FORTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 162, 163. 1875. 505 ments theretofore made by them, 01- may of them, by either justly increasing or justly diminishing any particular assessment. Upon the assessment s0 as aforesaid made and finally revised, the tax herein- Tux-levy. before provuled forehall be levied, andthe c01lect0r_0f taxes shall be III readiness to receive payment of the same on and after the first: day of July, eighteen hundred and seventydive. Said assessors, before Awmoy, Oath_ entering upon their duties, shall respectively take or subscribe an oath or adirmation, before may officer authorized to administer oaths or afiirmations in said District, to faithfully discharge the duties of their said oiiee; which oaths, when taken, shall be certified by the persons before whom the same shall have been taken. and shall be tiled with the commissioners of the District. Sm:. 13. That: the treasurer of the District, upon receiving any mon- Mon cys; new eye, shall fortshwith deposit the same in the Treasury of the United <T¢D¤¤if<>d Md States; and said moneys thus deposited shall be drawn, from the Treas- d“‘“'“· ury of the United States, only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required, and only for the expenditures authorized bylaw, and only upon warrants of the accounting officers of the District, issued under the direction of the commissioners of the District or their successors in office. SEO. 14. That the commissioner of the District or their successors in Salaries of omomce are hereby authorized to reduce, adjust, and equalize the pay or ws ml cmployés; salaries of all officers or employees payable hom the funds of the Dis- '°‘*“°°’°”» &°·» °*· trict government in whole 01- in part: : Provided, however, That the uggre· Pmviso. gate sum of pay and salaries shall not be increased beyond the present aggregate amount of pay and salaries. Sec. 15. That the third section of the act of the legislative assembly Advm;,,,m,,,,t of of the District of Columbia entitled “Au acts prescribing the mode of sales. assessment for special improvements, and providing for the collection b thereof," approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be, and is hereby, amended so that the sales under said law shall be advertised twice u week for three successive weeks, instead df as heretofore required. _ SE0. 16. That the commissioners of the District of Columbia and the 3,,.],,.,,,,,,,; 1,,,,,,;,, commissioners of the sinking fund of said District shall destroy by burn- obligations, aw., tc ing all bonds, sewer certificates and other obligations of every kind of the b° d°¤°’°.Y°d· city of Washington the city of Georgetown or the District of Columbia whatsoever heretofore paid or redeemed by either of said boards under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and shall preserve the evidence thereof as shall be prescribed by said Secretary. SEO. 17. That section four of the act entitled ‘·*A11 act; for the govern- 1814,‘e. 337, S. 4; ment of the District of Columbia," approved_Juue twentieth, eighteen ¢¤¤·»118»¤¤¤¤•i¢d· hundred and seventy-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word “Mareh," and inserting in lieu thereof the word “June," so far as the same applies to the taxes imposed by said section faq: _ Pémlfw #<> l¤¤ Provided, That the penalty ofoneper centurh per mouth shall be added so **22:2 &;0Q_°1‘ “ ' all delinquent taxes under said act. until the sale of property under said q acts us hereby amended shall have taken place. Sec. 18. That the three-sixty-five registered bonds of the District of Three-sixty-five Columbia., authorized by acts of Congress, approved June twentieth, bqféz 33 7 eighteen hundred and seventy-tour, and February twentieth, eighteen am 1;,3- 7- °· » hundred and seventyhve, in lieu of coupon bonds, may be issued in Ié]5, ,;_ 9.,, a,,,,, denominations of one thousand dollars and five thousand dollars. 332. Approved, March 3, 1875. CHAP. 163.-An act to authorize the purchase of a site for public buildings at Har- Mn rch 3, 1875. risburgh, Pennsylvania. """‘·"""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represaztatives of the United b£{5Q“_fQfl States of America in Congress assembled, Thats the Seerethrvpf the Treas- bu,g,,_ `-,,_ ury be und he hereby is, zmthorized and directed to pure{1·£r§e,·zzt; private
