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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 62. 1871. 423 the people shall be taken on the same, and provision shall be made in the People to vote act for the payment of the interest annually, as it shall accrue, by a tax ::°'f°"» “·°d °¤ levied for the purpose, or from other sources of revenue, which law X "y° providing for the payment of such interest by such tax shall be irrepealable until such debt be paid: Provided, That the law levying the tax shall be submitted to the people with the law authorizing the debt to be contracted. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall N0 ¤Xtr¤ ¤\- never grant or authorize extra compensation, fee, or allowance to any £w“°3§i{c8:‘Q,_t” public ollioer, agent, servant, or contractor, after service has been TCH- ce! P dered or a contract made, nor authorize the payment of any claim, or C°’*¤i¤ 1**%; part thereof, hereafter created against the District under any contract $§§f;`f mlm or agreement made, without express authority of law ; and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts shall be null and void. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the District shall never pay, Credit of the assume, or become responsible for the debts or liabilities of; or in any }’i“’g’”£‘;°'*°b° manner give, loan, or extend its credit to or in aid of any public or other mm ’ ' corporation, association, or individual. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall Speeiallaws not pass special laws in any of the following cases, that is to say: For ;’°tc;‘;tl;?¤P‘;“$} granting divorces; regulating the practice in courts of justice; regulating {Q; 0,,% P ` the jurisdiction or duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates, or constables; providing tbr changes of venue in civil or criminal cases, or swearing and impaneling jurors; remitting Hnes, penalties, or forfeitures; the sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability; changing the law of descent; increasing or decreasing the fees of public officers during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed ; granting to any corporation,association, or individual, any special or exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise whatsoever. The legislative assembly shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole Assembly to or in part, the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation or gg? ';° P°"°t;*° individual to the District or to any municipal corporation therein, nor cr am ac ' shall the legislative assembly have power to establish any bank of circulation, nor to authorize any company or individual to issue notes for circulation as money or currency. S20. 18. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the Legislative _ District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within said Dis· f1fm°t2°;;¥;nB‘; trict, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the pro- what, visions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to all the restuetions and limitations imposed upon States by the tenth section of the tirst. article of the Constitution of the United States; but all acts of the legislative assembly _ All acts subshall at all times be subject to repeal or modification by the Congress of{f°‘ég;°P°*‘:·&°· the United States, and nothing herein shall be construed to deprive Con- y gm ` gress of the power of legislation over said District in as ample manner as if this law had not been enacted. Sec. 19. And be itfurt/wr enacted, That no member of the legislative Members oneassembly shall hold or be appointed to any onine, which shall have been iitgblg created or the salary or emoluments of which shall have been increased 0d5Cés_ ` while he was a member, during the term for which he was appointed or elected, and for one year after the expiration of such term; and no per- Certain person holding any office of trust or pront under the government of the ?§;l{)‘;’]ES*gfb:s_ United States shall be a member of the legislative assembly. mmbiy, Sec. 20. And be ·itfurt/wr enacted, That the said legislative assembly Lgmggm power shall not have power to pass any ex post facto law, nor law impairing the <>f¤S¤¤m\>l¥- obligation of contracts, nor to tax the property of the United States, nor to tax the lands or other property of non-residents higher than the lands or other property of residents; nor shall lands or other property in said district be liable to a. higher tax, in any one year, for all general objects, territorial and municipal, than two dollars on