Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-09-03

dence Of debt issued by the District of
Columbia, or any branch thereof, or by
the board of public worhs, shall in any
manner be received in payment for said
taxes: And provided further, That no
payment shall be made on account of the
militia of said District, or for the pur-
pose Of erecting District jail. Upon
all payments OF said taxes hereby i'm
posed which shall be made in advance
of the said first day Of November, eigl-
teen hundred and seventy -four, there
shall be an abatement allowed of one per
centum per month for each and every
month so paid in advance; and that up
on all said taxes which shall be delin-
quent and unpaid on said first day of
November, there shall be added penal
ty of one per centum to the amount there
of, to be collected with such taxes; and
like penalty of one per centum upon
the amount thereof shall he added on the
first day of each succeeding month to all
of said taxes as are then delinquent and
unpaid, to be collected as aforesaid. 1t
shall be the duty of the collector of taxes
to prepare complete list Of all taxes and
property upon which the same are assess
ed in arrears on the first day of March
next, and shall, within ten days thereaft-
or, publish the same, with the notice of
sale, in a newspaper published in said
District, to be designated by said board
of commissioners, for the time and in the
manner required by the provisions of
the act of the legislative assembly enti-
tied "An act prescribing the duties of
certain officers for the District of Colum-
bia, and fixing their compensation" ap-
An1n rfxyt Sv6 A$fr1~< <nor~
hundred and seventy-one. And all tho
property and the collection of taxes of
arrears are hereby made applicable to
the taxes hereby imposed and in arrears
as aforesaid, except that the deed convey.
ing the property 80 sold shall be execu,
ted by tile: said boura Of commissioners
instead of the governor and the secre'
tary.
Sec. S. That joint select CON-
mittee shall be appointed, consisting of
two Senators, to be appointed by tho
presiding officer Of the Senate. and
two members of the l1ousc, to be ap-
pointed by the Speaker OF the House
Of Representatives, whose duty it
shall be to prepare suitable frame OF
government for the District Of Coluu-
bia and appropriate draushts Of stat
utcs to be enacted by Congress for car
rying the same into effect, aud report
the same to tho two Houses, respect
lively, on the first day Of the next sess-
icn thereof and they shall also pre-
pare ard submit to Congress q state
ment Of the proper proportion of the
expenses Of said government, or any
branch thereof, including interest on
the funded debt, which should be
borne by said District and the United
States, respectively, together with the
reasons upon which their conclusions
may be based and in the discharge
of The duty hereby imposed, said COM
mitteo is authorized to employ such
assistance as it may deem advisable, at
an expense not to exceed the sum of
Eve thousand dollars; and said sum, or
SO much thereof as may be necessary,
be, and the same is hereby appropria-
ted for that purpose.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty
of the First Comptroller Of the Treas
ury and the Second Comptroller of
the Treasury of tho United States,
who are hereby constituted q board Of
audit, to examine and audit for settle.
ment all the unfanled or floating debt
of the District Of Columbia and Of the
board Of public works, hereinafter
specified, namely: first, the debt evil
ienced by sewer certificates; secondly,
the debt purportiong to be evidenced
and ascertained by certificates Of the
auditor Of the board Of putlis works;
thirdly, the debt evidenced by the
certificates Of tho auditor and comp
troller of the District Of Columbia :;
fourthly, claims existing or hereafter
created for which no evidence indcbt-
edness has been issued, arising out Of
contracts, written or oral, lnado by
the board Of public works; filthy,
claims, for which no evidence of in.
debtedness has been issued, arising
uut Of contracts, written or oral, made
by or on behalf Of the District of Co.
lumbis; sixthy, all claims for private
property taken by the board Of public
works from the avenues, streets, and
alleys of tho cities Of Washington and
Georgetown !; and, sevonthly, all unad-
justed claims Tor damages that may
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