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 120 FOBTY-THIRD · CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 337. 1874. Pay or account- necessarv; and they are hereby authorized to allow for the services of ants- such aceountant or accountants and assistants such sums as they may deem proper which shall be paid by the Board of Commissioners out of Oath. the revenues of said District. And said accountant or accountants shall take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties imposed by this act. Notice for meson- Said board of audit shall give notice for the presentation of the claims mtiou Of *=¥¤*¤¤°· hereinbeibre specified in such manner as may be deemed_ necessary ; Chim to be Pm_ and no claim shall be audited or allowednnless presented within ninety sented within nine- days after the first publication of such_ notice, and said board shall make ty days. full report of all their acts and proceedings to the Presnlent, to be by Report to can- him transmitted to Congress on the iirst day of the next session thereof. gross. Each of the said ofdcers constituting said board shall be paid the sum C¤¤¤P¤¤¤****°¤ °f of two thousand dollars for his services under this act, out of the funds {3,;,*:,* °°" °f um of said District, inhadditipn t<;_hisl present compensationzd Di t _ t I '· . - Sec. 7. That the sin in — un commissioners o said s ric are xinigiignriinfuudcom hereby continued; audit shall be the duty of said sinking—fund commissioners to cause bonds of the District of Columbia to be prepared, in sums of fifty and five hundred dollars, bearing date August iirst,_eightissue or 50-year een hundred and seventy-bur, payable.ilfty years after date, bearing in- 3.65 bonds. terest at the rate of three and sixty-five hundlredths per centginilpei- annum a able semiannnall ,to be signed byt e secretary an the reasurerdi sbaid sinking-fund cgmmissioners and countersigned by the comptroller of said District, and sealed as the board may direct; which bonds f Bonds tcxcmpted shall be exempt froinltaxaltion by Fedei%al,hSta|ge, or muipcigpal autthorityd mm °*¤¤* *°¤· cn aved and printe at the expense o t_ e istrict oo um ia, an Fagxh of thfoglégi in ggrm not inconsistentpfemwgtéi. And the) faith of the United States is M mm P hereb pledgedtbat the United States wi l, yproper proportiona appro- pg; priatigns as contemplated in this uct, and by causing to be levied upon Post, 332. ’ the property within said District such taxes as will provide the revenues necessary to pay the interest on said bonds as the same may become due and payable, and creat; adsipkigg-filing flbrthe payigent of the pxiincipatl Bonds to he nuns- thereof at maturit . ai on s s a e num ere consecutive y, an l>¤*¤d Md **8*** registered in the chico of the coméitroller of said District, and shall also wed- be mgjsmped ingghe omee ogthe gister og tléo Treasury of; the United States for whic last name registration the ecretary-of the_Treasury shall make such provision as may be necessary. And said commissioners Preventic n of shall use all necessary means for the prevention of any unauthorized or fm¤<]¤1°¤* *°°"°°· fraudulent issue of any of such bonds. And the said sinking-fund com- E x c n an g e o f missiouers are hereby authorized to exchange said bonds at parfor like bonds for ctlwr in- sums of any class of indebtedness in the preceding section of this act. d°*’*·°‘¤°“· named, including sewer taxes or assessments paid, evidenced by certificates of the auditing board provided. for in this act. ‘ Annullment of SEO. Thatlthe aifiithority tconflerlreddon the)board~of piublic works to certain powers issue a itiona certi cates 0 in e te ness y section our of the act gc-¤;¤:•;:8!:g,;°S*“* of trite; leglislaigvelassgmbly appggved on ithe gwenty-igngh dpy of May, · Lcig en un re an seven y- ree,.is ere anuu e . o roperty mliigriilseidcrtii msnlid shall be advertised for sale or sold for the coliection of any asmssinent for sewer taxes- authorized by the legislative assembly by the act entitled “An act creating drainage and sewerage sections in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, and providing for the payment of the construction of sewers and drains therein by assessments and issuing cefltihgatef the1refor"appripved_on the twenty-sixth day ot‘Jnne, _ eighteen un re an seventy-t ree unti otherwise ordered b Co - _F“**‘*°*`t,*€$"°t °;° grins; and it shall be unlawful toissaie any further certificates yof °°‘ ° debtedness authorized by said act. . _ Members of exist- Sec. 9. That no board or commission of which the governor is ex ing <w¤¤mi¤¤i¤¤¤,¤X- officio a member (the board of public works excepted) shall be abolished wv';. °*‘°d ¤°"°'”°’» by this act, but the members of the same, other than thegovernor, shall °°" '""°constitute such board or commission. . ` Approyal of actvf Sec. 10. That the act of the legislative assembly of the District of b,¤e¤¤*¤*¤v¤ "‘ Columbia entitled “An act to fund unsettled liabilities of the city of · y' Washington, and providing for the issuing of the bonds, and levying and collecting taxes to pay the same ” approved June twentieth, eight-