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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 81, 82. 1862. 405 der insurrecti0uary control, and shall not, in any way, be used to give aid or comfort tu such insurgents, and he may establish all such general or special regulations as may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the purposes of this act; and if any goods, wares, or merchandise shall be P1‘pVi¤i<>¤ Fo! transported in violation of this act, or of any regulation of the Secretary f°rf°m"'° th"°°£ of the Treasury, established in pursuance thereof, or if any attempt shall be made so to transport them, all goods, wares, or merchandise, so transgorted or attempted to be transported, shall be forfeited to the United tatcs. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the proceedings for the penal- Proceedings for ties and Forfeitures accruing under this act may be pursued, and the same ggpglggs aud fm" may be mitigated or remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury in the B8miQSi0u modes prescribed by the eighth and ninth sections of the act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to which this act is supplementary. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of all penalties Pmqeeds of and f°0rfeitures incurred under this act, or the act to which this is supple- £°“*l*l“·. &°·· . . . . . cw distributed. mentary, shall be distributed m the manner provided by the nmety-first 1799 ch 22 § section of the act of March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, 91. ’ l ’ entitled “A11 act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and Vol. i. p. 697. t0rmage." Approved, May 20, 1862. CHA]?. LXXXII. —An Act to authorize the Car oration cy" Georgetown, in the District May 21, 1802. of Columbia, lo lay and collect a lVater Tgx, and far other Purposes. """' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives J the United Corporation of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Mayor, Recorder, f€°'S'“°"'“tm“Y Alderman, and Common Council of Georgetown, in the District of Colum- ay a wml ax` bla, shall have full power and authority to levy and collect a tux not exceeding sixty cents per front foot on all lots and parts of lots within said corporate limits in fl·0nt of or parallel to which water mains have been or may hereafter be laid; or, in their discretion, to appropriate from the corporate funds generally so much money as may be necessary to supply the inhabitants of said town with Potomac water from the aqhecluct mains or pipes now laid or to be laid in the streets of said town by the United States; and to make all laws and regulations for the proper distribution Maymake of the same, subject to the restrictions prescribed by this act, and the act >‘¤lQS ¥¥>1‘_diS¤i- approved March the third, eighteen hundred and fiftymine, and entitled but""] °* mt"' ".An abt to provide for the care and preservation of the works constructed 1859. ch. 84, by the United States for bringing the Potomac water imo the cities of "`°1·’X‘· P· 435 Washington and Georgetown, for the supply of said water for all Government purposes, and for the uses and benefit of the inhabitants of said cities." Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That said Corporation shall have Taxes,how full power and authority to collect such taxes, when so faxed, in advance °°u‘“’°t°d° or otherwise, through such agents, collectors, or commissioners, as they may designate and appoint; and upon the failure of any owner of said lot or lots, or part thereof, to pay said taxes, to sell the same; or to stop the supply of water to the same, or to distrain and sell the personal effects of such owner, and in the case of any sale the same proceedings shall be observed as are adopted in enforcing the collection of the general tax of said town; and generally to enact such laws as may be necessary to furnish the inhabitants of said town with pure and wholesome water, and to carry into complete effect the powers herein granted: Prewided, That the taxes levied by virtue of this act shall never be a source of revenue other than as a means of supplying said town with water. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in levying said front foot tax,  Mode of1evy— said Corporation shall, in all cases where a lot or lots, or part thereof; mgm;' may be situated at the intersection of two streets and fronting on the same,