FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Cris. 1814, 1815. 1904. 563 year, the said light station shall be delivered to the United_States and snall be_placed under the control of the Light-House Board, who shall be required, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to maintain and operate the said light station in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by said Board and at the expense of the United States for a period of four years. That at the P°"“°“‘*. expiration of five years after the date when the said light station shall have been completed and lighted, and which period shall embrace the one year duringgvyhich the said light station shall have been maintained by said lls, if the said lighthouse structure shall be in a substantial and secure condition an in all respects sufficient for the puiipose of a light-house at the place where ocated, and such fact sha be so certi ed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, then and in such event the said Albert F. Eells or his assi ns or legal re - resentatives shall be authorized to demand from the United States tlie sum of five hundred and ninety thousand dollars: Provided, That if §Q"';'f,°",,, c,,,,, 0, the said Eells and his associates shall fail to construct the said light- ;¤¤¤{¤**gl¤=¤¤°¤*°°¤· house in accordance with fthe terms hereof, or shall fail to maintain mx ` and operate the same for one year, or if at the end of said live years the said structure shall not be in a substantial and satisfactory condition as hereinbefore provided, then and in such event neither the said Eells or his amociates or their heirs or personal representatives or successors shall be entitled to demand or receive from the United States any compensation whatever in whole or in rt by reason of any act or acts done in lpursuance hereof: Providedufurther, That if ,,,1,l,§’;L’,£°““°°“"1°“' the said light-house sha not be accepted that the same shall not bc' used by the United States. Approved, April 28, 1904. ' . 1815.-An Act o end e law tin to taxati n in the District { A *1% 19% e.,?£¢.€.. T ”"" “‘ '°‘“ " ° ° 5*- K We; _ [Pumas, xt. :41.] Be it enacted by Hoe Senafe and [base of]?vp2·e.swata¢ic·es of the [United _ Sfate; OfATM€l‘?:Cd in U>ng2·ess assembled, That, beginning with the fiscal 1Q§f,;lf,f,°({,‘,‘,?;‘{,'},l’,l’Qi year commencing July first, nineteen hundred and four, the board of of {><>r;c;_¤;_¤1 {M uppersonal tax appeals of the District of Columbia shall convene on the pidiaz, xiii. iirst Monday in February of each year, and continue in session to and including the second Monda in March of each year, instead of convenin on the fifteenth day off November and continuing in session until the tigteenth day of December in each year, as now provided by law. . Sec. 2. That the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hun- mf,‘;'§]§{,1,{,‘g_""‘°'“ dred and two, entitled "An Act making a propriations to provide for uga},-_;?- r- 619. the expenses of the government of the lgistrict of Columbia for the ° ` fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other urposes," is hereby amended as follows: Strilte out paragraph three of section six and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Dealcrs in general merchandise of every description shall pay to Ugg; °¤ ¤*°°‘* *¤ the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia one and one-half per centum on the average stock in trade for the preceding year. "After the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person ,,;}j;;“*;’gQ,‘d$,*Cj';’,g>; or persons entering the District of Columbia subsequent to June b¤¤i¤¤~—. thirtieth in each year and establishing a place of business for the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise, either at private sale or at auction, or engaging in the business of common carrier by vessels, ships, or ,.ge'{’}fgfg_"$(§;,j,f*Y boats, to conduct such business until a sworn statement of the value ' of such stock, vessels, ships, and boats has been filed with the assessor of the District of Columbia, who shall thereupon render a bill for the
