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 ' FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. 'I. C11. 387. 1874. . . 117 ized to abolish any oince, to consolidate two or more offices, reduce the Abolishmeut and number of employees, remove {rom office, and make appointments to °°P”°]'d“**°“ °f any office authorized by law; and the compensation of all officers and °%:;°va,s and ,, employees, except teachers in the public schools, and oliioers and ein-psmments. P- ployees in the fire department, shall bereducéd twenty per centum peran- B•·¤l¤cti<>u cfcemnnm, Said commissioners sh all each, before entering upon the discharge I’°“°"·“°”· of his duties, take an oath to support the Constitution of the United ,,,3,:5.2 °f °°mmi°` States and to faithfully discharge the duties imposed upon him bylaw;. ` and shall each give bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, to B¤¤d¤- — be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful discharge _ of the duties of his office; and shall each receive for his services a com- C°‘”P°““““"“· pensation at the rate of Eve thousand dollars per annum': Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to abate or in any wise. interfere with any suit pending in· favor of or against the District of P¤¤¤i¤g ¤¤i¤¤ ¤¤¤ Columbia; Ami provided further, That in suits hereafter commenced "“`°°‘°"· against the District of Columbia, process may be served “ on any one of Bvrvicevf P¤<>¤<=¤¤- said commissioners, until otherwise provided bylaw.‘ SEO. 3.·That the :President of the United bt-ates shall detail an officer Otllcer ofEngineer of the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States, who shall, Gvrpsfobv <1¢>¤¤i1¤<i· subjectfco the generahsupervision and direction of the said board of — · commissioners, have the control and charge of the work of repair and Charge of repairs improvement of all streets, avenues, alleys, sewers, roads, and bridges ““d ““P'9"°”’°“"· of the District of Columbia ; ‘ and he is hereby vested with all the power _ P¤w¤r¤;¤<1¤¤th¤r- and authority ot, and shall perform the duties heretofore devolved upon, my "f °'“g‘"°‘°'· the chief engineer of the board of public works., He shall take posses- _ P<>=¤¢¤¤i¤¤, &·=·7 of sion of, and preserve and keep, all the instruments pertaining to said ";;g%Q"g““· ’“”’P“· `olhce, and all the maps, charts, surveys, books, records, and papers re- I°` lating to said District, or to any of the avenues, streets alleys, public· · spaces, squares, lotsand buildings thereon,. sewers, or any of them, as are now in or belonging to the office of said engineer of the board of public works, and shall, in books ·provid,ed for that purpose, keep and - preserve the records- now required to be kept, and such as may be Records to be kept required by regulations of said board. He mayywith the advice and ml P"’“°"°d· consent of said board of commissioners, appoint not more than two as- ASS iswnt emaisistant engineers from civil life, who shall each receive a salary of one ”°°’“· thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and shall be subject to his direction `Emd control. He shall receive no additional compensation for Engineer Jpqt to suchservices. And he shall not be deemed by reason of anything in '°°°‘;° ;£g‘”‘°“**1 this act contained to hold a civil office under the laws of the United °°§fX€ Q,",,,, deemed States. And no salary or compensation shall be paid to the surveyor to hum sewn ofliee. of the District, or any of his subordinates, except such fees for special N0 salary to be services as are allowed by law:. And the ofllces of assistant surveyor Egg 2;’“"’°$'°' °*‘ andladxrliltional assistant surveyor of the District of Columbia are-hereby _ 0,3,,,,, Q,,- :,,,,,,,;,,,,1,, ¤» Ol 8. _ _ surveyorsa 0 s c. S30. 4. That for the support of the government of the District of Columbia, a11d_ maintaining the credit thereof, for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-hve, there shall be levied T;¤¤·1<=vy fgrpgqr upon all real estate in aid District, except that belonging to the United °“d‘“gJ““°·’ · °·’· States and to the District of Columbia, and that used for educational and charitable purposes, the following taxes, namely: Upon all such real estate in the city of Washington, three dollars on each onehun- `dred dollars of the present assessed value thereof; upon all such real estate in the city of Georgetown, two dollars and fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of the present assessed value thereof; and upon all such real estate in the District of Columbia outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, two dollars on each one hundred dollars Wm, mms ,0 M of the present assessedvalue thereof: which said taxes shall become wma 4.,0 and pty- due and payable on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and able- _ seventy-four, and, if not paid, shall be in arrears and delinquent from wghcn *° be ‘“ "·" that date; and shall, except as herein modified, be assessed and col- Asgmmm, ,,,,,1 'leeaed as now provided by law for the assessment and collection of gen- eellectlou. erul taxes for the District ol' Columbia; and of the sums so collected, Ai>r>1i¤M·i·>*{ vf une lourth thereof shall be applied, first, to re-iuiburse the United ‘"°'“*>`s °°'1°"‘"‘·