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M. 1 A.M. 1 to 5 Wits 00111untingdon 5 28T 08'Lking Siding 5 421 21 : MeCormellstown 5 49, 30'Pleastint Grove 6 03• 45 3larklesburg 6 18 1 00 Coffee Run G 25 10 08 Bough and Beady 6 40 10 23 Cove 6 48 10 27: Fiabers Summit AR 7OS 10 43, saito . .6 1 10: IC 50• • n 08 ; Paddlesburg 11 16, liopewell 11 36' Pipers Run 11 561Tatetville 12 06 Bloody Bun-- 1.12 Llijalount Dallas Amax. A.M. . 8 40 8 2918 13 8 M SHOUP'S RUN BBANC is 7 101. 10 55 Saxton,. 11 10!Coalmont....- .—...-. 11 151 Crawfor d-11 25 Dudley Broad Top City JOHN MI Nov. 2Z, 1870. 7 30 ta 7 401 Professional Cards , MILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at- Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly all legal business. Office in Cunningham's new m Ljan.4,'7l. 'Pr ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at . • _Law. Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention Oven to Cot.te,rtoss of all kinds ; to the settle ment of Estates, &c.; and all other Legal Business ,rosecuted with fidelity nod dispatch. .Vir• Oace in room lately occupied by It. Milton ipeer. Esq. 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Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the territory of the United States included within the limits of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, created into a government by the name of the District of Columbia, by which name it is hereby constituted a body corporate for municipal purposes, 1 1 and may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued. plead and be impleaded, have a seal, and exercise all other powers of a municipal corporation not inconsis tent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the provisions of this act. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the executive power and authority in and over said District of Columbia shall be vested in a governor, who shall be"appoin ted by the President, by and with the ad vice. and consent of the Senate, and who shall hold his office four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and quali fied. The governor shall be a citizen of and shall have resided within said District twelve months before his appointment, and have the qualifications of an elector. He may grant pardons and respites for offenses against the laws of said District enacted by the legislative assembly there of; he shall commission all officers who shall be elected or appointed to office un der the laws of the said District enacted as aforesaid, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,. That every bill which shall have passed the council and house of delegates shall. before it becomes a law, be presented to the gov ernor of the District of Columbia; if he ap prove, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members appointed or elected to the house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if ap proved by two-thirds of all the members appointed or elected to that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after if shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislative assembly by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law. SEC. 4. And be it farther enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a secretary of said District, who shall reside therein and possess the quali fication of an elector, and shall hold his office for four years, and until his succes sor shall be appointed and qualified; he shall record and preserve all laws and pro ceedings of the legislative assembly herein after constituted, and all the acts and pro ceedings of the governor in his executive department; he shall transmit one copy of the laws and journals of the legislative assembly within thirty days after the end of each session, and one copy of the ex ecutive proceedings and official corres pondence semi-annually, on the first days of January and July in each year, to the President of the United States, and four copies of the laws to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the use of Con gress ; and in case of the death, removal, resignation, disability, or absence, of the governor from the District, the secretary shall be. and he is hereby, authorized and required to execute and perform all the powers and duties of the governor during such vacancy, disability, or absence, or un til another governor shall he duly appointed and qualified to fill such vacancy. And in case the offices of governor and secre tary shall both become vacant, the powers, duties, and emoluments of the office of governor shall devolve upon the presiding officer of the council, and in case that office shall also be vacant, upon the pre siding officer of tt e house of delegates, until the office shall be filled by a new ap pointment. WITH SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That legislative power and authority in said District shall be vested in a legislative as sembly as hereinafter provided. The as sembly shall consist of a council and house of delegates. The council shall consist of eleven members, of whom two shall be residents of the city of Georgetown, and two residents of the county outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall have the qualification of voters as hereinafter prescribed, five of whom shall be first appointed for the term of one year, and six for the period of two years, provided that all subsequent ap poinments shall be for the term of two years. The house of delegates shall con sist of twenty-two members, possessing the same qualifications as prescribed for the members of the council, whose term of service continue one year. An appor tionment shall be made, as nearly equal as practicable, into eleven districts for the appoinment of the council, and into twenty-two districts for the election of delegates, giving to each section of the District representation in the ratio of its population as nearly as may be. And the members of the council and