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 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 82, 83. 1862. 407 pointed to collect any taxes imposed by said corporation in pursuance of h§°'°"; of 3* its vested powers shall have authority to collect the same by distress and to dgggrgin tid sale of the goods and chattels of the person chargeable therewith, but no sell. such sale shall be made unless ten days' previous notice thereof be given in some newspaper printed in the District of Columbia, aforesaid; and the provisions of the acts of Maryland now in force within said District relating to the right of replevying personal property taken in execution for public taxes shall apply to all cases of personal property taken by distress to satisfy taxe imposed by virtue of the corporate powers aforesaid. Sec. 7. And be it fxrther enacted, That said corporation shall have corporation power and authority to repair any of the footways of the streets in said *****7 *°P¤i’ *`°<**· town, and to impose and collect such tax or taxes on the lot or lots, or Egygdjmgigg parts thereof; adjoining the same, as may be necessary to pay the expense of such repairs. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the first section of 38},,,1 0;],,,,;,; the act approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred and thirty, entitled i830. ¤l}· 929,91- "A¤ act to amend the charter of Georgetown," as is in the following v°l"v'p'm' words, viz: “Provided, That nothing in this act shall change the manner of giving notice of the sales of property owned by persons not residing in the District of Columbia," be and the same is hereby repealed. Am-novmn, May 21, 1862, CHAP. LXXXIII.—An Act providing ger the Educatzbn of Colored Chddren in the May 21, 1862. Cities of Washingtem and Georgetown,trict of Columbia, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives ty the Gifted States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas- h;;'; P°{'l°°;‘*&°* sage of this act it shall be the duty of the municipal authorities of the from Ego,,,?,?,; cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to set 9<>l<>f ¤¤ W¤¤h· apart ten per centum of the amount received from taxes levied on the Qfjfgetjxg to real and personal property in said cities owned by persons of color; be set apart to which sum received for taxes, as aforesaid, shall be appropriated for the °g!}§“° °Pl°'°‘?d purpose of initiating a system of primary schools for the education of giéeslcu m W colored children residing in said cities. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the boards of trustees of pub-  Trustees gf lic schools in said cities shall have sole control of the fund arising from Kublic schools to the tax aforesaid, as well as from contributions by persons disposed to aid "° °°“°°l* in the education of the colored race, or from any other source, which shall be kept as a fund distinct from the general school fund; and it is made their duty to provide suitable rooms and teachers for such a num- W Dfvvidé ber of schools as, in their opinion, will best accommodate the colored £°;?’°’t°°°h°"’ children in the various portions of said cities. Sec. 3. Ami be iz further enacted, That the board of trustees aforesaid to have same shall possess all the powers, exercise the same functions, and have the g::?:; e same supervision over the schools provided for in this act as are now Public schools exercised by them over the public schools now existing in said cities by mw existingvirtue of the laws and ordinances of the Corporation thereofl S20. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons of color in the ,Pg¤°1*;;*;>{¢¤lm' District of Columbia, or in the corporate limits of the cities of Washing- L: ssbjegtng t° ton and Georgetown, shall be subject and amenable to the same laws and miie laws as free ordinances to which free white persons are or may be subject or amena- "l“°° P°”°“’¤ ble ; that they shall be tried for any offences against the laws in the same manner as free white persons are or may be tried for the same offences ; and that upon being legally convicted of any crime or oH'cnce against any law or ordinance, such persons of color shall be liable to the same penalty nge gzggggw or punishment, and no other, as would be imposed or indicted upon free white persons for the same crime or offence; and all acts or parts of acts gawd of g,. inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. ¤<>¤¤i¤¤>¤* l·¤·W¤· Approved, May 21, 1862.