Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-15
BILL FOR DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
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The present right OF a removal OF a
suit from ho one justice ,dc OF the peace to
Justice of said Supreme Court may, by
order made on the petition OF either
party, transfer case pending for trlal be-
named, for what said justice shall reya-d as
good reason, and which shall be in conform.
ity TO said rules TO be made. The present
Iignt OF appeal from judgment of justice
OF the peace to said Supreme Court shall not
exist, but hereafter such appeal shall only
De taken to said Municipal Court, and the
!sst named court shall have the same au-
thority and Jurisdiction as said Supreme
Court has heretofore had In respect to ap-
peals from justices of the peace, and ali ex-
appeals, consistent herewith, shall apply IA
said Municipal Court, and be deemed appl,-
cable TO any case appealed, and the D irtieS
cipal Court, as if said provisions were here 1
repeated and made especially applicable TO
the same.
dered in said Municipal Court, either In a
case originally brought therein or in a case
thereto appealed, and either said judges who
sat on the TRIAL in said Municipal Court shall
have dfsfented from aDv said COM fusion OF
law or fact. there shall be right OF appe al
hom said Municipal Court to said Supreme
Court, subject 10 the provisions of said rules;
and the existing provisions applicable To ap-
p, ais from Justices or the peace TO said So
prem e Court. so far as in their nature ap
plicable, until modified by said rules, shall
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Court TO aid Supreme Court.
The EXISTING Police Court in said District
snail continue, with all The jurisdiction and
author ~ 1t Low possesses, except an they
are herein expressly changed; AMI any iud Ee
OF The Municipal Court herein provided for
may, during any period for which he mly be
designated by The Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court OF said District for that purpose
Eold term and sessions of the Police Court,
and exercise the same authority and jaris-
dlction theTeat, for any purpose OF trials,
prOceC dings that may come before him, that
could be exercised by the regular Judge OF
said Police Court; but said municipal Judge
shall exercise no power OF appointment or
removal in said Police Court.
OF TAxEs AND THEIR COLLECTION.
The authority in respect To the assessment
and collection of taxes and toe sale and the
redemption of property sold for taxes, hereby
10 include all the authority ON said subjects,
consistent with the other provisions hereof,
now belonging To any officer or body In said
District, as II herein repeated; and every
duty now by law imposed upon any officer
IN said District who shall be retained after
this act shall 20 fully into effect shall be dis
charged on the request OF said Council, as If
they had originally possessed. under any ex-
listing law, the authority conferred by this
act.
For the purpose of imposing a Just mea-
sure of taxation within said District, and OF
collecting therein the proper proportion of
the expenses OF governing, and OF the means
OF paying the debts of the same, for each
fiscal year. commencing on the LIST day of
July, 1876, there shall be levied upon ali real
property In said District tax of two dollars
on each one hundred dollars of value, paya-
bic one half on the 1st day of October and
One-bslf on the lst day of April in each year,
said tax shall be leviC !, assessed collected,
enforced, and paid in the manner provided
by the act OF March Sd, 1875, entitled Gan
act for the support of the government OF the
District OF Columbia for the fiscal year end
ing June 3Oth, 1S16, and for other purposes"
and all the provisions of said act, so far as
ihey may be applicable, shall continue in
force, and apply To taxation under this act,
as though they were incorporated herein.
All public moneys received by any officer
OF said District for taxes, assessments, IL
censes, or otherwise, shall forthwith be paid
over to the Treasurer of the United States
and shall be covered into the Treasury, ex-
cept such as are required by existing laws
10 be paid to the sinking fund commission
eIs.
All expenditures in and for said District
shall be made from the Treasury OF the
United States, upon acquisitions of said
for specially authorized by Congress for the
fiscal year for which they are made. But
this shall not prevent the Treasurer of the
United states from making such payments
as may be required by existing laws, from
fumes pledged therefor, according to his du-
ties as successor TO the sinking-fand COM
missiOEeTs, or otherwise.
An estimate for all the expenditures re-
year shall be prepared by said Council be-
fore each annual session of Congress- setting
To- th in detail each object for !ch expen-
ditures seem TO them 10 be nece sSary, and
the estimated amount thereof, together with
Teiererce 10 the laws requiring the same,
If any; and when In any case there is no such
law, they snail add concise statement Of
The reasons why such expenditures seem
necessary: ard said estimate shall be trans
mitted TO the Secretary OF the Treasury, and
be by him included in the Book OF Estimates
, 9fNH In &c vasarf
Such estimate iOr the fiscal year cOmmanc-
ing on the first DAY OF July, 1876, shall be
submitted to Congress by said Council "a
soon after the passage OF TINS act as the same
can be prepared.
The Offices of sinking fund commissioners
are hereby abolished; and all the duties and
powers possessed by said commissioners are
transferred 10, and shall be exercised by, the
Treasurer of the United Sta ties, who snail
per form the same In accordance with the pro-
visions OF existing laws.
No license shall be issued for a less period
than six months; and every person engaged
in said District in any of the trades, bust
ness, or professional occupations hereinafter
mentioned shall pay an annual license-tax,
as follows, to wit: AuctiOneers, 500, and a
semi annual tax OF one quarter OF one per
centum on gross receipts; apothecaries, S25,
and $40 on each 81 900 or fraction there Of
capital invested; commission merchants
butchers, and all persons selling fresh meats,
cattle brokers', proprietors of Junk SHOPS and
restaurants, rectifers, claim agents, patent
dstnts, Ice dealers, lawyers, physicians, and
dentists, each $50; dealers in fermented Ii
quOrs and proprietors of beer gardens $3.50
for one year or less te rm; dealers in distilled
and fermented liquors, W mes, and cordials
500, and - on each ~ 900 capital invested;
Incorporated b"Dks, S2c0, and an equivalent
TO IS on each Al 900 of cap tai stock and sur
plus fund, and one tenth OF one per centum
semi annually on average deposits; bank
e., brokers, and all persons engaged In
banking business, 500, aud So on each 81 900
or traction thereof OF capital employed, and
One-tenth OF one per celtum semi-anlualIy
on average deposits; PROJECTORS of bar
rooms, sample rooms, and tipplinS houses
SEQ, and $40 on each 81 900 capital invested;
pioprietors of billiard tables. bagateIle
and Jenny Lind tables, S2i for eacn table;
proprietors of bowling alleys, so for each
alley; brewers and distillers, 500; pawn
brokers, $50, and $40 on each al coo or frac-
ton thereof of capital Employed; owners OF
wagons, SO each Qne-horse wagon; OF carts,
- each cart; OF hand carts, - each cart;
proprletors OF circuses, S100 per day. or 800
per week; dealers in merchandise. SIS, aud
- on each Il 600 or fraction thereof of capt.
tai invested; proprietOrs OF vehicles public
or private, for each twO-bOrse carriage or
heavy wagon, Sl2; for each one-horse car
rage, -; for each omnibus, SIS for each
street car drawn by two horses, SIS; fer each
car drawn by one horse, SIS; for all other
vehicles capable OF carrying ten or more pas
seDgers, SIS; for each dray, SIP; proprietors
OF hotels, $3.50 for each room in said hotel:
IhOtT6ed, That boarding houses OF less than
twenty-one rooms shall pay but - 50 per
room; hre and life insurance companies sos