of the house of delegates shall reside in and be inhabi tants of the districts from which they are appointed or elected, respectively. For the purpose of the first election to be held under this act, the governor and judges of the supreme court of the District of Col umbia shall designate the districts for members of the house of delegates, ap point a board of registration and persons to superintend the election and the returns thereof, prescribe the time, places, and manner of conducting such election, and make all needful rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this act not otherwis2. herein provided for : Provided, That the first election shall be held within sixty days from the passage of this act. In the first and all subse quent elections the person having the highest number of legal votes for the house of delegates, respectively, shall be declared by the governor duly elected members of said house. In case two or more persons BUSINESS CARDS, CONCERT TICKETS, LEGAL BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, United States Laws LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT TIIE [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 25.] HUNTINGDON, PA., MARCH 22, 1871. voted for shall have an equal number of votes for the same office, or if a vancacy shall occur in the house of delegates, tie governor shall order a new election. And the persons thus appointed and electec' to the legislative assembly shall meet at such time and at such place, within the Dis trict askthe governor shall appoint, Ilut thereafter the time, place, and manner of holding and conducting all electionsby the people, and the formation of the dbtricts for members of the council and home of delegates, shall be prescribed by law, as well as the day of commencement of the regular sessions of the legislative assembly : Provided, That no session in any we year shall exceed the term of sixty days except the first session, which may contime one hundred days. SEc. 6. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall have power to divide that portion of the District sot in cluded in the corporate limits of Wash ington or Georgetown into townships, not exceeding three; and create . township of ficers, and prescribe the duties thereof; but all township officers shall be elected by the people of the townships respec tive. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all male citizens of the United States, above the age of tiyenty-one years, who shall have been actual residents of said District for three months prior to the passage of this act, except such as are non compos mentis and persons convicted of infamous crimes, shall be entitled to vote at said election, in the election district or precinct in which he shall then reside, and shall have so resided for thirty days immediately proceding said election, and shall be eligible to any office within said District, and for all subsequent elections twelve months' prior residence shall he re quired to constitute a voter; but the legis lative assembly shall have no right to abridge or limit the right of suffrage. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no person who has been or hereafter shall be convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, nor any person who has been or may be a collector or bolder of public moneys who shall not have accoun ted for an❑ paid over, upon final judgment duly recovered according to law, all such moneys due from him, shall be eligible to the legislative assembly or to any office of profit or trust in said District. _ _ _ _ SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That members of the legislative assembly, before they enter upon their official duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : "I do solemnly swear (or af firm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and wi I faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which 1 about to enter ; and that 1 have not knowingly or intentionally paid or contributed anything, or made any promise in the nature of a bribe, to di rectly or indirectly influence any vote at the election at which I was chosen to fill the said office, and have not accepted, nor will I accept, or receive, directly or indi rectly, any money or other valuable thing for any vote or influence that I may give or withhold on any bill, re.olntion, or ap propriation, or for any other official act.' Any member who shall refuse to take the oath herein prescribed shall forfeit his of fice, and every person who shall be con victed of having sworn falsely to or nt violating his said oath shall forfeit his office and be disqualified thereafter from holding any office or trust in said District, and shall be deemed guilty of perjury,and upon conviction shall be punished accord ingly. SEC. 10. And be itfarther enacted, That a majority of the legislative assembly ap pointed or elected to each house shall con stitute a quorum. The hoUse of delegates shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its 'members. Each house shall determine the rules of its pro ceedings, and shall choose its own officers. The governor shall call the council to or der at the opening' of each new assembly ; and the secretary of the district shall call the house of delegates to order at the open ing of each new legislative assembly, and shall preside over it until a temporary presiding officer shall have been chosen and shall have taken his seat. No mem ber shall be expelled by either house ex cept by allote of two-thirds of all the members appointed or elected to that house. Each house may punish by im prisonment any person not a member who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence• ' but no such imprisonment shall extend beyond twenty.four hours at one time. