New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-21

vance of the said first day of November.
. | eighteen hundred and seventy four, there
shall be an abatement allowed of one per
centum per month for each and every month
/ taxes which shall be delinquent and
, unpaid on said first day OF Novem-
. Der. there shall be added a penalty
, of one per centum the amount
. thereon to be collected with such taxes );
and like penalty of one per centum upon
the amount thereof shall be added on the
first day of each succeeding month to all of
said taxes as are then Delinquent and uno
paid, to be collected as aforesaid 1t shan
Oe the duty of the collector of taxes to pree
pare complete list of all taxes and prop
erty upon which the same are assessed in
arrears on the first day of March next, and
| shall, within ten DAVIS thereafter. publish
! the same, with the notice of sale, in q news-e
paper published IN said District to be desigs
mated by said board Of commissioners, f0r
the time and in the manner required by the
provisions OF the act of the legislative as
sembly entitled IAN act prescribing thts
| duties of certain officers for the District ole
| Columbia and fixing their compensation"
| approved August twenty-thlrd, eighteen
! hundred and seventy-One. And all the proc
\ visions of said act as to the sale of property
and the collection cf taxes in arrears are
| hereby made applicable to the axes hereby
! imposed and in arrears as aforesaid, except
| sold shall be executed by the said board OF
commissioners instead Of the Governor ana
the secretary.
SEC. S. That joint select COMMITTEES
shall be appointed, consisting of two Sena-
tors. to be appointed by the presiding Off
Ger of the Senate, and two members of the
House, to be appointed by the Speaker OF
the House of Representatives, whose duty
it shall be to prepare suitable frame OF
government for the District of Columbia,
and appropriate draughts of statutes to be
enacted by Congress for carrying the same
into effect, and report the same to the two
H ouses, respectfully, on the first day of the
next session thereof; and they shall also
prepare and submit to Congress state
rrent of the proper proportion of the ex-
penses of said government, or any branch
thereof, including interest on the funded
debt, which should be borne by said Dis q
trict and the United States, respectively,
together with the reasons upon which theirs
conclusions may be based; and in the dis
charge, Of the duty hereby imposed, said
committee Is authorized to employ such
assistance as it may deem advisable, at an
expense not to exceed the sum of five thon.
sand dollars: and said sum, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated for that pur-
pose. az--
Sec. g. That it shall be the duty of the
First Controller OF the Treasury and thee
Second Controller of the Treasury of the
United States, who are hereby constituted
board of audit, to examine and audit fer
settlement all the unfunded or floating
debt of the District Of Columbia and of the
board of public works, hereinafter specified,
namely: First, the debt evidenced by sewer
certificates; secondly, the debt purporting
to be evidenced and ascertained by certia-
Gates of the auditor of the board of public
works; thirdly, the debt evidenced by the
| certificates of the auditor and comptroller
| Of the District of Columbia; fOnrthly, claims
| existing or hereafter created for which no
! evidence of Indebtedness has been issued,
| arising out Of contracts, written or oral,
made by the board OF public works; tfthly,
! claims tor which no evidence of indebted
| ness has been issued, arising out of con-
| tracts, written or oral, made by or on be-
| half of the District OF Columbia; sixthly,
! all claims for private property taken by the
| board of public works from the avenues,
| streets aud alleys of the cities of Washing
| ton and GeorgetOwn; and, seventhly, all
| unadjusted claims tor damages that may
| have been presented to the board OF public
| works, pursuant to an act OF the Legislative
| Assembly of the District of Columbia, enti-
| lied AN 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-
| 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
| character whatsoever. giving the date OF
| ISSUE time of maturity, and the rate of in
| terest. And it shall further be the duty OF
| said board to ascertain the amount of sewer
| tax or assessment paid by any person, per-
| sons or corporation, under the act of the
| legislative assembly of said District, emit
! tied SAN act creating drainage and sewer
| age sections in the cities of Washington and
| Georgetown, in the District of Columbia,
and providing for the payment of the cons
| structiOn of sewers and drains therein by
| assessments, and issuing certificates there
| for" approved the twenty.sixth day of
June, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,.
and to prepare tabuated statement there
| Of Said board of audit shall also issue to
each claimant a certificate, signed by each
! of said board and countersigned By the
controller of said District, stating the
| amOnEt found to be due to each and on
| what account; and a register thereof shall
be kept by said board, to be transmitted to
Congress, and also by the controller of said
| District; and said board of audit shall also
ascertain and report to Congress, at the
next session thereof. the amount equitabiy
chargeabe to the street railroad companies
on acceu unit of paving along and within the
tracks OF said companies. pursuant to the
charters of said companies or the acts OF
Congress relating thereto, together with
the reasons therefor 1t shall further be
the duty of said board of audit 10 examine
into and audit all of the accounts OF the
! auditor and of the treasurer of the board of
| public works, and of the auditor, the urea-
surer the collector, and the controller of
| the District of Columbia, from the date of
the organization of said board and of the
present government of said District; and
for the purposes hereinbefOre specified shall
have the power to subpoena witnesses, ad-
minister oaths, and examine witnesses I'M
der Oatn, and shall have full access TO all
of the records, books, papers, and vouchers
Z of every kind whatsoever OF the board OF
public works and Of the District OF Colum-
bia; and to the end that said books and ac-
counts may be thoroughly examined. and
the indebtedness Of said District, and of the
board of public works, and the state of the
. books and accounts of each of the officers
aforesaid, may be accurately ascertained,
shall employ one Or more skillful and i'm
!, partial accountants nonresident of the
. District Of Columbia, and such other as
sistants as they may deem necessary, to
6 make examination OF said books, vouchers
and papers, and discharge their other dn-
e. ties under this act, and shall procure in.
!. spectOn of such blank books and papers
: as may be necessary; and they are hereby
4 authorized to allow for the services OF