FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 287. 288. 189-1. 285 for a, period of more than three years prior to such assessment. except in the case of property involved in litigation. A Sec. 13. That the assessor of the District of Columbia and each mem- A•i¤¤¤i¤t¤¤¤s ber of said board of assistant assessors in the discharge of any of the °“thS` duties devolved upon him or them, or the board of equalization and review, may administer all necessary oaths or affirmations. The assessor of the District of Columbia, or in his absence the temporary Examinations. chairman of said board, shall have power to summon the attendance of an y person before said board to be examined under oath touching such matters and things as the board of assistant assessors or the said board of equalization and review may deem advisable in the discharge of their duties; and any member of the Metropolitan police force of the District S¤l>i><¤é¤¤¤· of Columbia may serve subpoenas in this behalf. Such fees shall be Witness fees. allowed witnesses so examined, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Commissioners, as are allowed in civil actions before the supreme court of the District of Columbia. Any person summoned and examined P¤¤i¤h¤¤¤¤*f¤*f¤l¤¤ as aforesaid who shall knowingly I1]$}k0*f2il·lS8 oath or affirmation shall ?wmmg` be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof be punished according to the laws in force for the punishment of perjury. Smo. 14. That a sum sufficient to pay the difference in the salary sal- Appwpriwvn for aries of the assessor and the board of assistant assessors and the clerk ”“1“"°S’°t”‘ herein provided for up to and including the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, is hereby appropriated, payable in equal proportions out of the Treasury of the United States and the rev— enues of the District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of said District shall hereafter in their annual estimates include all necessary provision to carry out the purposes of this Act, to be immediately available. Sec. 15. That said board of assistant assessors shall hereafter con- ggsistant ,;¤;¤<>s¤<>r¤ stitute the excise board of the District of Columbia, and shall perform t° °x°”° M ` all the duties of said board according to law, and that so much of the Act entitled "An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor in the V0!-27·v-56*- District of Columbia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as imposes that duty upon the Commissioners of the Dis- S,£;;;°j6;;a,fg{”“l°’ trict of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, repealed. SBC. 16. That this Act shall be in force from and after its passage, and Filmall laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, August 14, 1894. CHAP. 288.-—An Act To further amend section twenty»tlm·e hundred and ninety- August 15, ism. nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. r “·"’ *’"‘“" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativeaof the United, Sta tes of America in Congress assembled, That section twentythree hun- riiuie iiimis. dred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as ,,,§g,§,g,,’f{Qf,j_23°°‘ “ amended by Act of Congress of October first, eighteen hundred and V<>1·2°· v· 65*1 ninety, Statutes at Large, volume twenty-six, page six hundred and fifty, be further amended so as to read as follows, namely: “SEo. 2399. The printed manual of surveying instructions for the_ inimmi of siimg. survey of the public lands of the United States and private land claims, Q,'Q§}'Q§§f,‘,§°,f§,‘}'{’§f1,$’u,1 prepared at the General Land Oihce, and bearing date June thirtieth, veyiug ¤<>¤l=¤·¤*¤· · eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the instructions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the special instructions of the Surveyor-General, when not in conflict with said printed manual or the instructions of said Commissioner, shall be taken and deemed to be a part of every contract for surveying the public lands of the United States and private land claims. " Approved, August 15, 1894.
