75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 223 --MAY 16, 1938 "SEC. 9. The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to sum- mon any person before it to give testimony on oath or affirmation or to produce all books, records, papers, documents, or other legal evidence as to any matter relating to this title; and the Board is authorized to administer oaths and to take testimony for the pur- poses of the administration of this title. Such summons may be served by any member of the Metropolitan Police Department. If any person having been personally summoned shall neglect or refuse to obey the summons issued as herein provided, then and in that event the Board may report that fact to the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia or one of the justices thereof, and said court or any justice thereof hereby is empowered to compel obedience to said summons to the same extent as witnesses may be compelled to obey the subpenas of that court. "SEC. 10. No suit shall be filed to enjoin the assessment or collec- tion by the District of Columbia or any of its officers, agents, or employees of any tax. "SEC. 11. Any notice authorized or required under the provisions of this title may be given by mailing the same to the person for whom it is intended, addressed to such person at the address given in any return filed by him, or, if no return has been filed, then to his last-known address. The proof of mailing of any notice men- tioned in this title shall be presumptive evidence of the receipt of the same by the person to whom addressed. Any period of time which must be determined under the provisions of this title by the giving of notice shall commence to run from the date of mailing of such notice. "SEC. 12 . All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this title are hereby repealed. "TITLE X-REPEAL OF PROVISION FOR FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION "There is repealed so much of an Act entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes', approved June 29, 1922, as reads as follows: 'That, annually, from and after July 1, 1922, 60 per centum of such expenses of the District of Columbia as Congress may appropriate for shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia derived from taxation and privileges, and the remaining 40 per centum by the United States, excepting such items of expense as Congress may direct shall be paid on another basis; * * *' '**
- and that after June 30, 1922, where the United States is
the owner of ground or the holder thereof in trust for the public, upon which improvements have been made at the joint expense of the United States and the District of Columbia, the revenues there- from shall first be used to pay the United States 3 per centum of the full value of the ground as a ground rent, and the remainder shall be divided between them in the same proportion that each contributed to said improvements, and for such purposes the assessor for the District of Columbia shall fix the full value of the ground after he has first made oath that he will fairly and impartially appraise the same; and that after June 30, 1922, any revenue derived from any activity or source whatever, including motor-vehicle licenses, not otherwise herein disposed of, which activity or source of revenue is appropriated for by both the United States and the District of Columbia, shall be divided between the two in the same proportion that each has contributed thereto; * * '. Authority to take testimony, etc. Summons. Certain suits for- bidden. Manner of serving notices. Inconsistent laws, etc., repealed. Repeal of provision for Federal contribu- tion. 42 Stat. 6e. 52 STAT.] 375
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