National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-19

The following Is the text Of the bill for tho sup
port Of the government OF the District Of Columbia
as II passed the House Of Representatives:
A BILL to amend an act entitled AN act for the
support of the government for the District Of Co
lumbia for the fiscal year ending June 10, 1878.
and for other purposes.
tires Qfthe United Sdcs Of E,aericd in C0ngre,s az
semJcd. That the twelfth section Of the act OF Con-
gress entitled "An act for The support of tho gov.
eminent for the District OF Columbia for the fiscal
year ending June 20, 1878. and for other pur.
poses" approved March 3, 1871 shall be, and Ia
hereby. so amended that the assessors appointed
under this act, or their successors in Office, shall
before the lst day Of July, 1878, under the direc
ton OF the superintendent OF assessments and taxes
OF said District the value Of all real and per
sonal property In said District liable TO taxation
Hereunder, and shall state the same In separate
books TO he kept ina systematic manner. and such
lawful money Of the United States Of the property
50 uses ed. The assessed value shall have refer
cnce to the date Of the Isl day Of June 1878, ex.
ccpt to stock In trade, which shall be the aver
age value Of the stock Of merChundsc other aTtl.
cles KEEP, on hand during the year ending June
| 80. 1873.
Said assessors shall between the LIST day Of July ISIS
aud the 18th day Of July 1873 hold daily sessions for
the purpose of cquAlZing the assessments thereto.
fore made by them, aud for the purpose Of hearing
aud determining any and all appeals from the val.
| uatiOns Heretofore made b. them. Each assessor
shall, at the meetings Of the assessors a. aforesaid
make full and detailed reports of his act rs such
assessor, And during said period they shall have
power to revise assessments heretofore made by
them, or any OF thcn by either JlLstly increasing
| or Justly diminishing ANY particular asse ,sment.
| III section strike out the word "dUmicilcd.
| and Insert In lieu thereof the words temporarily
| residing"
SIC =. That said a.sessors while engaged In max.
lug the assessments as required In the first section
of this act shall also take an accurate census of the
inhabitants Of said District Of Columbia and return
the same TO the Commissioners Of said District For
| this purpose the Commissioners of said Dstrc,
| shall prepare the proper books arranged as u
| show, under proper heads, the name, age, sex
| birthplace race age, and occupation OF snch In
| hablsnb, and such other Information as they shall
| prescribe.
| SEC. B. That section of the act aforesaid be and
the same Is hereby amended by striking out IN the
first line of said section the words by this act :
| and In line Of the same section striking out tn,
| words eighteen hundred and seventy .scyen," anC
| inserting IN lieu thereof the words next succeed
| ing the completion of the assessment = and h,
striking out In lines 1 and of said section III,
| words eighteen hundred and seventy eight" ant
| inserting In lieu thereof the words next follow
| ing" so that the section shall read as follows
| Sec g. That OnC-half the tax levied upon real ant
personal property shall become due and payAb,
| on the lst day OF November next succeeding tn,
completion Of the assessment; and the other half o
| such tax shall become due and payable ON the Is
day of May next following; and in every cas-
where the tax levied shall be paid by installment
as herein authorized each of said statements shall
| be deemed To have been made on the several fund
ard for the different purposes Indicated In the sec
ond section Of this act and an equal pro rata pre-
portion Of the payment so made shall be carried +
| the credit OF the respective funds.