282 THIRTY-—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 236, 237, 238. 1866. to raise, by tax or otherwise, and pay into the treasury of the United States at or before the period aforesaid, the sum of ten thousand dollars, which said several sums shall be deemed the fair proportion of the cost of said jail of each of said cities and said county of Washington; and _A WX *0 l>° the said cities and county authorities, respectively, are hereby authorized K':?;j°g,3{:Smt and required to assess and levy upon the taxable property of said cities tomise sald and said county of Washington a tax sufficient to raise the amount so by "“‘°““°“· each city and said county required to be paid as aforesaid. ]°*'°<><i¤di¤B= if Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That upon the default of payment.
Q: of of the sums aforesaid into the treasury of the United States at the time
fault of payment before stated, made by either of said cities or by said county of Wash- °f mx? ington, the said Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a collector for any such delinquent city or county as shall have failed to make its payments as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of said collector to proceed with the collection of the taxes as assessed, in such manner and form as shall be it mx is not prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; or if either of said cities or "°°ss°d‘ said county of Washiiigton shall neglect, fail, or refuse to assess such tax, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to make such levy and proceed to its collection as aforesaid. Approved, July 25, 1866. July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXXXVII.-An Act to annul the thirty-fourt}• Section of the Declaratabn of """""" Rig/its ry" the State of Zllaryland, sojhr as it applies to the District ny" Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _The 34th Sw- States of America in Congress assembled, That the thirty-fourth section
- m0(;f2}°Ig°;l*;` of the Declaration [of ] Rights of the State of Maryland, adopted sevenof sms or_tiayy- teen hundred and seventy-six, so far as the same has been recognized and
- g;ig*;’;z;*°*"K adopted in the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, repealed
gms, and del and annulled, and that all sales, gifts, and devises prohibited by the said vices, annulled. section, or by any law passed in accordance therewith, shall be, when d S}¤<>h gms wd hereafter made, valid and eifectual: Provided, That, in case of gifts and "z’(;:°;J{'&;’;t devises, the same shall be made at least one calendar month before the one month be- death of the donor or testator. g>_;xg°<j$¤¤** of Approved, July 25, 1866. July 25, mee. CHAP. CCXXXVIII. —-An Ac: to establish in the District J Columbia a House of Cor- """""`“" motion for Boys. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Hpusc of cor- States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established
in the District of Columbia, on the tract of land known as the govern-
Washiugnm. ment farm, a tit and convenient house of correction, suitably and efficiently ventilated, with convenient yards, workshops, and other suitable accommodations adjoining or appurtenant thereto, for the safe keeping, correction, governing, and employing of offenders legally committed thereto by authority of the courts and magistrates of the District of Columbia: r6£;*;l::§t;§·w Provided, That the building already erected on that land for the purpose be m,,_ns,~m.ed to of establishing a similar institution, together with all the other property trustees under there collected for the same purpose, shall be transferred to the trustees um "'°°‘ appointed according to the provisions of this act, at a cost not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the government of said institube vmadin tion shall be vested in a board of seven trustees, to be appointed and
seven trustees. commissioned by the President of the United States, one of whom shall a T;;*::;§§» h"' be nominated for appointment by the mayor of Washington, one by the pp ’ mayor of Georgetown, one by the levy court of the county of Washing- _ ton, and four by the Secretary of the Interior; and no trustee shall re- “° *’° Pm °" ceive compensation for his services, but each trustee shall be allowed the
