New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-19

| vance OF the salu nrst gay OF November,
eighteen hundred and seventy four, there
centum per mouth for each aud every month
SC paid in advance; and that upon all said
taxes which shall be delinquent and
unpaid on said first day Dt Novem-
Der, there shall be added penalty
of one per centum to the amount
thereof, to be collected with such taxes;
and like penalty Of one per centum upon
the amount thereof shall DO added on the
first day of esch succeeding month to ali Of
said taxes as are then delinquent and IN.
paid, to be collected as aforesaid. 1t shall
be the duty of tue collector of taxes to pre-.
pare complete list of all taxes and props
erty upon which the same are assessed in.
arrears on the first day of March next, and
shall, within ten days thereafter, publish.
the same. with the notice of sale, ia a newss
| paper published IN said District to be desigs
mated by said board of commissioners, foH
the time and IN the manner required by the
provisions OF the act of the legislative as.
sembly entitled An act prescribing the
! duties of certain officers for the District OF
| Columbia, and fixing their compensation, .
approved August twenty third, eighteers
! hundred and seventy One. And all the pros
| visions of said act as to the sale of propertys
and the collection Of taxes in arrears arc
| hereby made applicable to the taxes hereby
| imposed and in arrears as aforesaid EXCEPT
sold shall be executed by the said board Of
commissioners instead of the Governor ants
the secretary.
SEC. ). That a joint select committee
shall be appointed, consisting of two Senaeo
tors, to be appointed by the presiding ofis
Ger of the Senate, and two members of thts
House, to be appointed by the Speaker OF
the House of Representatives, whose duty
it shall be to prepare q suitable frame OF
ha of tAla
and appropriate draughts of statutes TO bes
enacted by Congress for carrying the same
into effect, and report the same to the two
Houses, respectfully, on the first day of thee
next session thereof; and they shall ALSO
prepare and submit to Congress a states
ment OF the proper proportion OF the ek0
penses of said government, or any brancs
thereof, including interest on the funded
debt, which should be borne by said Disc
trict and the United States, respectively
together with the reasons upon which theig
conclusions may be based; and in the disc
charge of the duty hereby imposed, sang
committee Is authorized to employ such
assistance as it may deem advisable, a. ala
expense not to exceed the sum of i've thOE.
sand dollars: and said sum, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, be. and th$
same is hereby, appropriated for that purs
pose.
SEC G. That it shall be the duty OF the
First Controller of the Treasury and tho
Second Controller of the Treasury of tina
United States, who are hereby cons titute&
board of audit, to examine anC audit foT
settlement all the unfunded or floating:
debt of the District of Columbia and of .fo
board of public works, hereinafter specified
namely: First, the debt evidenced by sewet
certificates; secondly, the debt purportinsS
to be evidenced and ascertained by certihs
Gates of the auditor of the board Of public
FL, loA ~, -
certificates of the auditor and cOmptroilesP
of the District of Columbia; fourthly, claia&
! existing or hereafter created for which ACC
| evidence OF indebtedness has been issued,
arising out of contracts, written or Ora3
| made by the board of public works: filthy,
| claims for which no evidence of indebted.
ness has been issued, arising out of conc
| tracts, written or oral, made by or on bee
! half of the District OF Columbia; siXthly,
all claims for private property taken by the
| board of public works from the avenues.
streets ana alleys of tho cities of Washing.
| ton and Georgetown; and, seventhly, all
| unadiusted claims tor damages that may
nave been presented to the board of public
| works pursuant to an act of the Legislative
Assembly of the District of Columbia, entis
tied Gan act providing for the payment
| of damages sustained by reason OF
public improvements or REPAIRS" approved
| June twentieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, which last named claims
shall severally be examined and au.
| dited without regard to any examination
| heretofore made; and shall make detailed
and tabular statement of all claims pre-.
J sented. the persons or corporations owning.
! the same, and the amount found to be due
on account of each; together with tabular
| statement of the funded debt of the District
| of Columbia, and OF the cities OF Washing
| ton and Georgetown of every kind and
| oh
| issue, time of maturity, and the rate OF lns
terest And it shall further DO the duty o.
| said board to ascertain the amount of sewer
tax or assessment paid by any person, pers
sons or corporation, under the act of the
legislative assembly of said District entis
tied IAN act creating drainage and severe
age sections in the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, in the District OF Columbia.
and providing for the payment of the cone
| struction OF sewers and drains therein by
assessments, and issuing certificates there's
for" approved the twenty sixth day OK
June, eighteen hundred and seventythree,
! and to prepare a tabulated statement there's
Of Said board of audit shall also Issue to
each claimant certificate, signed by each
| OF said board and cOuntersigned by the
controller Of said District, stating the
amount found to be due to each and ORR
what account; and a register thereof shall
be kept by said board, to be transmitted To
!
District; and said board Of audit shall alse
ascertain and report to Congress, al the
| next essOn thereof, the amount equitably -
| chargeable to the street railroad companies
on account of paving along and within tina
tracks OF said companies, pursuant To tina
charters of said companies or the acts os
Congress relating thereto, together with
the reasons therefor. II shall further bis
the duty of said board OF audit to eXaminH
into and audit all of the accounts ot the
| auditor and of the treasurer of the board Si
public works, and of the auditor, the treas
surer the collector, and the controller Oh
the District of Columbia. from the date 20
| the organization of said board and of thu
| present government of said District; and
| for the purposes herenbefore specified shall
have the power to subpoena witnesses, ad,
minister oatbs. and examine witnesses un
der OATH, and shall have full access to al
of the records, books, papers, and voucher;
| of every kind whatsoever of the board o..
public works ard of, the District OF Column
bia; and to the end that said books and ac'
counts may be thoroughly examined, ana
the indebtedness of said District, and of tha
board Of public works, and the state of tn;
books and accounts of each of the officers
aforesaid, may be accurately ascertained
shall employ one or more skillful and int
partial accountants nonresident of tn;
District of Columbia, and such other :s
sistants as they may deem necessary, Il
: make examination Of said books. voucher.
, and papers, and discharge their other du
) ties under this act and shall procure in
; spectiou of such blank books and paper
.s may be necessary; and they are hereb!
! ! authorized to allow for the services o
/, | such accountant or accountants and assist
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