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BY AUTHORITY.
*r,T lo incorporate the inhabitant* of
A the citv of Washington, and to repeal,
.all acts heretofore pawed for ihat put
enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative* of the United Htatea
of America in Cengre*. uanemUcd, Thai
' the act, entitled •* An actio mcorporat.
the inhabitantsbi the«iiy*»f Washington.
IH the District of Colombia, and the act
supplementary to the same, passed on the
34^h of Febnsary, in Uu; year one thou
sand eight hundred and four, and the art,
entitledact further U •mend tin
charter of thelbhj of Washington, «d
adlather acts. or parts of *c<*. 'ncdnait
4ent with the provisions of this ao , n .
nod the same arc hereby, repealed . Pro
vided, however. That the Mayor, the
tm mbers of the Board o Aldrrmert. aml
members of the 6-ard ot
cil, of the corporation of the said V,
Sail and may remain and continue umA
for and during the terms for "hich they
have been respectively appointed, snb
jcrl to the t. rnis and condition* •
case# legally made and provided : an ' all
art, •filling* done, or wuu h ma> he-d; m ,
bv them, in pursuance to the P ,Av *">
Oi by virtue of the authority, of tiie sa.d
acts, ..r either of them, and not inconsis
tent with the provisions of tint* act. shall
he valid, and o' as full force and effect,
if tlie (*d acts had not have been repeal-
C(i ficc. 2. And be it further enacted, That
•the inhabitants' es the city (if Wsshiilg'on
shall continue to be a body politic wn cor
porate, bt the ...me of the “ Mayor. Board
of Aldermen, and Board of Common
Council, of the city of Washington, to
hr elected by ballot, as herc-maher direct,
cdi and, by their corporate name, may
sue and he sued, implead and. be imph »' ■
ed, grant, receive, and do all other sets as
natural persons; ami may purplaso and
hold real, personal, and mixed property,
or dispose of the same, for the benefit ot
the citv ; and may have and use a City
Srpid, and break and alter the same at pics
* "iTc’e. $. And be it further enacted, That
the Mayor of the said city shall he elect
ed, ou the first Monday in Jiwte nfext, and
oit-tbu same day in every second year
thereafter, at tnc same time and pwee,
iii the same manner, and by the persons
qualified to vole for members of Abe hoard
of alderman, and the board of common
■Council. That the commissioners herein
after mentioned shall make out duplicate
certificates of tho result ot the election id
mayor t and shall return one to the board
of aldermen,and the other to the hoard of
common council, on the Monday next en
suing the election ; and the person Inning
the greatest number us votes shall be the
mayor : but in case two or irtorc persons,
highest in trite, shall have an equal num
ber of votca, then it shall be lawful tor the
hoard of aldermen, and the hoard of com
mou council, to proceed forthwith, by bal
lot, in joint-meeting, lo determine the
choice between such persons The May
or shall, on the Monday next ensuing his
election, before he miters on the duties
•f his office, in the presence of the Boards
of Aldermen ami Common? Council, in
joint meeting, take mi oath, to be admin
istered by a justice of peace, “ lawfully
to execute the duties of his office, to the
bust of his skill and judgment, without fa
'vor or partially He shall, exofficio,
'huvp and exercise all the powers, authori
ty, uud jurisdiction, of a justice of the
peace for the county of Washington, w ith
in tiie said county. He shall nominate, St
with the commit of the Board of Aider
■jnen,appoint lo all offices under the cor
poration, (except commissioners of elec
tion,) and may remove any such officer
from office at his will and pleasure, lie
ahull appoint persons to fill up all vacan
cies which may occur during the recess
of the Board of Aldermen, to hold such
- appointments until the end of the then
ensuing session. H>- may convene the
two boards when, in his opinion, the pub
lic good may require it; and he shall lay
bet ore them, from time to time, in writing,
suuh alterations in the law s of the corpo
ration as he may du m necessary and pro.