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, or to any other place than that in which such house shall be sitting. At the request of any member the yeas and nays shall be taken upon any question and entered upon the journal. SEC. 11. Avid be it further enacted, That bills may originate in either house, but may . be altered, amended; or rejected by the other; and on the final passage of all bills the vote shall be by yeas and nays upon each bill separately, and - shall be en tered upon the journal, and no bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each house. SEC, 12. And be it further enacted, That every bill shall be read at large on three different days in each house. No act shall embrate more than one object, and that shall be expressed in its title; but if any subject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much there of as shall not be so expressed in the title ; and no act of the legislative assembly shall take effect until thirty days after its pas sage, unless, in case of emergency (which emergency shall be expressed in the pre amble or body of the act,) the legislative assembly shall by a vote of two-thirds of all the members appointed c r elected to each house otherwise direct. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That no money shall be drawn from the treasury of the District, except in pursuance of an appropriation made by law, and no bill making appropriations for the pay or sala ries of the offices of the District govern ment shall contain any provisions on any other subject. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That each legislative assembly shall provide for all the appropriations necessary for the or dinary and contingent expenses of the District until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session, the aggregate amount of which shall not be increased without a vote of two-thirds of the members elec ted or appointed to each house as herein provided, nor exceed the amount of reve nue authorized by law to be raised in such time, and all appropriations, general or special, requiring money to be paid out of the District treasury, from funds belong ing to to the District, shall end with such fiscal quarter; and no debt•. by which the aggregate debt of the District shall exceed five per cent. of the assessed property of the district, shall be contracted, unless the law authorizing the same shall at a gener al election have been submitted to the people and have received a majority of the votes cast for members of the legisla tive assembly at such election. The leg islative assembly shall provide for the publication of paid law in at least two newspapers in the District for three months. at least before the vote of the people shall be taken on the same, and provision shall be made in the act for the payment of the interest annually, as it shall accrue, by a tax levied for the pur pose, cr from other sources of revenue, which law providing for the payment of such interest by such tax shall be irre pealable until such debt be paid: Provided, That the law levying the tax shall be sub mitted to the people with the law author izing the debt to be contracted. Sic. 15. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall never grant or authorize extra compensation, fee, or allowance to any public officer, agent, ser vantt or contractor, after service has been rendired or a contract made, nor author ize tie payment of any claim, or part thereof, hereafter created against the Dis trict Oder any contract or agreement made, without express authority of law ; and 11 such authorized agreements or con tracts shall be null and void. SID. 16. And be it further enacted, That the District shall never pay, assume, or be come.responsible for the debts or liabilities of, or in any manner give, loan, or extend its credit to or in aid of any public or oth er corporation, association, or individual. Sec: 17. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall not pass spe cial laws in any of the following, cases, that is to say : For granting divorces ; regula ting the practice in courts of justice ; reg ulating the jurisdiction or duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates, or consta bles ;providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases, or swearing and impan eling jurors ; remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures; the sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability ; changing the law of descent; increasing or decreasing the fees of public officers during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed; granting to any corporation, association, or individ ual, any special or exclusive privilege, im munity, or franchise whatsoever. The le gislative assembly shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole or in part, the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation or individual to the Dis trict or to any municipal corporation there in, nor shall the legislative assembly have power to establish any bank of circulation, nor to authorize any company or individual to issue notes for circulation as money or currency. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within said District, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to all the restrictions and limitations impo sed upon States by the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the Uni ted States ; but all acts of the legislative assembly shall at all times be subject. to re peal- or modification by the Congress of the United States, and nothing herein shall be construed to deprive Congress of the power of legislation over said District in as ample manner as if this law had not been enacted. SEC. 19. And Le it further enacted, That no member of the legislative assembly shall hold or be appointed to any office which shall have been created or the salary or emoluments of which shall have been in creased while he was a member, during the term for which he was appointed or elected, and for one year after the expiration of such term ; and no person holding any office of trust or profit under the govern ment of the United