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14 ntsrmor or- COLUMBIA. t P¤yr¤¤¤¢ of i¤- Sec. 121. Provision shall be made in any such act for the payment of ""‘“· thefinterest annually, ag it shall accrue, by a tax levied for the purpose, 21 Feb., 1871, e. or rom other sources 0 revenue. 62, s. 14, v. 16, p. 423. 1’1‘·>y1¤1¤¤ of Mw Sec. 122. The law providing for the payment of snch interest b s h

 tax shall be irrepealable until the debt is paid. y uc

Lew 1¤>*s(1¤s1>¤¤ Sec. 123. The law levyinv the tax shall be submitted to the eo l $}§B”‘,i§g§i',§{‘*‘°“ ‘° with the law anmoi-iz1¤gtn°3uent to be contracted, P P ° ” Ibid. b01;1;>)¤;>gd¤g: :;,1:: Sec. 124. The District government shall have no power to borrow mics issued wml_ money_or issue stock or bonds for any object whatever, unless specially 0,,, ,,,,,,,0,.uy of authorized by an act of the legislative assembly, passed by avote of land JU U4 two-thirds of the entire number of the members of each branch thereotl 1 .,s.‘ ,p. ‘ . . F'“`*h°' 111111***1 Sec. 125. The debt of the District, including the debts of the l·t i;Q_‘:r‘§c';_°°d“°“ °f Ezipgations, shall at ncittimeplxceecl thte spp if tenbmillions of dollid: -—;.~_ an increase over · esai amoun s a ave een previously au- 8 May. 1872. v- thorized by act of Congress [see in s 142,¤.1,v. 17, p. ss. ‘ it · ‘·* C a` s . . k,g,;f;,f§0“§sge;€ Sap]. 126. The act of the legislattve assembly, approved August ninemy declared v,,,d_ teent , eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled •‘An act authoriz-

 ing the Distinct of Columbia to create a debt for special improvements

8s_ 1 · pad repairs in said District by the issuing of four millions of bonds, and evying a tax for thepayment of the interest as it shall annually accrue thereon, and submitting the act, with the question of the issuing of tour millions of improvementbonds, to a vote of the people ata general election in said District ;” and also the act of the legislative assembly, approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled Sn act levying a tas for the payment of the interest as it shall annughgggxggtzm gmt ${1203, dollatrs og bands authorized to be issued by __ _ u1 creaeae or " FBPHIFS in S211d District by the issuing of four msildidhas dtqbdgdgn mJgr;10gai[t'o‘rSt1l{)emp3yme;1lt; oi tt’he_mlt;;el1;est as it shall annually accrue _ _ _ mg eac wi e ust' fth 'ss 'n m1ll1ons’of1mprovement-bonds, to a vote 0% tthelgelople ath lebegdefmhr . B°“d° “"*· *° b° tion in the said District ” are dis qi g l · · ,,,,,,,,,d_ d th th t_ f , _ _ approve _ and declared null and void, Tyr;. pip f· e au or1 ies o the District are forb1dden to issue any portion of Cmlm act um- og onr]m1ll1ons of bonds named in_sa1d acts. mv- @2;... i.t¤”.¥£‘§d“$E.3‘ $$1-2 ‘§§€L“""° PFf‘h""’H* “""’°""" *'“" ‘°"“‘· —#·—— . . ¤· 6s9D1B " tm i ·. ibnl. aglons fpr imlprovements and repairs in the Districlt <?t?C0l:lm!b§i? Restrictions upon Sag pgs- erpayment thereot ld approved, ratified, and couiirmed. use of cumin cH_ Wa hi 1310;] _ 1:1 egelitgrhpatlelsorpltjy imdebttgdnfegi of the corporation of ni seat- s,' :1*1% oac o n ul n chg; 0 In 6 C and m*°"“th» Blghteen hundred and seventy, shadrbgsdsiegfof ridbithet Y ·1¤1y. 1870; c- PUYPQSB umu th°_P¤ymeut of the ascertained indebtedness of said cor-

 ss. 6, 1, v. 1h, p. poration on the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy.

Penalty for vic- SEO. 129. Any person who shall violate th ‘ ’ ur r pmd· - - _ _ e provisions of the e d- 8,,;:;*},: P mg 1{zgmsggggmhihgllbs deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, ghdmbe Ibid. BlNKl'NG~FUND. sinking-nina mx. Sec. 130. The legislative assembly is empowered t B to · d°May, 1872, c. ;?:“;v€;':lq cf?l€?J8¢] from, all taxable property of th(e(czit1y(bf 14-, rs. 1,2, v. 17, p. v_ 1 111 1 S 1mi15S. 11 mx annually, which shall be sufficient to pa 67. the interest upon_the bonds issued by the commissioners of the sinkin y gala:] 1o;'dth:DDistrict,tuntder me agt of Congress of May eighth eighteeqi _ seyen y- wo_ authorizing the issue of rta! tofund the liabilities of said city, consisting of the tlosfdngfdlebismaghld