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 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Ssss. I. C11. 337. 1874. 119 Columbia. and of the board of public works, hereinafter specihed, D¤ UM of the namely: first, the debt evidenced by sewer certificates ; secondly, the *’°g’f· .6 F f debt purporting to be evidenced and ascertained by certificates of the 1,, ,10°s nm3¤ audrtor of the board of public works; thirdly, the debt; evidenced by the claims. certxdcates of the auditor and thecomptxnoller of the District of Columbm.; fourthly, claims existing or hereafter created for which no evidence indebtedness has been issued, arising out of contracts, written or oral, made by the board of public works ·’ dfthly, claims, forwhich no evidence of indebtedness has been issued, arising out of contracts, written or oral, made by or on behalf of the District of Columbia; sixtbly all claims for private property taken by the board of public works {from the avenues, streets, and alleys of the cities of Washington and Georgetown; and, seventhly, all uuadjusted claims for damages that may have been presented to the board of public works, pursuant to an act of the legislative assembly of the District of Oolumbiayentitled “An act providing for the payment of damages ustaincd by reason of public improvemeuts or repairs," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, which last-named claims shall severally be examined and audited without regard ·to any examination heretofore made; and shall make a. detailed and tabular statement of all claims presented, Tubular stamthe persons or corporations owning the same, and the amount found to ¤JQ¤¢¤· be due on account of each ; together with a tabular statement of the funded debt of the District of. (Jolumbia and of the cities of Washington and Georgetown of every kind and character whatsoever, giving the date of issue, time of maturity, and the rate of interest. And it shall ihrther be the duty of said board to ascertain the amount of sewer- A¤¤q¤¤*¤ of wwwtux or assessment paid by any person, persons, or corporation, under ?iu£‘d°°b°““°°" the act of the legislative assembly of said District, entitled “Au act creating drainage and sewerage sections in the cities of Washington aud Georggetown, in the District of Columbia., and providing for the pay- ment of the construction of sewers aud dra.ius therein by assessments, and issuing certihcates therefor," approved the twenty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and to prepare u, tabulated mgff“1“*°d °*’°·*°‘ statement thereof. Said board of audit shall also issue to each claim- ‘ out n, certificate, signed by each of said board and countersigned by the Q ¤ rtifi ¤ 5*9 to comptroller of said District, stating the amount found to be due to°1“““"“““· each and- on what account; and 2. register thereof shall be kept R8 g_i¤¤¤r 60 b¤ by said board, to be transmitted to Congress; and also by the comp- °f;’;g‘”‘“°d °°°°“' troller of said District; and said board of audit shall also ascertaing ' and report to Congress, at the next session thereof, the amount equim- Amounts clmrszpbly chargeable to the streetmailrood companies on account of paving  cfm '£;g:"°'1‘ along and within the tracks of said companies! pursuant to the charters P ' of said companies or the acts of Congress relating thereto, together with their reasons therefor. It shall further be the duty of said board of audit to examine into and audit all of the accounts of the auditor and oxggqlfégtzudtsudfg of the treasurer of the board of public works, mad of the auditor, the Bd, treasurer, the collector, aud the comptroller of the District of Columbia, from the date of the organization of said board and of the present government of said District; and for the purposes hereinbefore specified shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and ex- Pe>W<>r¤¤f1>¤r~rd<>f amine witnesses under oath, and shall have full access to all of the "”““‘*’· records, books, papers, and vouchers of every kind whatsoever of the board of public works and of the District of Columbia; and to the end that said books and accounts may be thoroughly examined, and the indobtedness of said District, and of the board of public works, and the state of the books and accounts of each of the officers aforesaid, may be accurately ascertained, shall employ one or more skillful and impartial Employment of accountants non-resident of the District ofC0himbia., aud such other as- =>·<=<=¤¤¤tnnt¤, &c. sistzmts as they may deem necessary, to make exsfminution of said books, vouchers, and pzrpers, and mlisoimrge their other duties under this uct, IHS oc t, f aud shall procure inspection of such bzmk books and papers us may be bank P bcaé; umtd p{|.POI’S.