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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 212, 213. 1870. 191 in the act or acts authorizing such levy to be made, and that no change No *"*““°" whatsoever shall be made by transfer- of one fund to another, or by pay- ggghggf fundtc ing out any sum or sums of money on account of any object or purpose for which it was not levied or collected. S20. 4. And be it farther enacted, That in no case shall the sum levied Limit to levy for the " general fund," or miscellaneous purposes, exceed twenty-five 2* gl? "€°“°‘*l cents on the hundred dollars of valuation. un ' S20. 5. And be it farther enacted, That the mayor of the city of `Wesh- AH ¤¤difo¤' ington, by and with the consent of the board of aldermeu thereof; shall imsfffpzixg appoint an auditor and a comptroller for said city, each to receive such ed. pp annual compensation as shall be fixed by an act of the corporation of P“Y· \Vashington, and whose offices shall be adjacent to that occupied by the B¤¤i¤¢S¤ 0m- mayor: It shall be the duty of the auditor to audit all accounts against °°§gumS of M_ the said corporation; to certify the same, when found correct, to the (mor; comptroller; and to retain the originals of all contracts made and orders given for all descriptions of work or improvements by the corporation aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to keep sm exact ac- ofcomptmller. count of all warrants issued in the manner hereinafter provided for, and of all taxes levied by the corporation, under their respective heads; to countersign and keep an accurate record for all receipts for taxes or other revenue of any description whatever, given by the collector and register, such receipts not to be valid unless so countersigned, and to compare the same daily with the books of said collector and register. Each and every Accounm cm-. account against the corporation of Wasliington, when audited and certified film by ¤¤¤‘ by the auditor, shall be paid by a warrant of the comptroller, counter- signed by the mayor ; and in no case shall payments be made in any other manner than provided for in this act. But no account shall be but_not unless paid, by wzirrant or otherwise, unless there is a. fund to the credit of that :;"2fc£t“0¥";§;h particular account. The money received from any and all sources, For Mcoum, and on account of the corporation, shall, on the day of its receipt, be de- d Mmjebhs E0 lm posited by the collector and register to the credit of the city of Vlrashing- d§§’,°;?°;b;iQ.°re_ ton, in such place as may be designated as a depository for the funds of ceipt. the corporation by an act of the board of aldermen and board of common council, approved by the mayor; and such depository shall, each day that I;°P°Sl€°*Y *° ddposits are made, furnish st statement of the same to the comptroller, to igaccygirsgéim be by him filed in his office. Sv;0. 6. And oe it further enacted, That the said corporation of Wash- _ City of vxfasliington shall have power to issue certificates of indebtedness, not to exceed 3%*2 in amount six hundred thousand dollars, and to bear interest at the rate (imc4MB5S_ of seven and three tenths per centum per annum, and to be redeemable f_{\*:‘°¤¤t°· ¤;*° within three years from the date of issue; the said certificates not to be gcjgpsfgilgrvdzu of a less denomination than fifty dollars, and to be receivable for taxes nominations, due said corporation to such amount yearly as said corporation may des- :Q£;g‘{cl"h““ "` ignate by law, not, however, to exceed fifty per centum of the amount due by any tax-payer. And said certificates shall be used for no [other] grorbe used purpose than the payment of the ascertained indebtedness of the corpora- ;'QQ;)O;°;_wh“t tion of `Washington to the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sev- Cnt. geo, 7. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall violate _Pennlty for the provisions of this uoc shell be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in otl ;£l”““g ms fice, and be dismissed therefrom. APPROVED, July 7, 1870. CHAP. CCXIII. -— An Act to construe certain Acts therein cited, in Relation to Pensions. July 7. 1870- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Diziled States of America in Congress assembled, That neither the act of July b xtmongnfsnscd twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act increzising g?;;{’;g'1,e“r; ° the pensions of widows and orphans, and for other purposes? nor the act sions not to be