
may be necessary to the due execution and
enforcement of the laws of said District.
Sec. o. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be appointed by the President of
the United States, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, board of health
for said district, to consist of five persons.
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be deemed nuisances injurious to health,
and to provide for the removal thereof; to
make and enforce regulations to prevent
domestic animals from running at large in
the cities of Washington and Georgetown;
to prevent the sale of unwhoesome food in
said cities; and to perform such other duties
as shall be imposed upon said board by the
legislative assembly.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That
the offices and duties of register of will. re-
corder of deeds, United States attorney,
and United States marshal for said District
shall remain as under existing laws
till modified by act of Congress but said
legislative assembly shall have power to
impose such additional duties upon SAID,
officers, respectively, as may be necessary
to the due enforcement of the laws of said
District
SEC. q. And be it further enacted, That
the said legislative assembly shall have
power to create by general law, modify,
repeal, or amend, within said District. cor
poratiOns aggregate for religious, charita-
BILE, educational, Industrial or commercial
purposes, and to define their powers and
liabilities Provided, That the powers of
so created shall be limited to |
the District of Columbia.
SEC. 90. And be it further enacted That |
the legislative assembly shall define by law
who shall be entitled to relief as paupers in
said District, and shall provide by law for |
the support and maintenance of such |
paupers, and for that purpose shall |
raise the money necessary by taxation.
SEC. 30 And be it further enacted, That |
the legislative assembly shall have power to |
provide by law for the election or appoint |
ment of such ministerial officers as may be !
deemed necessary to carry into effect the |
laws of said District, to prescribe their |
duties, their terms of office, and the rate |
and manner of their compensation.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That |
the Governor, secretary and other officers
to be appointed pursuant to this act shall, |
before they act as such, respectively, take |
and subscribe an oath or affirmation before
D judge OF the supreme court of the District |
Of Columbia, or some justice of the peace
N the limits of said District, duly author.
zed to administer oaths or atfirmations by
.he laws now in force therein, or before the
Chief Justice or some associate justice Of the
supreme Court of the United States, to sup
port the constitution of the United States.
md faithfully to discharge the duties of
heir respective offices; which said oaths,
when so taken, shall be certified by the per-
ION before whom the same shall have been
aiken; and such certificates shall be received
IND recorded by the said secretary among
he executive proceedings; and all civil Off
ers in said District, before they act as such,
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