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Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly
all legal business. Office in Cunningham's new
m Ljan.4,'7l.
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or a circular. [jan.47l.
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THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
AN ACT to provide a government for
the District of Columbia.
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
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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
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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.