States shall be a mem ber of the legislative assembly. SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, Thai the said legislative assembly shall not have power to pass any ex post. facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, nor to tax the property of the United States, nor to tax the lands or other pro perty of non-residents higher than the lands or other property of residents; nor shall lands or other property in said district be liable to a higher tax, in any one year, for all general objects, territorial and mu nicipal, than two dollars on every hundred dollars of the cash value thereof; but spe cial taxes may be levied in, particular sec tions, wards, or districts for their particu lar local improvements; nor shall said ter ritorial government have power to borrow money or issue stock or bonds for any ob ject whatever, unless specially authorized by an act of the legislativeassembly, passed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire num ber of the members of each branch thereof, but said debt in no case to exceed five per cent= of the assessed value of the proper ty of said District, unless authorized by a vote of the people, as hereinafter provided. Sze. 21. And be it further enacted, That the property of that portion of the District not included in the corporations of Wash ington or thorgetowu shall not be taxed for the purposes either of improving the streets, alleys, public squares, or other pub lic property of the said cities, or either of them, nor for any other expenditure of a local nature, for the exclusive benefit of said cities, or either of them, nor for the payment . of any debt heretofore contracted, or that may hereafter be contracted by either of said cities while remaining under a municipal government not coextensive with the District. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That the property within the corporate limits of Georgetown shall not be taxed for the pay ment of any debt heretofore or hereafter to be contracted by the corporation of Wash ington, nor shall the property within the corporate limits of Washington be taxed for the payment of any debt heretofore or hereafter to be contracted by the corpora tion of Georgetown ; and so long as said cities shall remain under distinct municipal governments, the property within the cor porate limits of either of said cities shall not be taxed for the local benefit of the other ; nor shall said cities, or either of them, be taxed for the exclusive benefit of the county outside of the limits thereof: Provided, That the legislative assembly may make appropriations for the repair of roads, or for the construction or repair of bridges outside the limits of said cities. SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said legislative as sembly to maintain a system of free schools for the education of the youth of said Dis trict, and all moneys raised by general tax ation or arising from donations by Con gress, or from other sources, except by bequest or devise, for school purposes, shall be appropriated for the equal benefit of all the youths of said District between cer.ain ages,.'to be defined by law. SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That the said legislative assembly shall have pow er to provide for the appointment of as many justices of the peace and notaries public for said District as may be deemed necessary, to define their jurisdiction and prescribe their duties; but justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any controversy in which the title of land may be in dispute, or in which the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars : Provided, however, That all justices of the peace and notaries public now in commis sion shall continue in office till their pre sent commissions expire, unless sooner re moved pursuant to existing laws. SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That the judicial courts of said District shall remain as now organized until abolished or changed by act of Congress; but such leg islative assembly shall have power to pass laws modifying the practice thereof, and conferring such additional jurisdiction as may be necessary to the due execution and enforcement of the laws of said District. SEC. 26. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, a board of health for said District, to consist of five persons, whose duty it shall be to declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to provide for the removal thereof; to make and enforce regulations to prevent domestic animals from running at large in the cities of Washington and Georgetown ; to prevent the sale of un wholesome food in said cities; and to per form such other duties as shall be imposed upon said board by the legislative assembly. SEC. 27. And lie it further enacted, That the offices and duties of registers of wills, recorder of deeds, United States attorney, and United States marshal for said District shall remain as under existing laws till modified by act' of Congress; but said leg lative assembly shall have power to impose such additional duties upon said officers, respectively, as may be necessary tothe due enfbrcement of the laws of said District. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That the said legislative assembly shall have power to create by general law, modify, repeal, or amend. within said District. cor porations aggregate for religious, charita ble, educational, industrial, or commercial purposes, and to define their powers and and liabilities: Provided. That the powers of corporations so created shall be limited to the District of Columbia. SEC. 29. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall define by law who shall be entitled to relief as paupers in said District, and shall provide by law for the support and maintenance of such paupers, and for that. purpose shall raise the money necessary by taxation. