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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 370. 1889. 797 notice of such_ assessment, without interest; one-third within one year and the remaining third within two years from the date of service of notice of such assessment, and interest shall be charged at the rate of ten per centum per annum from the date of service of such notice on all amounts shall remain unpaid at the expiration of thirt days after the serv1ce of the notice of such assessment: Hovided, 'fthat if any property so assessed shall become subject to sale for any other rmpmy sold rm assessment or tax whatever, then the assessment levied under this ""‘°*· act shall become immediately due and payable, and such property may be sold therefor, together with the accrued interest thereon to the date of such sale, together with the costs of advertising and sale; and any property upon which such assessment and accrued interest thereon, or anty part thereof, shall remain unpaid at the expiration of two years rom the date of service of notice of such assessment, shall be subject to sale therefor under the same conditions and penalties as are imposed b existing law for the non-payment of eneral taxes, and the materiaipurchased under this appro riation 51811 be bought after due advertisement therefor, as reqmreddiy existing law. _ REPAIRS STREETS, AVENUES, AND ALLEYS: For current work of R¤P¤*¤-*=¤‘¢*=*e¢¥>¤- repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, forty thousand dollars. at anyupompany authorized_b law to run cars propelled by S**'°°”°¤¤'S· horses witthe District of Columbia is hereby authorized to sub- mlgywmglbv decstitute for horses electric dpower by storage or independent electrical y °r°? °s‘ batteries or undergroun wire, or underground cables moved by steam power, on the whole or any portion of its roadway, with authority to purchase and use any terminal grounds and facilities necessary for the purpose ; and any such street railway company electing to substitu e such ower on any 'art of its tracks or road-beds on the streets of the District of Coiiimbia shall, before doing so, cause such part of its road-beds to be laid with a flat grooved rai and mm madelevel with the service of the streets u on each side of said tracks or road-beds, so that no obstruction. shall) be presented to vehicles _ passing over said tracks; Provided, That in the event said companies P"""'”’· · or either of them shall fail for the period of two years from the pas- erqovm mus w be Sage of this act to exercise the owers and privileges hereinbe ore ““°“*”*"° Y°“"’· given, such companies are here}? required to cause said rails and road beds to be relaid with the fiat grooved rail hereinbefore mentioned, so as to be level with the surface of the streets upon each side of said tracks or road beds and the cost of making the changes hereinbefore required shall be paid by the corporations or persons owning or operating said street railroads, and 1f, after being notified by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in writing .to comply with the terms of this act, the said corporations or either of them shall not within ninety days thereafter begin the work required and complete the same within a reasonable time, not more than twelve months from the expiration of said period of ninety days it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause the necessary changes in said cgmmpsaonem to rails and road-beds to be made as soon as practicable; and shall issue f,'},?,.;, Q.} §,’§,'f§,,§" certificates of indebtedness against the property real or personal, of deh<;;{I§;;¤;·;;l_*L;St¤- such railway company, which certificates shal bear interest at the ' rate of ten per centum per annum until paid, and which. until they are paid, shall remain and be a lien uplon the ppoperty on or against which they are issued, together with the franc 130 of said company; and if the said certificates are not paid within one year the said Commissioners of this District of Columbia may proceed to sell the prop- sane or pmpmy. erty against which they are issued, or so much thereof as may e necessary to pay the amount due, such sale tobe first duly advertised daily for one week in some newspaper published in the city of Washington, and to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Provided further, That after the passage of this act no other rail than hggagpeggiu rc be that herein mentioned shall be laid by any street railway company in the streets of Washington and Georgetown, and all compames