118 FOB/DY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 337. 1874. States for its advances on account of interest, which shall have been paid b 'the United States on the funded debt of the District of Colum- Y bia and Washington and Georgetown, due and payable July nrst, eighteen hundred and seventy-four; and the remainder shall be used to pay deficiencies in the various funds for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy_·four. And all the remainder of said taxes not required for the aforesaid purposes shall be distributed for_ the purposes and in the proportions provided by the act of the legis. lative assembly of the District ot Columbia, approved June twenty- sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act imposing taxes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four," so far as said apportionment is not inconsistent Evidenccs of debt with this act: Provided, That no evidence of debt issued by the District ¥*°° to b° ¥*<>°“’°d of Columbia, or any branch thereof, or by the board of public works, “‘ *"‘y‘“°“° °f °""°“‘ shall in any manner be received in payment for said taxes: And provided
P¤§’P¤5¤* f°¥fu·rthor, That no payment shall be made on account of the militia of said
““ ‘ "‘ °‘ J"' ‘ District, or for the purpose of erecting a District jail. Upon all pay- ments p:? zaid tg-xes l;_eIrTeby imbigosed which splall bedmade in advance of e said . ‘ rs ay o ovem r cig teen nndre and sevent -iour, P ,Qu;’Q;°;";Q°,n fg; theille shsll be an abaltzement allowed of one per centum per morilth for - eac an every mont so paid in advance- and that upon all said taxes mpggmy fc, d,,],,,. wlhichsilgll bgélglinqucnt and unpaid oil said first day of November, qucnts. there be cd a penalty of one er centum to the amount thereof to be collected with such taxes; and la like penalty of one per centurrl upon the amount thereof shall be added on the iirst day of each succeeding month to all of said taxes as are then delinquent and unpaid, t C<>!_!¤¤fi¤¤ of to be collected as aforesaid. lt shall be the duty of the collector of
°"{;_f‘;f;d9_ taxes to preparea complete list of all taxes and property upon which the
p,,,,,, 505 same are assessed in arrears on the iirstday of March next, and shall, Publication and within ten days thereafter, publish the same with the notice of sale in ¤°*·i<=°· a newspaper published in said District, to bd designated by said board of conmisionerséfog the time and in the manner required by the provisions o the act o the legislative assemblv entitled “A t ‘ "l ' the duties of certain ofncers for the District of (loluImbi}a,}a\:dcIhl1;iE;€ their compensation/’ approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred Metlwd of ¤v~l<>- and seventy-one. , And all the provisions of said act as to the sale _ of property and the collection of taxes in arrears are hereby made _ applicable to, the taxes hereby imposed and in arrears us afore- _ said, except- that the deed conveying the property so sold- shall be exed£dx¤¤¤*¤¤¤ of by the aid board of commissioners instead of the governor and j e secretary. _
- l°’“*’ “°1°°" °°“*‘ Sec. 5. That a joint select committee shall be appointed consisting
”"°t°° t° }"°p"° °’ of two Senators to be ated b h - ’ ‘ ‘ 7 f,- 9, m 6 0 govern. , ppoin y the presiding officer of the Senate, ment, &c. and two members of the House, to be appointed by the Speaker of the éldouse oft Representatives, whose duty it shall be to prepare a suitable rame o government for the Distr' t f 0 l mb' dte To m m to the draughts of statutes to be enacted Cbngrgsg iorlacgriyisgghbpgme two Houlgw of com Ente; gil'ect}_a1Ld report the same to the two Houses, respectively, on the gms_ rs ay o the next session thereof ; and they shall also prepare and To prepare and submit to Congress a statement of the proper proportion of the expenses zlglult ¤¤¤¤<>m¤¤¤,p§usgigg. (ggtv€.r:1gi&r;f,S¢;1r a1:ly1l>rabnch‘tlaereofhirpzluding interest on the ou eorne'trit dth 'd States, respectively, together with the rgagaolms upbn whigh their gyhbtfusions may be based; and in the discharge of the duty hereby imposed, si3:$*0;¤¤1>l<>y M- said committee is authorized to employ such assistance as it may deem adgisalge, at an expense not to exceed the sum ofjlve thousand dollars, Appropriation. gnhgté) suim, log sgamguiclii tlpiepi as may be necessary, be, and the same First and Second SEG g’TFpb ,_h H gr d purpose' _ Commmlms of the . . ia 1 s a e the duty of the First Comptroller of the ·;·,-c,,,,,,,, c0u,ti_Treasury and the Second Comptroller of the Treasury of the United tudtsd a board of States, who are hereby constituted a board of audit, to examine and uu 1 · audit for settlement all the unfunded or floating debt of the District of
