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 190 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 210, 211, 212. 1870. to the United States the property and franchises mentioned in the forc- _Heport of sr- going section, upon the terms awarded by the arbitrators. It is hereby Congress. of the report of the arbitrators, upon which Congress may, at its then present session, elect to take such property upon making an appropriation P¤>viS<>- to pay the amount s.wm·de•.l: Praz·z`ded, That if the Secretary of YV511- shall not transmit to Congress a copy of the report of the arbitrators at least sixty days before the close of its session, Congress may at its next session make such election and appropriation. TONS and NY- Sec. 4. And be it further enucied, That all tolls and revenues derived enues to be paid _ · _ _ ·. . . mo the Umm, ii om the improvements made on acquired under the provisions of tlns act, Suites treasury. after providing for the current expenses of operating and kcepino the same in repair, shall be paid into the treasury of the United State; and whenever the United States shall be reimbursed for all sums advanced Tolls to be rc- for the same, with interest thereon, then the tolls aforesaid shall be red““dwh€“>&°‘ duced to the least sum which, together with other revenues properly applicable thereto, if any, shall be sufficient to operate and keep the improvements in repair. Secretary of Sec. 5. And be it furzlzer enacted, That the Secretary of War shall g;*;:;S;°}s§:;f° annually report to Congress the progress made in the completion of said ,_uy‘}h,,`p}0gmSs improvements, the amount expended thereon, the amount, if any, required made in the im- for the succeeding fiscal year, and the amount of revenue derived thereprovements, &o. from_ Approved, July 7, 1870. July 7, 1870- CHAP. CCXI.-—An Act to constitzztepzruaha, in the State of Nebraska, a Port of 8 LCC1y. Be it enacted by the Smale and House of Refz Ud _ _ _ presentatwes of the mic Ncgmkzwymdc States ¢y"America m Congress assemlzled, That Omaha, in the State of ,,,,,,,,0; 3,,, Nebraska, shall_be, and is hereby, constituted at port of delivery, within l¤v§;};;m T F the collection district of New Orleans; and there shall be appointed a cusmrnggulgryi surveycrlof customs, to reside at said port, who shall, in addition to his e1u¤m¤,&e. own duties, perform the duties and receive the salary and enioluments Vg?k'°l;fgb· prescribed by the act of Congress, approved on the second of March, Eightcephliupdred z31d ghirty-one, for importing merchandise into Pittsurg, ce mg. an other places. Axwnovnn, July 7, 1870. CHAP. CCXII. — An Act to am:}/rrp! :}.7 #w;z.regu1uting the Assessment of T axes in the y 0 as zzngion. Tmmmpt of qt£(i;`c2;pcled'@ the gcnate and House of Representatives of the United mcwmm 0,. it ‘ _ merzca m pngress assembled, That it shall be the duty of all taxugin \V;•,gh- olhcers of the corporation of the city of Washington, in the District of {lL8H?::,   gl? Columbm, now empowered by law to make assessments of taxes upon the mmf, 0mm_ rpal {plate therein, to iilefforthwith, in the office of the collector of taxes o sm cn y, a transcript o such assessment. Pu€’m°§;g;;° Sec.  And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said cm, y,,,,,. M; collector m each year to embrace in the tax books of the current year all pzipmppoixppg taxes of every kind then assessed and due upon or ugainst the real estate come`; smh m said city, and including that of the previous year then unpaid, and to gpg:-1ct all taxes so assessed and certified as aforesaid at his office in said nngtzffcligfffo Sec. 3. find be irfurther enectcd, That it shall not be lawful for the i,., k¤pmpm,(,_ mnylorhor deity councils of the city of Washipgton, or any person charged put  el 1shursements of money m the District of Columbia, to divert romlits fegntimate olpcct any money levned or collected as taxes from the peep e 0 said Drstiuet, but all such taxes so levied or collected shall be ept separate and distinct, each item under its own proper head, as named
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