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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Szss. III. Ch. 62. 1871. 427 shall be president of said board; four persons, to be appointed by the Board ofpublic President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of W°’k*·‘?fwh°"* the Senate, one of whom shall be a civil engineer, and the others citizens mvgiingsif p_y_ 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 term ofomoe; for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. The board of public works shall have entire control of powers and and make all regulations which they shall deem necessary for keeping in d“g“· d repair the streets, avenues, alleys, and sewers of the city, and all other Sewgiém an works which may be intrusted to their charge by the legislative assembly or Congress. They shall disburse upon their warrant all moneys appro- pisbummeut priated by the United States,Ior the District of Columbia, or collected of moneys. from property-holders, in pursuance of law, for the improvement of streets, avenues, alleys, and sewers, and 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 Bgtgeymgutg ·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 private hui1d_ regulations respecting the construction of private buildings in the District ings. of Columbia, subject to the supervision of the legislative assembly. All contracts made by the said board of public works shall be in writing, and Contracts. shall be signed by the parties making the same, and a copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the District; and said board of Limit to power public works shall have no power to make contracts to bind said District *0 °°““`“°*· to the payment of any sums of money except in pursuance 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 Armua1r<>p<>rtbranch of 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 Congress; and shall be paid the sum P¤Y· of two thousand five hundred dollars each annually. Sue. 38. And be it fur/her enacted, That the officers herein provided Qfficers ¤p· for, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and l{,‘;;';§‘f,‘;nl;li,f}{;’B consent of the Senate, shall be paid by the United States by appropria- paid by tboUnit~ tions to be made by law as hereinbefore provided; and all other officers €dOS;*“°’}H of said District provided for by this act shall be paid by the District: i HO °°m' Provided, That no salary shall be paid to the governor as a member of Proviso. the board of public works in addition to his salary as governor, nor shall any officer of the army appointed upon the board of public works receive any increase of pay for such service. Sno, 39. And be it further enacted, That if} at any election hereafter Perwlty for ilheld in the District of Columbia, any person shall knowingly personate igézgfgzgguilld and vote, or attempt to vote, in the name of any other person, whether ateieotions. 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 lawful right 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 intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer, or promise thereof; or otherwise unlawfully prevent any qualified voter of the District of Columbia from freely exercising the right of suffrage, or by any such means induce any voter to refuse to exercise such right, or compel or induce, by any such means or otherwise, any