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 670 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 249. 1922. herein provided, more money derived from taxation, privileges, and other sources authorized herein than may be necessari for the prnseorexeesmvenus poses herein set out, such excess shall be available the succeeding ‘§D§§j’{,2*}f’““ ““°' year, in the discretion of the commissioners, either for the purpose o meeting the expense chargeable to the District of Colum 18 and/or for the further purpose of enabling the commissioners to  a lower rate of taxation for the year following the one in which said excess ¤¤11¤¤¤¤¤hu¤¢¤·» ug! accrued than they might otherwise be able to do; and that after June iiiii?s`»i°si'.¤¤¢ss.° ° 30, 1922, the agencies through which the District of Columbia collects its revenues derived from taxation shall also collect for the United States any revenues which by this Act become the sole property of the United States, and said revenues shall be deposited m the Treas- ,g§§§_§?' M*“k°‘ °" ury of the United States as "Miscellaneous Receipts/’ but the rev- C,,mmjSs,,,,,c,s ,0 enues from the lpnroperty known as Center Market shall not be so collected; and t t hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Kgpmprifiixg. ms Columbia shall not be restricted in submitting to_ the Bureau of the Budget their estimates of the needs of the District, but they shall, as near as may be, bring them within the probable aggpegate of the Exgd progpsrtionate gpfropkiiations to be paid by the mted States an the trict o um ia. Dgigl ;g§“*¥;git;{ A joint select committee, composed of three Senators to be_apsaes. _ pointed by the President of the Senate, and three Representatives M;l,d°1¥.§ f.§T.§'}'Qt§€§$ to be appointed by the S aker of the House of Representatives, is j§*gg;¤§j]y'f'§§g$ *°» created and is authorizedm and directed to inquire mto all matters " pertaining to the fiscal relations between the District of Columbia and the United States since July 1, 1874, with a view of ascertaining reporting to Congress what sums have been expended by the United States and by the District of Columbia, respectively, whether for the purpose of maintaining, upbuilding, or beautifying the said District or or the purpose of conducting its government or its governmental activities and agencies, or for the furnishing of conveniences, reamibimaiugsmt comforts, and necessities to the people of said District. Neither the "*°‘““°d‘ cost of construction nor of maintenance of any building erected or owned by the United States for the pur ose of transacting therein the business of the Government of the Cnited States shal be con- ,,,§‘,§§"'§f,°°?§‘,,g$,“§’,‘f§f§ sidered by said committee. And in event any money may be, or at ¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤‘· any timel hue beenlpy Congresle or tgherwise, found (gap, eithera legally or mora, rom the one to the other, on account o oans, a veneements, my improvements made, upon which interest has not been aid by either to the other, then such sums as have been or may be ibund due from one to the other, shall be considered as bearing interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum from the time when the _ _ princgpal should, either legally or morally, have been paid, until f§0§§§§`*§‘$'{,,;{,,§"{} actualy paid. And the committee shall also ascertain and report %iS¢¤¢¢· what surplus, if any, the District of Columbia has to its credit on the _ books of the Treasury of the United States which has been acquired R°p°" °'°“°“"gS· by taxation or from licenses. And the said committee shall report its findings relative to all the matters hereby referred to it to the _ Senate and House, res ectively, on or before the first Monday in m§,§’,Yf§,§? s°°“'° °°°“' February, 1923. The chairman or acting chairman of said committee hereby is empowered to administer oaths or aflirmations. The committee also is empowered to compel witnesses to attend its meetings and to testify, and also to compel the production of such books and papers as it may deem desirable. Any person who has been duly notified to appear before the committee either as witness or witness duces tecum, and fails so to do, shall be deemed guilty of contempt of Congress, and therefore may be punished to such extent as either the Senate or the House may determine; and said committee shall mmDmtS_ém_ determine whether the Tproceeding for contemet shall lie with the Dggespstetiog or House or the Senate. e committee may employ such accountants “° *5* "“ " °°°‘ and stenovraphers to assist in the work as may be necessary, but the same qualifications for such accountants shall be required as was