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall have power to provide by law for the election or ap pointment of such ministerial officers as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the laws of said District, to pre scribe their duties, their terms of office, and the rate and manner of their com pensation._ SEC. 31. Aad be it Arther enacted, That the governor, secretary, an other officers to be appointed pursuant to this act, shall, before they act as such, respectively, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation be fore a judge of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or some justice of the peace in the limits of said District, duly authorized to administer oaths or affirmations by the laws now in force there in. or before the Chief Justice or some associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to support the Consti tution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person before whom the same shall have been taken ; and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceedings; and all civil offi cers in said District, before they act as such, shall take and subscribe a like oath or affirmation before the said governor or secretary, or some judge or justice of the peace of the District, who may be duly commissioned and qualified, or before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, which said oath or affirmation shall be certified and transmit ted by the person administering the same to the secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid ; and after the like oath or affirmation shall be taken and subscribed, certified and recorded in such manner and form as mly be prescribed by law. SEC. 32. And be it furtherenact-d. That the governor shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars; and the secre tary shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and that the said sala ries shall be paid quarter-yearly, from the dates of the respective appointments, at .the treasury of the United States ; but no payment shall be made until said officers shall have entered upon the duties of their respective appointments. The members of the legislative assembly shall be enti tled to receive four dollars each per day during their actual attendance at the ses sion thereof, and and an additional allow ance of four dollars per day shall be paid to the presiding officer of each house for each day he shall so preside. And a chief clerk, one assistant clerk, one engrossing and one enrolling clerk, and a sergant-at arms may be chosen for each house; and the chief clerk shall receive four dollars per day. and the said. other officers three dollars per day, during the session of the legislative assembly: Provided, That there shall be but one session of the legislative assembly annually, unless, on an extraordi nary occasion, the governor *hall think proper to call the legislative assembly to gether. And the governor and secretary of the District shall, in the disbursement of all moneys appropriated by Congress and entrusted to them, be governed solely by the instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and shall semi-annually account to the said Secre tary for the manner in which the afore said moneys shall have been expended; and no expenditure shall be made by the said legislative assembly of funds appro priated by Congress, for objects not espec ially authorized by acts of Congress mak ing the appropriations, nor beyond the sums thus appropriated for such objects. SEc. 33. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly of the Dis trict of Columbia shall hold its first ses sion at such time and place in said Dis trict as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That a Delegate to the House of Repre sentatives of the United States, to serve, for the term of two years, who shall be a citizen of the United States and of the District of Columbia, and shall have the qualifications of a voter, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly, who shall be en titled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the Delegates from the several Territories of the United States to the House of Representatives,, and shall also be a member of the Com mittee for the District of Columbia; but the Delegate first elected shall hold his seat only daring thb term of the Congress to which he shall be elected. The first election shall be held at the time and places and be conducted in such manner as the elections for members of the House of Representatives are conducted; and at all subsequent elections the time and places and the manner of holding the el ections, shall be prescribed by law. The person having the greatest number of le gal votes shall be declared by the governor to be duly elected, and a certificate thereof shall be given accordingly; and the Con stitution and all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said District of Columbia as elsewhere within the United States. SEC. 35. And be it further enacted, That all officers to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, E r the District of Columbia, who, by virtue of the provisions of any law now existing, or which may be enacted by Crongress, are required to give security for moneys that may be entrusted to them for disbursement, shall give such security at such time and in in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. SEC. 36. