Year: 1874




same and the amount found TO be due on account OF
ea eaca together with tabular statement Of the
FUNDED debt Of the District Of Columbia and OF the
eltles OF Washington and Georgetown Of every
kind and character whatsoever, giving the date OF
issue, time OF maturity, and the rate of interest
And II shall further be the duty of said board to as
certain the amount OF sewer tax or assessment paid
by any person, persons, or corporation: under the
act OF the leg satye assembly Of said District, en-
titled An act creating drainage and sewerage sec
tions In the cities OF Washington and Georgetown
In the District OF Columbia and providing for the
payment Of the construction OF sewers and drains
therein by assessments, and issuing certificates
therefor,n approved the twenty-sxth day OF June
eighteen hundred and seventy three, and to prepare
tabnlated statement thereof. Said board Of audit
shall a'o issue to each claimant certificate signed
by each OF said board and counterslQned by the
comptr Her OF said District, stating the amount
found TO be due to each and on what account and
register thereof shall be kept by said board, to be
transmitted to Congress, and also by the complro-
er OF sa1 District; and The said boa OF andit shall
also ascertain and report to Congress, at the next
session thsreoi the amont equitaby charged to the
street railroad companies on account of paving
along and within the tracks Of said companies or
the acts OF Congress relating thereto, together with
their reasons therefor. ~ shall further be the duly
OF said board OF audit to exmine into and audit all
OF the accounts OF the auditor and of the treasurer
OF the board OF public works. and Of the auditor,
inc treasurer The collector, and the comptroller OF
the District OF Columbia, fiom the date Of the or
ganzatlnn OF said board and of the present govern
ment OF said district; ahd for the purpo-es herein
before specified shall have the power 10 subpoena
Witnesses, administer oaths, and examine tnessts
under oath, and shall have full access TO all OF the
records, books papers, and vouchers o. every kind
whatsoever OF the board OF public wo ks and of the
District OF Columbia and to the end that said books
and accounts may be thoroughly examined and the
inueDtedneas OF aaid District and Of the board OF
pubic works, and the state of the books and ac-
counts OF ca OF tins officers aforesaid may he ac-
curatey ascertalned shall employ one or more skill
lul ana Impartial accountants non resident OF the
IFS rlct OF Columbia, and such other assistants as
they may deem necessary, to make examination OF
said books. vouchers, and papers, and discharge





inspection OF such blank books and papers as may
be necessary and they are hereby authorized to
allow Tor the services OF such accountant account
ants and assistants gu sums as they may deem
proper which shall be paid by the B0ari OF Com
inssiohers nh lone tut OF me revenues Of said district
oath TO faithfully discharge the duties imposed by
this act. Said board OF audit shall give notice to the
presentation OF the claims hereDbefore specified In
such manner as may be deemed necessary /; and no
claim shall be audited or allowed unless present d
wlen ninety DAYS aft the first publication of such
notice, and said board shall ma full report OF all
their acts and proceedings 10 the President to be
Dy MIN transmitted to Congress on the first day Of
the next session thereof. Each OF the said Office
constituting said board shall be paid the Of two
thousand dollars for his services under this act ovt
OF the funds OF said District In add ion to his pres
ent compensation.


SEC That the sinking fund commissioners of the
District are hereby continued, and IL shall he the
dOty OF said sinking fund commissioners 10 cause
bonds OF the District of columbia 10 be prepared In
sums OF tfty and five hundr, dollars, bearing date
August first, eighteen hundred and seventy four,





rate OF three and sixty five hundredths per centum
per annum, payable semi annually, to he signed by
the secretary and the treasurer OF said sinking fund
commissioners and count ersgned by the comptroll-
er OF said District, and sealed the board may di-
rlect: which bonds shall be exempt ON taxation
by Federal, state, or municipal authority, engraved
and rnted at the expense OF the District Of Co
lumbia, and In form not Inconsistent herewith. And
the h OF the United States Is hereby pledged that
the United States VIII, by proper proportional ap-
proprlations as contemplated In this act, and by
causing to be levied upou the property within said
Distrct such taxes as Will provide the revenues me-
cessary TO pay the leterest on said bonds as the
same may become due and pvyable, and create a
sinking fund for the payment OF the principal there
at maturity SAID bonds shall be numbered con-
secutvely, End registered In the office of the comp
troller OF said District and shall also be registered
in the office Of the Register of the Treasury OF the
United tates. for which ast named registration the
Secretary OF the Treasury shall make such proyis-
ion as may be necessary And SAID commissioners
shall use all necessary means for the prevention of
any unauthorized or fraudulent issue OF any such
bonds And the said sinking fund commissioners
are hereby authorized 10 exchange said bonds at par
for like sums OF any class of Indebtedness In the
preceding section of this act named, including sew
er taxes or assessments paid evidenced by certia-
Gates OF the auditing board provided for in this
SIC That the authority conferred on the board
of public works to issue additional certificates of
II debedness by section four OF the act of tee egs
lative assembly approved on the twenty ninth day
OF May, eighteen hundred and seventy three, IL
hereby annulled. No property shall be advertised
for sale or sold for the col ectiOn of
au horized by the legislative assembly by he act en-
titled An act creating drainage and sewerage sec
tions In the cities OF Washington and Georgetown,
In the District OF Columbia and providing for the
payment OF the cons ruct0n OF sewers and drains
therein by assessments and Issuing certtcales
therefor approved on the twenty sixth day of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy three, until otherwise
ordered by ongress and II shall he unlawful to is
sue any further certificates Of Indebtedness author
lzed by said act.


SEC That no board or commission OF which the
gov rnor 10 exofilcio member uhe board OF public
works exceptedD shal be abo shed by this act. but
the members OF Inc same other than the governor,
uhQl lfnn ~ fa IN hnarl nre nntn


SEC 10 That the act of the legislrtiye assembly OF
the District Of Columbia entitled AN act to fund
unsettled liabilities of the city Of Washington and
proyidi for the issuing OF the bods, ami leyyng
and collecting taxes to pay the same" approved June
IN nentleth, eighteen hundred and severity two, Is
hereby ratified and approved; but none Of the
bonds authorized by said act remaining unsold shall
he negotiated or sold at par.


Approved, June ", 1874.