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 250 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 31. 32. 1898. P¤1l·¤i¤1·¤¤¤¤z¤¤·1 Pnnmc Pnmrme Ann Bummo: For the public printing, for the muh"' public binding, and paper for the public printing, including the cost of g thedebates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional, and for lithographin g, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for rents and all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution _ of the work, three hundred thousand dollars. " }{;jig_*h{*°;•_}_Fg_- Tnsmma vms r. ron Nxvn. Aoanmrrz To enable the Secretary g of the Navy to execute the contract for the construction of the composite vessel, propelled by sail, to be used for the training of cadets at the Naval Academy, the additional sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the completion and outiit of the said vessel upon the plans and specincations of the Department. Approved, February 19, 1898. February 28, 1898. CHAP. 32.-An Act In relation to taxes md tax sales in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United _ District of Comm- States of America in Congress assembled, That the assessor of the Dis- MQ,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,, ,,,,,1 trict of Columbia shall prepare a list of all taxes on real property in g<· ·>f Md M *•¤¤• said District subject to taxation on which said taxes are levied and in °"°°” arrears on the first day of July of each year hereafter. And the Commissioners of said District shall iix date of sale and publish the said list, with notice of sale, in a pamphlet, of which not less than two thousand copies shall be printed for distribution to taxpayers applying therefor. Said Commissioners shall, on the third Tuesday in March, of each year hereafter, give notice, which shall contain the name ot each and every person in which each piece of property is assessed, together with the amount of tax against each, by advertising twice a week for three successive weeks in the regular issue of two or more daily newspapers published in said District, that said pamphlet has been printed, and that a copy thereof will be delivered to any taxpayer applying therefor at the office of the collector of taxes of said District; and if the taxes due, together with the penalties and costs that may have accrued thereon, shall not be paid prior to the day iixed for sale, the property will be sold, under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at public auction at the office of the said vollector of taxes, commencing at least three weeks after the iirst publication of said notice and continuing on each following day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, until all said delinquent property is sold. A description sufficient to identify the property shall be considered a lgzaiggmlmm proper description: Provided, however, That property which has once ' been advertised and sold for nonpayment of taxes shall not be again advertised for the same tax. Sm- Sec. 2. That upon the day specified aforesaid the Commissioners shall proceed to sell or cause to be sold any and all property upon which such taxes remain unpaid, and continue to sell the same every secular day until all the real property as aforesaid shall have been brought to auction and sold. In case no other person bids the amount due on any lot the said collector of taxes shall bid the amount due on the same and purchase it for the District. Payment Sec. 3. That every purchaser other than the District, at any sale of property sold as aforesaid, shall pay the amount of his bid to the collector of taxes within five days alter the last day of sale. If any such purchaser shall not have paid his bid, or the same shall not have been collected from him within the time above mentioned, the Commissioners may set aside the sale for which the bid was made, and all the rights of the purchaser under such bid shall thereby be extinguished, andthe said collector of taxes shall thereupon be held to have bid the amount