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 428 FORTY-—FIRS'I` CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 62. 187L Penalty for it- officer of any election in said District to receive a. vote from a person not l°¤l "°¤¤g ml legally qualified or entitled to vote; or interfere in any manner with any £°§°g1,€§;,,?°t officer of said elections in the discharge of his dunes; or by any imlawful means induce any officer of an election, or officer whose duty 1t is to ascertain, announce, or declare the result of any such election, or give or make any certificate, document, or evidence in relationltheretc, to violate or refuse to comply with his duty, or any law regulaung the same ; or knowingly and wilthlly receive the vote of any person not entitled to vote, or refuse to receive the vote of any person entitled to vote; or aid, counsel, procure, or advise any such voter, person, or officer to do any act hereby made a crime, or to omit to do any duty the omission of which is hereby maclea crime, or attempt to do so, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and shall for such crime be liable to prosecution in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall pay the costs of prosecution. Ghartsrsof Sec. 40. Andbc it further enacted, That the charters of the cities of (iii2z2Q2i:: jg} W2tSlllHgl0H and Georgetown shall be repealed on and after the first panic,; u-Om day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and all offices of J¤·¤¤r16U.¤¤d said corporations abolished at that date; the levy court of the District °Hl°:: “b°hi,2°d' of Columbia and all offices connected therewith shall be abolished on and 4 yC0\I . _ _ . _Laws and or? after said first day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-one; but ?’{‘f*”$°i;f° bs m all laws and ordinances of said cities, respectively, and of said levy court, mw n not inconsistent with this act, shall remain in full force until modified or repealed by Congress or the legislative assembly of said District; that Washington. portion of said District included within the present limits of the city of' Vnshington shall continue to be known as the city of Washington; and Georgetown that portion of said District included within the limits of the city of' Georgetown shall continue to be known as the city of Georgetown ; and SP°°l¤l tu- the legislative assembly shall have power to levy a special tax upon property, except the property of the government of the United States, within the city of Washington for the payment of the debts of said city; and upon property, except the property of the government of the United Stutcs, within the limits of the city of Georgetown for the payment of the debts of said city; and upon property, except the property of the government of the UnitedxStates, within said District not included within the limits of either of said cities to pay any debts owing by that portion of said kghggffxlclzxg District: Pr0v2'ded, That the charters of said cities severally, and the ,,,,,6,; gm- ,,8,.. powers of said levy court, shall be continued for the following purposes, to tain purposes. wit: For the collection of all sums of money due to said cities, respectively, or to said levy court; for the enforcement of all contracts made by said cities, respectively, or by said levy court, and all taxes, heretofore assessed, remaining unpaid; for the collection of all just claims against said cities, respectively, or against said levy court; tbr the enforcement of all legal contracts against said cities, respectively, or against said levy court, until the atihirs of said cities, respectively, and of said levy court, P¢¤di¤8 ¤¤l¤· shall have been fully closed ; and no suit in favor of or against said corporations, or either of them, shall abate by reason of the passage of this act, but the same shall be prosecuted to final judgment as if this act had not been passed. m§%jl?z§°:fl°¤ Sac, 41. And be it f2¢rther enacted, That there shall be no election Gsérgémwh holden for mayor or members of the common council cf' the city of ppp; to June 1, Georgetown prior to the first day of J unc, eighteen hundred and seventy- · one, but the present mayor and common council of said city shall hold Nota-xeswbe their offices until said first day of June next. No taxes for general
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ties. cities of Washington or Georgetown, or by said levy court. And upon the repeal of the charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown,