Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-29

herein otherwise provided; but said Commits
taxes by a sale or hypothecation of any such
taxes or evidence thereof: and said Commits
sioners are hereby authorized TO abolish any
Office, TO consolidate two or more Offices,
reduce The number OF employees, remove from
office, and make appointments To any Office
under them authorized by law: Provided,
That nothing in this act contained shall be
construed to abate in any wise or interfere
with any suit pending i'm favor OF or against
the District of Columbia or the Commission
ers thereof; but the same may be prosecuted
created shall be bound thereby as if the suit
had been originally commenced against the
said corporation; and all final judgments
recovered against said District shall be paid
by warrant Of the Commissioners, or a ma
jority of them, on the Treasury.
Sec. g. That the said Commissioners shall
estimate annually, and report through the
Secretary Of the Treasury, at the beginning
of each session, TO Congress, the amount ne
cessary to defray the expenses and pay the
accruing Indebtedness of the government of
the District OF Columbia for the next fiscal
year; and TO the extent to which the said es-
Inmates shall be approved, Congress shall
appropriate the amount of forty per centum
thereof. and the remaining sixty per centum
thereof shall be levied and assessed upon the
property in said District other than the prop
erty of the United States and of the District
of Columbia, in such manner as the Com
mlSsloners may deem best and shall be coll
lected in the manner now provided by law
for the collection of taxes in said District,
with such change i'm the manner of adver-
Using sales for taxes as may seem expelient
To said commissioners: prOultef, That the
rate OF taxation in any one year shall not
exceed one dollar and fifty cents on every one
hundred dollars of real estate, according to
the cash valuation thereof; but upon lands
used for agricultural purposes, the rate for
any one year shall not exceed one dollar ON
every one hundred dollars, and one dollar on
every one hundred dollars of the value of
personal property: lind provided further, That
the said Commissioners may rai Sc an amount
DprSOnal u
or any part thereof, by licenses for business
purposes, not contrary to law.
Sec. Z. Thai the said Commissioners may.
by general regulation consistent with the act
OF Congress of March Sd, 1875, entitled "An
act for the support of the government of the
District OF Columbia for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1876, and for other purposes, !" or
with other existing laws, prescribe the time
or times for the payment OF all taxes and the
conditions of prompt payment and penalties
for default therein, and the duties of assess
Ors and collectors in relation thereto: that all
taxes collected shall be paid into the Treasu-
ry of the United States, and the same, as well
as the appropriations to be made by Congress
as aforesaid, shall be disbursed for the ex-
penSes OF said District, on proper vouchers
certified by said Commissioners, or a major
ity of them; and the accounts OF said Commits
sioners, and the tax-cOllectors. and all other
officers required TO account, shall be settled
and adjusted by the accounting officers of the
Treasury department OF the United States.
Sec. 8. That hereafter the Secretary of The
Treasury shall pay the interest accruing on
the 1855 per centum bonds of the District of
Columbia, as the same natures, and the
amounts so paid shall be credited as part of
the appropriation for the year by the United
States toward the expenses of the government
of the District, as herein provided.
Sec 3. That the Offices of sinking fund COM
missioners are hereby abolished; and all the
duties and powers possessed by said COM
missioners are transferred to- and shall be
exercised by the Treasurer OF the United
States, who shall perform the same i'm ac-
cQrdaIce with the provisions of existing
laws.
Sec TO- That in lien of the Board OF Health
now authorized by law, the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia shall appoint an
nually physician as health officer, whose
duty IL shall be, under the direction OF the
said commissioners, TO execute and enforce
all laws and regulations relating to the pub
lie health, and TO perform all such duties as
may be assigned to him by said Commits
siOners: and The Board of Health now exist
ing shall, from the date of the appointment
of said health officer, be abolished.
Sec. IL. That there may be appointed by the
Commissioners OF the District of Columbia
on the recommendation of the health officer,
reasonable number OF sanitary inspectors
for said District, not exceeding four, to hold
such appointment al any one time, of whom
two may be physicians, and one shall be a
person skilled in matters of drainage and
ventilation; and said Commissioners NAV
remove any of the subordinates, and from
time TO time may prescribe the duties of
each; and said inspectors shall be respectively
required to make, at least once in two weeks.
report TO said health officer, in writing and
under oath. OF their inspections. which shall
De preserved ON file; and said health officer
shall report, in writing, annually to said
Commissioners Of the District of Columbia
and so much oftener as they shall require,
Sec IL. That the Commissioners may APP
point, on the like recommendation of the
health officer, reasonable number of clerks;
but no greater number shall be appOinted
and no more persons shall be employed under
said health officer. than the public interests
demand Slan
Sec. 10. That the salary of the health officer
shall be two thousand five hundred dollars
per annum; and the salary of the sanitary
inspectors shall not exceed the sum of one
thousand two hundred dollars per annum
each; and the salary of the clerks and other
assistants OF the health officer shall not ex-
ceed in the aggregate the amount of = TO be
apportloned as the Commissioners OF the Dis
trlct OF Columbia may deem best
Sec. II. That the Commissioners Aforesaid
are hereby authorized, as far as practicable
oy naming and numbering the streets and
dwellings III Georgetown, omake said streets
conform 10 the streets of Washington civ
as continuation thereof.
Sec. 10. That from and after the4S day of
=, the board OF metropolitan police, and all
boards OF fire commissioners and boards of
school trustees shall be abolished; and all the
powers and duties now exercised by them
shall be transferred to the Board of Commits
sioners Aforesaid, who shall have authorize
10 employ such officers and agents and TO
adopt such provisions as may be necessary
10 carry into execution the powers and duties
deNolved upon them by this section.
Sec. 16. That ii shall be the duty of the said
Commissioners TO report to Congress at the
next session succeeding their appointment n
draft OF such additional laws or amendments
10 existing laws as seem TO be needed for the
harmonious working of the system hereby
adopted, and for the effectual and proper gov
ernment OF the District of Columbia
Sec. II. That all laws inconsistent with the
provisions of this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.