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216 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 216, 217. 1866. Minors, mort- other interests, as creditors, in real property sold for taxes as aforesaid §“¥€°~"·““d.'l"£° shall be allowed one year after such minors’ coming to {ull age, or after ' (7 | . • • • • • iu2l;;2§,:%l; EW: such mortgagees, or others having equitable interests. obtaming possession wlwfimvwifhin of] or a decree for the sale of; such property, to redeem the same from the "h‘°ht°*`°‘1°°m' purchaser or purchasers, his, her, or their heirs or assigns, on paying the amount of the purchase-money so paid therefor, with ten per centum in— terest thereon per annum, and the value of any impmveinents erected on said property by the purchaser or his msigns while in his possession. $ale may be Suc. 2. And be it_furtber enacted, That it shall be lawful for the col- “d-l°“"“°‘l· Iector to postpone, after such advertisement, thesale of the property advertised according to the foregoing section, to any future day, for want of bidders or other reasonable cause, giving public notice of such postponement.; and the sale made at such postponed time shall be equally valid as if made on the duy stated in the advertisement. Collector of Site. 3. And be it further enacted, That the collector of said levy lcvycourtmay . . - l-' - t· — I f ll4 P d b s 'd comcmnymx count shall. lime autho ity to collect any an aurufy mpose y an by am,-ess and court, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels o the person c arge- 5¤l€~ able therewith, wherever the same may be found 1H said coufliy, Out of Sale not to be the corporate limits of `Washington and Georgetown; but no such sale §_?;`f}°’ ““1°ss’ shall be made unless ten days' previous notice thereof be given in some newspaper printed in the city of `Washington. Levy court Sec. 4. And be it jim/ser enacted. That it shall not be necessary that W;;}":§:;::;(Lr°f the said levy court shall have actually paid the portion of the general ex- Georgetdtvu the PCHSGQ of itilé C0l1L\iy Oi. `VftSl)ll1giOD, 0I' {1I1f Oi1ll€1‘ €·XpBflS€S 2 p0l‘il0l’l of P"°¥’°}f‘l‘Y';°f°T· which either of the cities of \Vashington or Georgetown is liable for, to E;?S€>’Mwugl’ enable the said court to demand of either of said cities payment of its proportion of said expenses already incurred, or for the supreme court of the District of Columbia. to act summarily in the matter and give judg- 181qzch.11T. mont, according to the provisions of the act of July one, eighteen hun- V°l· “‘ P· 77* drcd and twelve, entitled “An act conflerring; certain powers on the levy court for the county of Hfashington, in the District of Columbia}` Approved, July 23, 1866. July 23, 1866. CHAP. CCXVII. ——-An Act relating to Public Schools in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizited States of America in Obngress assembled, That the eighteenth section of Citics¤f\Vnsh- the act entitled "An act to provide for the public instruction of youth in l"3'°“ "“‘l the count of YVa<hin¤ton District of Columbia and for other purposes," Georvetown to y" ’ . ’ · pay fi, ;,—uswcS approved June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-Four, shall be so 0 cv vte-! construe as to re unre t 18 cities o as mw on an eorve own 0 a fl d of l " fW1',,t dG at tpy

 over to the trustees of colored schools of said cities such a proportionate

ofccrmin school part of all moneys received or expended for school .0r educational pur- ¤;‘g’gj>`$·I T6 poses in said cities, including the cost of sites, buildings, improvements, `§ D ’ furniture, and books, and all other expenditures on accouutot schools, as Vol. xiii. p. 191- the colored children between the ages of six and seventeen years, in the respective cities, bear to the whole number of children. white and colored, between the same ages. That the money shall be considered due and M<>¤¢Y Wh<=¤ payable to said trustees on the first day of October of each year, and if t° b° lm “b1°' not then paid over to them, interest at the rate of ten per centum per

,,mm_ annum 0n_ the amount unpaid may be demanded and collected from the

authorities of the delinquent city by said trustees. Sec. 2. And be tf]`/tH'[}L€2` enacted, That the said trustees may maintain An action of ·an action of debt in the supreme court of the District of Columbia d°bP;"€‘Yg‘:, against said cities of Washington and Georgetown for the non-payment {2:;; xgzeygr of any sum of money arising under the aforesaid act of June twenty-iivv, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. APPROVED, July 23, 1866.