396 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 117. 1877. March 3, 1877. CHAP. 117.-An act for the support of the government of the District of Columbia -·——-———— for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and Ante, pp. 83, 202. for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Tex <>¤ 1¤¤<l¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That for the support of the gov-
Glgjfjg: ernment of the District of Columbia. for the fiscal year ending June
t0§m_ '· *’ thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, there shall be levied upon all lands outside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown held and used solely for agricultural purposes a tax of one dollar and twenty- live cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof, and On other real upon all other real and personal property in said District, excepting 2;};* P°”°““I 1‘”°P‘ only the real and personal property of the United States and that herey' inafter stated, a tax of one dollar and fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof Distribution of Sec. 2 That the amount collected under the provisions of this act shall “'·X °°U“*6d· be distributed for the purposes required under the various acts in force in the District of Columbia, upon a just and fair apportionment, to be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their successors in To_be made and office: Provided, That before any of said fund shall be expended, said P“*’h“g$’d _ "°*°*‘° apportionment shall be established and published by said Commis- °xp°" m"°' sioners at least six times consecutively in a daily newspaper of the Dis- _ _ trict of Columbia; and said published apportionment shall stand as the l D***°?*>“°§ of MY law for the distribution of the funds herein mentioned: Provided further, "m""m°"‘ ""d‘ That deficiencies in any of said funds enumerated in said apportionment may be supplied from any surplus in either of said funds so apportioned ; but, unless a surplus exists, the revenues belonging to one fund shall not be applied to the purposes of any other fund. , When nix piiyii- That one-half of the tax levied by this act upon real and per-
- 1** soual property shall become due and payable on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, and the other onehalf of such
tax shall become due and payable on the first day of May, eighteen _ Di***Pib¤*i°“ °*` hundred and seventy-eight ; and in every case where the tax levied by "’”°”""'°""' this act shall be pa.id in installments as herein authorized, each of said payments shall be deemed to have been made on the several funds and tor the dillerent purposes indicated in the second section of this act; and an equal pro-rata proportion of the payments so made shall be carried to the credit of the respective funds. __ P·*¤==l*y fm ds- Sec. 4. That if one-half of the tax herein levied upon the real and ""‘l“‘*"">’· personal property taxed by this act shall not be paid before the first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, said installment shall thereupon be in arrears and delinquent; and there shall then be added, to be collected with such taxes, a penalty of two per centum upon the amount thereof, and a like penalty on the first day of each succeeding month until payment of said installment and penalty. And if said installment shall not be paid before the lirst day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, together with the one-half of said original tax due before said tirst day of June, a like penalty shall then be added on said last one-half of such tax; and the whole together shall consti tnte the delinquent tax, to be dealt with und collected in the manner prescribed by this act. List o x` la ii u - SEO. 5 That it shall be the duty of the collector of taxes in said mX°¤*¤ ¤¤‘°”»1‘S· District to prepare a complete list of all taxes on real property upon which the same are levied, in arrears on the first day of July eighteen hundred and seventy eight, including all taxes due to the late corporation of Washington City, Georgetown, levy court, and the District of - _ P9b!i¤¤fi¤¤ <> Y Columbia; and he shall within fifteen days thereafter, publish the same 1*8* ““ ¥"‘"‘l’m"*" with a notice of sale, in a pamphlet of which not less than five thousand ` copies shall be printed for circulation; and it shall be the duty of said Ad\’¤rfi¤¤m¤¤ t collector of taxes to give notice by advertising in the regular issue of
- €t£2'gl?1;;'gH “"d two daily newspapers published in said District twice a week for three
` successive weeks, that said pamphlet has been printed and that a copy thereof will be delivered to any tax payer applying therefor at the office
