Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-19

President, for the appointment by said Regents
of q Secretary, Of members of any head Of q
bureau or of any officer not being suoordns'e
or q bureau, or which provide for the recon-
mendaoon OF any appointment By any said
member, he ad of q bureau, or OH GER, or for an
pointments bv said Resrnts ON snch racom-
incubation. or which p-ovide for any appoint
ment by any court or justice, or for any selec-
ton of any person TO be employed or to act as
school inspector, or for any oath of Office or
bond, or for the preparation of any seal, or
blanks Tor licenses or permits, or which relate 20
any reasonable preparation for entering upon
said government At the last named date, (but
which at the same Tine sh all not, until the last
named date interfere with the exercise OF au-
thority bv the present officers in said District
shall take effect Immediately. But no salary
or compensation or term, herein provided for,
shall commence until the thirteth day OF June,
eighteen hundred and seyenty-fve, except the
te u sLd salaries OF said Eegs nts an' vi. taeir
Secretary. VIII Oh sh all respectively begin when
SAID officers shall be appointed.
And the present Commissioners for the gov
eminent OF the District of Columbus, and for
other purposes, shall frame or cause to h.
framed suitable regulations and ordinances for
carrying this sct into effect; which being
formally approved by said Commissioners, and
filed in the Office of the Clerk OF the Suprsms
Court of said District, before the first day #
june EeNt shall b. several y in force from The
thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and
seventy five, until the same shall be amen a
or abtcgsted in the manner herein provided for
at!ogaiing OF amending Other regulations or
ordDaEcts Aud said Commissioners NAV
cause the publication and distribution in st7d
District OF SUI regulations and ordinanc. :,
after their approval the cot. In manner whrca,
III the opinion OF tn cOT1mis OI era, will most
If, c-ual y s-CuTe adequate publicity thereof.
Ana In the discharse Of the DUTY hereby ,u-
ICssd, raid Commissioners are authorized 10
employ &c Assistance ss they nav deem al
vissble, at an eNlen-e. lneludIng such publics-
ton, not exec ediug two thousand five huudre1
dollars, and sid sum, or 50 much thereof -
may be necessary, is hereby approx rated for
that purpose.
II is hereby made the duty of said Regents to
oau'e TO be proposed by competent persons. and
so far a. Is practicable in consultation with tho
Judges OF said SupTe me Court, and to transmit:
TO Congress, at The opening OF the next re- ular
session. such digest and revision Of all exist
ing avs, applicable TO said District, and such
drafts fer additional or amended provisions 10
be Clearly indcated) as taken together and IN
connection with this actl shall constitute a har-
moDlous, syste matte, ana adeq uate code of laws
applicable 20 said District or 10 the citizens
thereof. But there need not be incorporated in
said code any OF those laws of the United Stares
which have common application alike TO sai<
cltlZens ana District and ID the citizens OF the
several States OF the Union. That the person
so selected also report a systematic code of pro-
cedure or practice for the courts OF said bis
trict, with 10 more change, however, from tn a.
now existing than shall be necessary to secure
such greater dispatch, Certainty, and economy
as they may regard as practicable. And =aii
codes shall be accompanied with full references
TO statutes and decisions, and with statement
OF the reason for any new or amended pro-
visions therein proposed. And a further sum OF
i've Thousand dsllars, or such portion OF the
same as said Regents may fId it necessary 10
eNpend ia procuring the preparation snf print
Ing OF said codes and statement, is hereby ap-
propriated for said purpose.
Sec. las. That IL shall be the duty OF the pres
emit commissioners tor the government of said
District to prepare with all convenient dis
patch, and TO submit to the President for tram
III ssiOD to Congrs Sc, a detailed estimate Of the
expenditures required for carrying on the gov
eminent hereby established from the thirtieth
day Of june, eighteen hundred and seventy
Eve, TO the thirtieth day OF June, eighteen hun
Gred and sevrnty-siX stating separately their
estimate for each Board and Office, so far as
practicable; and said Commission is authorized
10 employ the necessary assistance for such pur-
pose.