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a valuation taken in the District of Columbia of all real estate belonging to the United Stales in said District, except the public buildings, and the grounds which have been dedicated to the public use as parks and squares, at least once in five years, and return thereof hall be madeby the governor to the Presi dent of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives on the first day of the session of Congress held after such valuation shall be taken, and the aggre gate of the valuation of private property in said District, whenever made by the authority of the legislative assembly, shall be reported to Congress by the Governor : Provided, That all valuations of property belon g ng to the United States shall be madeby such persons as the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint, and under such regulations as he shall prescribe. Sec. 37. And be it ftirther enacted, That there shall be in the District of Columbia, a board of public works, to consist of the the governor, who shall be president of such board; four persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall be a civil en gineer, and the other citizens and residents -of the district, having the qualifications of an elector therein ; one of said board shall be a citizen and resident of Georgetown, and one of said board shall be a citizen and resident of the county outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown. They shall hold office for the terni of four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. The board of public works shall have entire control and make all regulations which theyshall deem necessary fbr keeping in repair the streets, I avenues, alleys, and sewers of the city, and all other works which may . be entrus ted to their charge by the legislative as sembly or Congress. They shall disburse upon their warrant all moneys appropria ted by the United States, or the District of Columbia, or collected from property holders, in pursuance of law, for the im provement of streets, avenues, alleys, and I roads and bridges, and shall assess in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, upon the property adjoining and to be specially benefited by the improvements authorized by law and made by them, a reasonable proportion of the cost of the improvement, not exceeding one-third of such cost, which sum shall be collected as all other taxes are collected. They shall make all necessary regulations respecting the con struction of private buildings in the Dis trict of Columbia, subject to the supervis ion of the legislative assembly. All con tracts made by the said board of public works shall be in writing, and shall be sign ed by the parties making the same, and a copy thcreofshall be filed in the office of the secretary of the District; and said board of public worksshall have no power to make contracts to bind said District to the pay men t deny sums of money except in pursu ance of appropriations made by law, and not until such appropriations shall have been made. All contracts made by said board in which any member of said board shall be personally interested shall be void, and no payment shall be made thereon by said District or any officers thereof. On or before the first Monday in November of each year, they shall submit to each branch or the legislative assembly a report of their transactions during the preceding year, and also furnish duplicates of the same to the governor, to be by him laid before the President of the United States for transmission to the two houses of Con gress ; and shall be paid the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each annu ally. SEC. SS. And be it further enacted, That the officers herein provided for, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be paid by the United States by ap propriations to be made by law as herein before provided ; and all other officers of said District provided for by this act shall be paid by the District : Provided, That no salary shall be paid to the kovernor as a member of the board of public works in addition to his salary as governor, nor shall any officer of the army appointed upon the board of pnblic work receive any increase of pay for such service. Sec. 39. And be it further enacted, That if, at any election hereafter held in the District of Columbia, any person shall knowingly personate and vote, or attempt to vote, in the name of any other person, whether living, dead, or fictitious, or vote more than once at the same election for any candidate for the same office, or vote at a place where he may not be entitled to vote, or vote without having a lawfulright to vote, or do any unlawful act to secure a right• or opportunity to vote for himself or any other person, or by force, threats, menace, or intimidations, bribery, reward, or offer, or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawfully prevent any qualified voter of the District of Columbia from freely exer exercise such right of suffrage, or by any such means induce any voter to refuse to cising the right ofsuffrage, or compel or in duce by any such means or otherwise, any officer of an election in said District to re ceive a vote from a person not legally qualified or entitled to vote; or interfere In any manner with any officer of said elections in the discharge of his duties ; or by any unlawful means induce any officer of an election, or officer whose duty it is to ascertain, announce, or declare the result of any such election, or give or make any certiicate. document, or evidence in NO. 12 relation thereto, to violate or refuse to comply with his duty, or any law regulat ing the cause; or knowingly and willfully receive the vote of any person not enti tled to vote, or refuse to receive the vote of any person entitled to vote; or aid. counsel, procure, or advise any such voter. person, or officer to do any act hereby made a crime, or to omit to do any duty the omission of which is hereby made a crime, or attempt to do so, every such per son shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and shall for such crime be liable to prosecu tion in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not ex ceeding five hundred dollars, or by impris onment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall pay the costs of prosecu tion. SEC. 40. And be it further enacted, That the charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown shall be repealed on and after the first day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and all offices of I said