per,and he shall receive, for Ida services,
annually, a just and reasonable eoinpensi
tion, to be allowed and fixed by the two
boards, which shall neither be increased
nor diminished during his continuance in
office. Any pern- • shall lie eligible to the
OflfCo of Mayor-who is a free while tunic
citlaen of the United States, who shall
have attained to tho age of thirty yvars,
who shall have resided in the stiJ city for
two year* immediately preceding his elec
tion, uud who shall bo the bone fide own
*tv of a freehold estate in the said city ;
and n i other person shall be eligible lo
• the said office. In case of the refusal of
any person to accept the office of Mayor,
upon his election thereto, or of his death,
resignation inability or removal from the
city, the said boards ahull assemble ami c
lect another in his place, to serve for the
remainder of the term, or during such in
ability.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That
the Board of Mdermenshallronsist of two
members, to he residents in and chosen
from each w ard, by the qualified voteis
the rain, and lobe elected for two years,
ftom the Monday next ensuing their elec
tion ; and the Board of t'oinmon ('<mnc.il
shall consist of three members to be re
sidents in ami chosen from each ward,Sy
the qualified voters therein, and to be c
lectcd fur owe y<vjr, from the Monday
next ensuing their election; each
board shall meet at the Council Chamber, ■
on the second Monday in June next, for
the despatch of business, at ten o’clock
to tlie morning, and at the same hour on
the second Monday in June, in even year
thereafter J and at such other tijncsas the
two boards may, by law, direct Amu
Jonty of each board shall be necessary to
fomi a quorum to do business, but a’less
number may adjourn from ,l«\ to day ;
tlicy may compel the alien*lance’of absent
members, in such manners, ami under
1 «uch penalties, and allow such compensa
tion for the attendance of the members,
as they im»y, by law, provide; each board
•hall appoint its own President, who shall
preside during its sessions, and who shall
be entitled to vote on all questions; they
shall settle their rules of proceedings, ap
point their own officers, regulate tbeis
respective compensations,** and remove
' them at pleasure ; and may, with the con
currcncr of three-fourths of the whole,
expel any member for disorderly behavt’
or, or nou-cuuduct in office, but not a se-
cond time for the same offence; each
-board shall kocp a journal df its proceed
ings, and the yeas and nays shall be enter
ed thereon, at the request of any member;
and their deliberations shall he public.
All ordinances or acts, rawed by the two
boards, shall be sent to the Mayor for Jus
■approbation, and* when approved by ~rn»
shall be obligatory as such. Hut. -•* Ulc
Mayor shall not approve of any ©romance
or a at, so sent to him, he shall return the
mime, within five day*, with his reasons in
writing therefor; and if• wo-tlurdaof both
boards, on reconsideration thereof, agree
to pats the same, it shall he m force, in
like manner, as if he had approved it; Out,
if the’ two board, aha’l, by their adjourn
ment, prevent its return, the saint snail
not be obligatory
Sec. J. And be it further enacted. That
no person shall be eligible to a seal in the
Board of Alderman, or Board©! Common
Council, unless he shall be more than
twenty-fivC years of age, a fr*c white
male citizen of the United States, and
shall hare been a resident of .the City d(
Washington for one year next preceding
the day of election, and shaUjMt the tune
of his election, be a residet jHPhe w;ir<l
for whirh lie shall he be then
the bona fide owner of a freehold estate
in the said pity, and shall have been as
sessed on the bonks of the corporation,
for the year ending on the thirty first of
.December next preceding the day '
lection. Ami every free white male A£
z, n of the United Slates, of lawful ..
who shall have resided in the city ®f Wash
ington for one year next preceding the
day of (election, and shall be a resident of
the ward in which hi; shall offer to vote,
and who shall have been assessed, on tin
hooks of the corporation, for the year end
jngon the thirty-fit si day of December
next pieced ng live day (if election, arid
who shall have paid all taxes legally as
sessed and due on personal property, when
legally required to pay the same ; and no
oilier person shall be entitled to vote at
any election for members of the two
Boards. Ams it shall be the duty of the
register of the city, or such officer as the
corporation may hereafter direct, to fur
nish the commissioners of election in each
ward,previous toopeningihe polls, at e
verv election, a list of the persons baying
aright to vote, agreeably to the provisions
ot this section.
