Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-28

Asd IToctGed JRrLher, Upon real property
without the limits OF the cities OF Washington
ana Georgetown, and 10 be so designated by
me assessors in their annual returns. the rate
lnr any one year shall not exceed one dollar on
every one hundred dollars. And poiltaN Of
one dollar shall be annually assessed upon
anu co!ected ui, every male iuhabtaut OF the
blStIiCt WI" Shall De twenty-one years of age
OF upwards, ana Who shall not have received
support IN any manner from the authorities of
tie District OF Columbia for the preceding
year, and said tax hereby impoSaA shall h,s
levied and collected a. other taxes
The collector Of taxes, upon the recent of
the duplicate assessment, shall give notice for
one week in one newspaper published i'm I'M,
city of Washington, that he j. ready To receive
taNeS; and any person who shall, within ten
days after such notice given, pay the taxes a~-
SCSSCd against him. shall be allowed ny the
collector deduction Of five per cent on the
amount oi his taxes.
All penalties imposed by the acr approved
March < ls''. chapter liz, upon dehnquentS
Tor delauh IN the payment OF taxes levied un-
Ger said act a. the times specified therein shall
upon payment OF tie said taxes assessed
asalhSt such dellnqueniS within three months
from the passage OF This act, with interest at
ule rate oI SIN per cent. thereon, he RENTED
sec. =. That the said Commissioners NAV, by
general reEuiationS consistent with The act OF
congress oil March 81, ls1I, entitled AN act
for the support of the government of the Dis
tIlct OF Columbia for the fiscal wear ending
June sun, lh.S and Tor other purposes or
with other existing laws, prescribe the time or
Times Tor the payment OF all taxes, and the du-
ties of assessors and collectors in relation
thereto. All taxes collected shall he paid into
the Treasury OF the United States. and the
same, as well as the appropriations to be made
by Congress as aforesaid. shall be diSburSrd
forthe expenses of said Distinct, on itemiZed
vouchers, which shall have been audited and
approved by the auditor of the District of Co
lumbia, certified by said Commissioners, or a
majority of them; and the accounts of said
commissioners, and the tax collectors and an
other Officers required TO account, shall be SCI
tied and adjusted by the accounting officers Of
the treasury department of the United States
hsA NO ~
paythe interest on the three-SiNty- five bonds of
the District of Columbia issued i'm pursuance
OF the act OF Congress approved June 2lth
1874, when the same shall become due and nav
able: and he shall also create 4 sinking fInd
sufficient for the payment of the principal
thereof at mat urIty, which he shall from time
To time invest in said bonds or other securities
ot the United States: and all amounts So paid
fer interest and the creation of said sinking
fund shall be credited as part Of the appro-
prldllOn Tor the year 10y the United States to
ward the expenses of the District of Columbia
aS hereinbefore provided: PrOrided, That
nothing IN this act contained shall be con-
Slrued or considered as an Acknowledgements
oi any liability on the part of the United states
otherwise than as provided ia the seventh see
tlon OF lie act OF Congress entitled An act
tor the government 0f the District OF Column
bla, and for other purposes approved June
2th, 1874. and the act amendatory thereof
approved February 20.h. lS75.
Sec. That hereafter when any repairS OF
streets. avenues. alleys or sewers within tb,,
District of Columbia are Ia be made or when
new pavememIs are to be substituted i'm place
ol those worn out, new ones laid. or new
streets opened, sewers built, or any works TIN.
total cost OF which shall exceed the sum of
Sl,1W, notice Shall be given i'm one newSpaper
IN washington. and If the total cost shall ey-
cee9 S7,e0, then In one newspaper in the cities
oi New York. Philadelphia, and Baltimore
also, Tor one week daily, for proposals, with
the general character OF the work as To mate
rialS for the whole or any portion of the works
proposed 10 be done, and setting forth that
tull specifications can be seen al the office of
the Commissioners, and the lowest responsible
proposal for the kind and character of pave
ment or other work which the Commissioners
shall determine shall in all eases be accented
PrOridcd. hOUceUer, That the Commissioners
hall have the right, in their discretion, 10 reject
all Of such proposals. No pavement shall be-
accepted nor any pavement laid except that
OF the best material of its kind known for that
purpose, laid in the most substantial manner
the total cost of which shall not exceed two
dollars per square yard and good and suffi-
Gent bonds 10 the United States i'm penal
sum not less than the amount of tht contract
with suretles to be approved by the |ommis-
SlOnerS Of the District of Columbia, Snail be
required from all contractors, guaranteeing
that the terms of their contracts shall he
strictly and faithfully performed, and that the
contractors shall keep new payementS or other
new works IN repair for a term of five years
from the date OF the completion of their con-
tracts; and ten per centum of the cost of all
new works shall he retained as an additional
security and a guarantee fund to keep the
same i'm repair for said term, which said per
centum shall be invested in registered bonds
oil the United States or of the District of
Columbia, and the interest thereon paid TO
said contractors. The cost of laying down
said pavement, sewers, and other works,
or OF repairing the same shall be paid
for in the following proportions and manner
TO wit: When any street or avenue through
which street railway runs shall be paved
such railway company shall bear all of the eX
pense for that portion of the work lying be-
tween the exterior rails OF the tracks of Such
roads, and for distance of two feet from and
exterior TO such track or tracks on each side
thereof ;and of keeping x the same in repair: but
the Sald railway companies having cUnfOrmed
to the grades established by the Commission
rS,may use such cpbblest0ne or Belgian blocks
Tor paving their tracks, or the space between
their tracks, as the Commissioners NAV direct
The united States Shall pay One-half of the cost
OF all work done under the provisions of this
section, except that done by the railway com
panles, which payment shall be credited as
part OF the nifty per centum which the United
States contributes to the expenses of the Dis
trlct OF Columbia for that year; and all paw
mentS shall be made by the Secretary of tie
Treasury on the warrant or order of the Com
mlssloners OF the District of Columbia or a
majority thereof, in such amounts and AT Such
times as they may deem safe and proper in
view OF the progress of the work. That IN
any street railway company shall neglect or
refuse TO perform the work required by this
act, said pavement shall be laid between the
tracks, and exterior thereto, of such railway
by the District OF Columbia : and if such com
pany shall fail or refuse to pay the sum due
under the orders of the proper officials of said
District, In such case OF the neglect or re-
1uSal OF such railway company to perform the
Work required as aforesaid, the Commission
erS OF the District of Columbia shall issue GER
tlhcateS OF inde ebtednesS against the property,
real or personal, Of such railway COMPANY
which certificates shall bear interest at the
rate OF ten per cent. per annum until paid
and which, until they are paid shall remain
and be lien upon the property on or against
which they are issued, together with the fran
cnlSe oil said company, and If the said certifc-
ates are not paid within one year, the said
commissioners OF the District of Columbia
may proceed TO sell the property against which
they are issued or 50 much thereof as NAV be
necessary TO pay the amount due such sale TO
be first duly advertised daily for one week in
some newspaper published IN the city of
Washington, and to be at public auction to
the highest bidder. When street RAILWAYS cross
any street or avenue, the pavement between
the tracks OF such railway shall conform to
the pavement used upon such street or ave
nue., and the companies owning these inter
sectlng railroads shall pay for such pavements
In the same manner and proportion as required
OF other railway companies under the proyi.
slonS OF this section. Ii shall be the duty OF the
commissioners of the District of Columbia 10
see that all water and gas MAINS service
any street or avenue proposed to be paved or
otherwise improved before any such pavement
or other permanent works are put down and
the Washington Gas Light Company under
the direction OF said Commissioners Shall ar
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