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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156, 157. 1864. 193 scribed in the preceding section are not attending the public schools, as they shall deem best for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of such Trustees, &¤., children upon said schools, under the provisions of such section and for ;*;1;‘f°’°° “"°“d‘ enforcing the penalty therein prescribed. ` Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That this act be, and the same is _ This acts pubhereby, declared public and remedial, and shall be construed by all courts he “°*· &°· of justice according to the equity thereof; and no proceedings of the in- Proceedings of habitauts or of the trustees of any school-district, or of the commissioners :’““‘*°S».&°·· ”°* . . . o be void for deof primary schools, or of any other officer created under the provisions of fects in form, this act, shall be set aside or adjudged to be void for defect of form, or for any irregularity therein, so that the requisitions of the said act are substantially complied with. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That the act of congress entitled Act of 1862, eh. “ An act to provide for the public instruction of youth in primary schools 7;»e;§;§P*v &°·· throughout the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, with- rq£,l_ xii; P_ gg.; out the limits of Washington, a¤d`Ge0rget0wu," except the iirst and third sections, approved May twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two be, and the same is hereby, repealed. APPROVED, June 25, 1864. Gnu. CLVII. -An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act ta de/ine the Powers and yum 25 ]_864_ Duties of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, Distdct of Columbia." -———~—%— 1863, ch. 106. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United V0]-  D- 799- States of America in Oangress assembled, That: the first clause of the Levy court to third section of the act of congress entitled "An act to define the powers £:‘;f;;g;°a;SP“b' and duties of the levy court of the County of Washirigton, District of brgdguwxcepg, Columbia, in regard to roads and for other purposes," be, and the same is &¤· hereby, amended so as to read as follows: “That the said court shall have the care and charge of; and the exclusive jurisdiction over, all the public roads and bridges in said county, except such roads and bridges as belong to and are imder the care of the United States, and except such roads and bridges as shall have been or may hereafter be specially provided for by congress. And the said court shall have power and it shall be their duty/’ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tenth section of the said 1862,cb.157, act be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words 5%% ¤¤}§‘=¤d¢g· “thirty-first," and inserting the word "thirtieth." ° "Xu` p` O3` Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all cemeteries in the District Certain camoof Columbia, outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, the ¢¤fi¤¤¤> be owners of which sell lots or burial-rights therein indiscriminately to those °”°d' applying therefor, shall be assessed and taxed as other property in the same parts of the said district: Pfovided, however, That all lots in said Proviso. cemeteries, when actually sold for burial purposes, and any cemetery held and owned by a religious society, having a regular and known place of worship, shall be exempt from taxation. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the said court shall Levy court to have power, and it shall be their duty, to appoint the county surveyor of ¤PP°i¤'* °°¤¤*Y said County of Washington, to dehne his duties, from time to time, to fix S°w°y°r' his compensation, and to remove him whenever they shall deem it proper so to do. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the _Dogg tobe collector of taxes for said county, whenever the owner or keeper of any kligd Km ¤°* dog or dogs shall neglect or refuse to pay the tax thereon, to kill, or cause pm ' to be killed, every and all such dogs. Sec. 6. And be it furiher enacted, That the time specified by the act Tinge of conof February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, within which f;Q;°;;;'éS°£_‘f" certain roads in said county shall be surveyed, platted, and recorded, is tended. ` VOL. xm. PUB. -17