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ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT. 9 any contract touching such improvements on behalf of the United 8J¤¤·.1*‘73»¤·]8· wlteeémveixeeplg lm pursuance of appropriations made by Congress. "· "·l’F’·4°5·4°"· Sec. 84. On or before the first Monday in November of each year, the Annual i-eport, board of public works shall submit to each branch of the legislative as- l10W Md *0 whom scmbly a_report of their transactions during the preceding year, and ’“?‘f;d "“d °'“"“` also furnish duplicates of the same to the governor, to be by him laid 2-;;. before the President of the United States for transmission to the two 21 l"*‘*·i l*`m· °~ Houses of Congress. 6‘2,s.37,v. 16, 427. GENERAL PROVISIONS or oFF1c:ERs. Sec. 85. The governor, secretary, and other officers, appointed pur- Oath of District suant to this Title, and all civil officers in the District shall, before they °m"""‘· act as such, respectively take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to 1i,sa,,¤_31,p.42a. support the Constitution of the United States, and faithfully to dis- Dm etal.va. Lucharge the duties of their respective offices; and the oath or afiirma- },°Y· Wim,;, Lg;} tion provided for by this section, shall be taken and subscribed, certified P°f°(j,_v` ’ °' ’ and recorded, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law. ` Sec. 86. No person convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous Disqualihcnti on crime, nor any person who has been or may be a collector or holder of f°' °"'“°· A public moneys, who shall not have accounted for and paid over, upon 1s1(1.,¤.s, p. 421. iiual judgment, duly recovered according to law, all such moneys due from him, shall be eligible to the legislative assembly or to any office of profit or trust in the District. Sec. 87. All officers appointed by the President for the District, who, Dislmrsiqg omby virtue of the provisions of any law of Congress, are required to give °°"*!t *° 8“"’ “°‘ security for money that may be intrusted to them for disbursement, WT shall give such security at such time and in such manner as the Score- I“'d·»“·3°·P·"%· tary of the Treasury may prescribe. SEO. 88. All officers provided for in this Title who shall be appointed Salaries of Disby the President, shall be paid by the United States by appropriations *"'$’;· °m°°"· l'°“’ to be made by law; and all other officers of the District, provided for 1);...;... by this Title, shall be paid by the District. Il>id.,¤.3S,p. 497. CERTAIN COURTS, OFFICERS, AND POWERS CONTINUED. Sec. 89. The judicial courts of the District remain as organized on J¤<li<=i=¤] ¢<»¤rf·¤, the twenty-first day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, until abolished or changed by act of Congress. Ib¤d·»¤-25.r-4% Sec. 90. The offices and duties of register of wills, recorder of deeds, Registerof will , United States attorney, and United States marshal for the District, ¤¤=•>¤‘d¤¥ ¤f dwlji remain as under laws existing on the twenty-first day of February, ;‘n;f"{,;,“°Y· "“ eighteen hundred and seventy-one, till modified by act of Congress. 1 .,8. , . ". Sec. 91. All laws and ordinances of the cities of Washington; and I·¤W¤ $,6 {di- Georgetown, respectively, and of the levy court of the District of Colnm- ’,;';‘°°::d bia, not inconsistent with this chapter, and except as modilied or ,0,,,, ,,,,,1 of u,,, repealed by Congress or the legislative assembly of the District since levy court to rethe first day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-ono, or until so *;:**1 ¤¤*`°¤=¤ ¤¤¤h modified or repealed, remain in full force. 4..%-- Ibid,s. 40, p. 428. Mayor va. Meigs, Wash. Law Rep., v. 1,No. 7, p.25. Sec. 92. The laws of the State of.Maryland not inconsistent with Certain lawyer this Title, as the same existed on the twenty-seventh day of February, £:;J;;¤g}_‘:°'°°¤*¤¤· eighteen hundred and one, except as since modified or repealed by _;__; Congress or by authority thereol, or until so modified or repealed, 21{·‘el».,31s0l, c. continue in force within the District. {gf • v' · PP·1°3· Forrest ve. Hanson, 1 Crunch,C. C., 12; Ray vs. Law, 1 Cmuch,C. 0.,349; Muson’s Administrators ra. Lawrason 6:. Smoct, 1 Crunch, C. C., 190. Sec. 93. The Constitution and all the laws of the United States, Laws or United