corporations abolished at that date; the levy court of the District of Columbia and all offices connected therewitl, shallbe abolished on and after said first day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy one; but all laws and ordinances of said cities, respectively, and of said levy court, not inconsistent with thisact, shall remain in full force until modified or repealed by Congress or the legislative assembly of said district; that portion of said 'Astrid included within the present limits of the city of Washington shall continue to be known as the city of Washington, and that portion of said District included within the limits of the city of Georgetown shall continue to be known as the city of George town; and the legislative assembly shall have power to levy a special tax upon property, except the property of the gov ernment of the United States, within the city of Washington for the payment of the debts of said city; and upon property, ex cept the property of the government of the United States, within the limits of the city of Georgeto.wn for the payment of the debts of said city; and upon property, ex cept the property of the United States, within said District not included within the limits of either of said cities to pay debts owing by that portion of said Dis trict : Provided, That the charters of said cities severally, and the powers of said levy court, shall be continued for the following purposes, to wit : For the collection of all sums of money due to said cities, respec tively, or to said levy court; for the en forcement of all contracts made by said cities, respectively, or by said lel y court, and all taxes, heretofbre assessed, remain ing unpaid; for the collection of all just claims against said cities, respectively, or against said levy court ; for the enforcement of' legal con tracts against said _cities, respectively, or against said levy court, until the affairs of said cities, respectively, and of said levy court, shall have been closed; and no suit in favor of or against said corporations, or either of them, shall abate by reason or the passage of this act, but the same shall be prosecuted to final judgment as if this act had not been passed. SEc. 41. And be it further enacted, That there shall be no election holden for mayor or members of the common council of the city of Georgetown prior to the first day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. but the present mayor and common council of said city shall hold their offices until said first day of June next. No taxes for gen eral purposes shall hereafter be assessed by the municipal authorities of the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or by said lei'y court. And upon the repeal of the char ters of the cities of Washington and George town, the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, declared to be the successor of said corporations, and all the property of said corporations, and of the c amty of Wash ington, shall b2cenne vested in the said District of Columbia, and all fines, penal ties, costs, and forfeitures, which are now by law made payable to said cities. respec tively, or said levy court, shall be paid to said District of Columbia, and the salaries of the judge and clerk of the police court, the compensation of the deputy clerk and bailiffs of said police court, and of the mar shal of the District of Columbia shall be paid by said District : Provided, That the moneys collected upon the judgments of said police court, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall Ke applied to the payment of the salaries of the judge and other officers of said court, and to the pay ment of the necessary expenses thereof, and any surplus remaining after paying the sal aries, compensation, and expenses aforesaid, shall be paid into the treasury of the Dis trict at the end of every quarter. Approved, February 21, 1871. A Battle among Ants. Fighting on a large scale has been go ing on for some weeks in France, in which most of our readers take a deep interest. But great battles are not confined to the human family; and it is quite possible that the ants in the contest witnessed by a Mr. }Emhart, of %Ise, may have outnum bered the largest French and Prussian ar mies. He says : The broivn ants had two hills near one another at the foot of a tree, while the black ants occupied five hills near together at the distance of forty fcet from them. In the month of June, at 10 o'clock, a. he observed a great movement in the hills of the brown ants. They marched out in the middle of an uncultivated field, which was situated between them and their ene mies, and arrayed themselves in a long, uninterrupted oblique line of battle, which line was twenty-four feet long, and con sisted of only one file. in the meantime, the much more numerous but much smaller black ants also marched out and arrayed themselves in a line of battle, three ranks I deep, their right wing being covered by a mass of several hundred, while their left wing was supported by nearly a thousand individuals. Thus the two armies moved one against the other, near enough to commence the battle, when the two mas ses which supported the wings formed ob long squares, from three to four inches wide, without taking part in the affray. Then the fighting began with fury, the jaws, stings and venom constituting their formidable weapons; and very soon muti lated bodies, heads and headless trunks, torn-out feet and legs could be seen lying all over that miniature battle-ground. The fight was continued with great vigor until noon, when the massacre ceased, and the remnant of the brown ants took flight to parts unknown. white the black ants as the victors, took possession of the fortresses of the enemy, carrying along with them their wounded fellow-soldiers." WE heard of a mail ' f ne other day who is so mean that when he weeps he saves the tears to secure the salt.
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