Year: 1867

select suitable place on some of the
public grounds belonging to the govern
ment, in the city of Washington, in
the District of Columbia, for and con-
struct thereon, upon such plan as he
may select, jail of sufficient capacity
to provide for not less than three hun
dFed prisoners, with suitable yards,
hospitals, and so forth, the entire cost
Of which shall not exceed the sum Of
t~o hundred thousand dollars.


Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted,
That as soon as said site, and the plan
OF ajail shall be so selected and agreed
upon, the said Secretary of the In
terror shall employ an architect and
have prepared a design for said build
ing, and plans descriptive thereof.
with complete specifications of the
werk required and the materials to be
used, and shall publish notice of a
public letting of the contract for the
building OF the same, at least thirty
days before the letting, in the princi-
pal newspapers i'll New York CITY,
Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
/ Baltimore, and Washington, which
notice shall direct a place where such
specifications can he seen, and a time
at which the contract is to be let; and
the SAID Secretary shall let said con-
tract to the lowest responsible bidder,
and the contractor therefor shall enter
/ into sufficient bond for the faithful
completion of the said contract to the
approval OF the Secretary.


! Sec. 3. ARd be IL further eaacted,
That the said Secretary shall pay to
the contractor or contractors install
ment5 on the contract price as the
work progresses, to be certified to by
the architect having the direction
thereof, but twenty per centum of the
estimates shall be retained until the
completion of the contract.


See. /. And be Il further enacted,
That there be, and is hereby, appoin-
Ted, appropriated, for the purposes
aforesaid, out Of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of two hundred thousand dol
lars, to be drawn on the order of said
Secretary OF the Interior.


Sec. ). And be II further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Interior be.
and Is hereby, authorized to sell at
public sale, on proper notice thereof,
the materials Of the old Jail, now loca-
ted in Judiciary Square, and the pro-
cecds thereof to be paid into the trca-
sury of the United States.


Sec. q. And he il further cnactcd,
That for the purpose Of reimbursing
the United States for a part Of the cost
OF said jail, it shall be the duty of the
proper authorities of the city of Wash
inSton, and they are hereby required,
to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay
/ into tho treasury of the United States,
at or before the time of the compile
tiOn OF said Jail, the sum of seventy
thousand dollars. And it shall be the
like duty of the proper authorities of
the city of Georgetown, and they are
hereby required, to raise, by tax or
otherwise, and pay into the treasury
of the United States, at or before the
completion of said Jail, the sum of
twenty thousand dollars. And it shall
be the like duty of the proper authori-
ties of fthc county of Washington or said
District, and they arc hereby required,
to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay
into the treasury of the United States
at or before the period aforesaid, the
sum of ten thousand dslIars, which
said several sums shall be deemed the
fair proportion of the cost Of said jail
of each of said cities and said county
of Washington and the said cities
and county authorities, respectively,
are hereby authorized and required to
assess and levy upon the taxable prop
crty of said cities and SAID county Of
Washington tax sufficient to raise
the amount so by each city and said
county required to be paid as afore-
said


Sec. I. ARd be 1t further cnacted,
That upon the default Of payment Of
the sums aforesaid into the treasury
OF the United States at the TIME before
stated, made by either of said cities
or by said county of Washington.
the said Secretary of the Interior
shall appoint collector for any
such delinquent city or county as
shall have failed to make It's pay
ments as aforesaid, and it shall be the
duty of said collector to proceed with
the collection of the taxes as assessed,
in such manner and form as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of the In
terror; or if either of said cities or
said county of Washington shall neg
Icct, fail, or refuse to assess such tax,
the Secretary of the Interior is here
by authorized and empowered to make
such levy and proceed to its collection
rs aforesaid.


Approved, July %, 1866.