Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-21
assistant surveyor of the District OF Colum-

bia are hereby abolsl ed.
SEQ. 4. That for the support Of the gov
ornment of the District OF Columbia, aud
maintaining the credit thereof, for the tis-
cal year cnIing June thirtieth, eighteen
! hundred aud soventy-1ve, there shall he
| levied upon all real estate in said District,
| except that belonging to the United States
! and to the District of Columbia, and that
| used for educational and charitable pur-
! posts, the following taxes, namely: Upon
! all such real estate IN the city of Washing
| ton, three dolarS IN each one hundred dol
! Lars of the present assessed value thereof;
| upon all such real estate in the city OF
| Georgetown, two dollars and fifty cents on
each ono hundred dollars Of the present
aSScSScd Nalne thereof; aud upon all such
real estate In the Distric; of Columbia out
side Of the cities Of Washington and
GrorgptOwn, two dollars on each one hun
drcd dollars Of the present assessed value
thereof; which said taxes shall become
due and payable on the first day of NOveln-
Der, eighteen hundred and seventy four,
aud, ii not paid, shall DO in arrears and de-
linquent 1Om that date ami snail, except
As herein modified, be assessed .ud collect
ed as now uiOvided hy law iJi he assess
ment aud Election of general taxes for
! the District CUlum ria and oi Tue sums
50 collected, one-foutth thereof shall he ap-
piled, first, 10 reimburse tho United States
for lis advances ON account of interest,
which shall have been paid by tho United
Slnies on the funded debt Ui the District OF
Columbia and Washington aud George
town, due aud payable July first, eighteen
hundred and seventy four; and the re.
maiudcr shall toe used TO pay deficiencies
in the various funds for the fiscal year end
ing June thirticlh, eighteen hundred and
seventy-four. And all the remainder Of
sud taxes not required for the aforesaid
purposes shall he distributed for the pur-
poses and in the proportions provided by
the act of the legislative assembly OF the
District of Columbia, approved June TWEEN
ty-siXth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, entitled "An act imposing taxes for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigh-
teen hundred ard seventy four" so far as
said apportionmeut IL not inconsistent
with this act: PTOUidcd, That no evidence
of debt issued by the District Of Columbia,
or any branch thereof or by the board of
public works, shall in any manner be re-
ceived in payment for said taXesi And
prOVided further, That no payment shall be
made on account Of the militia OF said dis
trict, or for the purp % OF erecting Dis
trict Jail. Upon all payments Of said taxes
hereby imposed whici shall be made in
advance Of the said fii,l lay Of November,
eighteen hundred and sevenly-four, there
shall he an abatement allowed Of one per
centum per month Tor each and every
month So paid in advance; aud that upon
all said taxes which shall be delinquent
| and unpaid on said first day of November,
| centum to the amount thoreof, 10 be col
| lected with such taxes ana a like penalty
| of one per centum upon the amount there
| of shall be added on the first day OF each
| succeeding month 10 all of said taxes as
| are then delinquent and unpaid, to be col
| lected as aforesaid. 1t shall be the duty of
the collector Of taxes to prepare a complete
| list of all taxes and property 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, in newspaper publish
ed in said District, to be designated by
said board of commissioners, for the time
| aud in the manner required by the provs-
| ions Of the act of the legislative assembly
| entitled I" An act prescribing the duties of
| certain officers for the District of Columbia
| aud fixing their compensation, approved
| August tweuty-third, eighteen hundred
| and seventy-One. And all the provisions
of said act as 10 the sale ofproperty and the
collection of taxes in arrears are hereby
made applicable to the taxes hereby i'm
| posed and in arrears as aforesaid, except
| that the deed conveying the property so
| sold shall be executed by the said board OF
commissioners instead OF the governor and
| the secretary.
SIC. s. That a JOINT select committee
| shall be appointed, consisting OF two Sena-
tors, to be appointed by the presiding OFF,
| Ter Of the Senate, and two members of the
| House. to be appointed by the Speaker OF
the House of Representatives, whose duty
it shall he 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
| Houses, respectively, on The first day OF
| the next session thereof; and they shall
| also prepare and submit to Congress
statement 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, respec-
lively, together with the reasons upon
| which their conclusions may be based ;
and in the discharge OF the duty hereby
| imposed, said committee is authorized to
employ such assistance as ii may deem adj
| visablc at an expense not TO exceed the
sum of five thousand dollars; and said
sum, or so much thereof as may he neces
sary be, and the same is hereby, appropri-
ated for that purpose.
SEC. 6. That it shall he the duty of the
First Comptroller of the Treasury and the
Second Comptroller of the Treasury Of the
United States, who are hereby constituted
"A board of audit, to examine and audit for
settlement all the unfunded or floating
debt of the District Of Columbia and of the
board of public works, hereinafter speci-
fed, namely: first, the debt evidenced by
sewer certificates; secondly, tho debt pur-
porting TO be evidenced and aSc lained by
certificates Of the auditor of t. board of
public work thirdly, the debt evidenced
by the Ger: ates of the auditor aud the
comptroller ii the District of Columbia
fuurthly, claims existing or hereafter Gre
ated for which no evidence Indebtedness
has been issued, arising out of contracts,
written nr oral made by the board of pub
lie works; hllhlY, claims, for which nu
evidence of Indebtedness has been issued,
arising out of contracts, written or oral,
made by or on behalf of the District of CO.
lumba; siXthly, all claims for private
property taken by the board OF public
works from the avenues, streets, and al
levs Of the cities of Washington and
Georgetown; aud, seventhly, al1 unadj just
ed claims for damages that may have been
presented to tho board of public works,
pursuant to an act of the legislative assem-,
: bly, of the District of Columbia, entitled
: "An act providing for the payment o
damages sustained by reason of public i'm.
provements or repairs" approved June
i, twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, which last-named claims shall sever
ally be examined and audited without re
gard to any examination heretofore made
, and shall make a detailed and tabular
| statement Of all claims presented, the per
3 sons or corporations owning the same, anC
(, the amount found T. be due on account o
each together with tabular statement o
4 the funded debt of Ito District of Colum
= bia and of the cities Of Washington anC
b, Georgetown of every kind and oharacte
: whatsoever, giving the uate of issue, tim
= of maturity, aud the rate Of interest. Ant
4 il shall further he the duty OF said board u
i ascertain the amount OF sewer-tax or as
] scssment paid by any person, persons, o
] corporation, under the act OF the legislativ
1 assembly of said District entitled "An &C
s creating drainage and sewerage sections II
i the cities of Washington and Georgetown
g in the District of Columbia, and providing
d for the payment Of the construction OF sew
d ers and drains therein by assessments, AM
!, issuing certificates therefor" approved tn
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