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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 702-JUNE 25, 1938 Interest on special assessments. Sale, if unpaid after expiration of two years. Application of sub- section. Special assessments levied in condemna- tion proceedings, pay- ments, etc. Removal of nui- sances; assessments Authorized for reim- bursement. (b) All special assessments authorized to be levied by the District of Columbia for public improvements, with the exception of assess- ments levied in condemnation proceedings, may be paid without interest within sixty days from the date of service of notice or of the last publication of notice as the case may be. Interest of one-half of 1 per centum for each month or part thereof shall be charged on all unpaid amounts from the expiration of sixty days from the date of service or last publication as the case may be. Any such assessment may be paid in three equal installments with interest thereon. If any such assessment or any part thereof shall remain unpaid after the expiration of two years from date of service of notice or last publication of notice as the case may be, the property against which said assessment was levied may be sold for such assessment or unpaid portion thereof with interest and penalties thereon at the next ensuing annual tax sale in the same manner and under the same conditions as property sold for delinquent general taxes, if said assessment with interest and penalties thereon shall not have been paid in full prior to said sale. This subsection shall apply only to assessments for public improve- ments completed subsequent to the date of the approval of this Act, and assessments for public improvements completed on or before the date of the approval of this Act shall be levied and collected and bear interest as if this Act had not been passed, except that where service sewers or water mains, or both, have been laid prior to the approval of this Act, but assessments therefor have not been levied for the reason that the property abutting the street, avenue, road, or alley in which the service sewer or water main is laid has not been subdivided, assessments for such sewers or water mains, or both, levied after the approval of this Act because of the subdivision of the property or its connection with the sewer or water main, or both, shall be levied, collected, and bear interest as provided in this subsection. SEC. 4. Special assessments authorized to be levied in condemna- tion proceedings instituted by the District of Columbia may be paid without interest within sixty days after the ratification or confirma- tion of the verdict of the jury. Interest of one-third of 1 per centum for each month or part thereof shall be charged on all unpaid amounts from the expiration of sixty days from the date of the ratification or confirmation of the verdict of the jury. Any such assessment may be paid in five equal installments with interest thereon. If any such assessment or any part thereof shall remain unpaid after the expira- tion of four years from the date of the ratification or confirmation of the verdict of the jury the property against which said assessment was levied may be sold for such assessment or unpaid portion thereof with interest and penalties thereon at the next ensuing annual tax sale in the same manner and under the same conditions as property sold for delinquent general taxes, if said assessment with interest and penalties thereon shall not have been paid in full prior to said sale. This section shall apply only to assessments ratified or con- firmed by the court after the date of the approval of this Act and assessments ratified or confirmed on or before the date of the approval of this Act shall be levied and collected and bear interest as if this Act had not been passed. SEC. 5. All assessments authorized to be levied by the District of Columbia to reimburse it for money expended in the removal of nuisances shall bear interest at the rate of one-half of 1 per centum per month or part thereof from the date such assessment was levied. If any such assessment shall remain unpaid after the expira- tion of sixty days from the date such assessment was levied the 1200 [52 STAT.

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