Sec. 6 And belt further enacted, That
an election for members of the Boat'd of
Al lermon, and Board of Common Cwun
cil, shall he In Id on the first Monday of
June next, and on the first Monday in June
annually thereafter; and all elections
shall he held by three commissioners (o
be appointed in each ward, by the two
boards in Joint meeting, which appoint
ment shall be alleast ten days previous to
IheiLy of each clectioh. Ami it shall be
die duty of the commissioners, so appoint
ed lo give at least five day a* previous pub
lic notice of the place in each ward where
auch elections are to be held. The com
missioners shall, before they recn.ve any
ballot, severally take an oath or affirmation,
to be administered by some justice of the
peace for the county of Washingtoy,
“ truly and faithfully to receive and re
turn the votes of such persons us are by
law entitled to vote for members of the
Board of Aldermen and Board of Com
mon Council, in their respective wards,
according to the best of their judgement
and understanding ; and not knowingly
to receive or return the vote of any per
son who is not legally entitled to (he
same ” The polls shall be opened at ten
o’clock in the morning, and be closed at
seven o’clock hi the evening of the same
day. Immediately on closing the polls,
the said commissioners for each ward, or
a majority of them, shall count tlie bal
lots, and make out, under their hands and
seals, a correct return of the persons hav
ing the greatest number of legal votes for
members of the Board of Aldermen hnd
for members of the Board of Common
Council, respectively, together with the
number of votes jjjiven lo each person
voted for; ard the persons having the
greatest number of votes for the two
Boards respectively, shall be duly elected,
and, in all cases of an equality of votes,
the commissioners shall decide the choice
by lot. The said returns shall be deliver
ed to the Mayor, on the day succeeding
the election, who shall cause the result
of the election lo be published “in some
printed in the City of Wash
ington i a duplicate return shall, together
with a li t of the persons who voted at
such election, also be made on the day
succeeding the Section, to the register of
the city, who shall preserve and record
the same ; and shall, within two days
there after, notify.the several persons, so
returned, of their election. And each
board'shall judge of the legality of the
elections, returns* and qualifications, of its
ow n members, and shall supply, vacancies
in its own body, by causing elections to
be field ru fill the same, and appoint com
missioners lo hold the same ; and such
commissioners shall give at least live days’
public notice of the time ami place of
holding such elections; each of the mem
bers*;" either board shall, before entering
on the duties of bis office, take au oath
or affirmation “ faithfully to execute the
duties of his office, lb the best of his
knowledge and ability,” which oath or
affirmation shall be administered by the
Mayor or some justice of the peace for
the county of Washington.
Sec. 7. Ami he it further enacted, That
the corporation aforesaid shall have full
power and authority to lay and collect
taxes upon the real and persona! proper
ty within tlie said city, provided that no
tax shall be laid upon real property within
the saul citv, papvidcd that no tax shall be
■laid upon real property, at a higher rate
than three quarters of one percentnm on
the assessment valuation thereof, except
(or the special purposes hereinafter pro
vided ; and that no lax shall he laid epou
the uvanng apparel, or necessary tools A
implement* used in carrying on the trade
orocuupation of any person ; norstullthe
same be subject to distress and sola for li
ny tux.; and, after providing f<»r all ob
jects of a general nature, the taxis raised
on the assessable property in each ward
shall be expended then in, and in ano
ther ; to establish a board of health, w ith
competent authority to enforce iti regu'a
tionsai tl to establish such either regula
tions as may be necessary to prevent the
introduction of contagious disease*, and
(or the preservation of tlie health of the
city; to prevmt and remove nuisances;
to establish night-watches or patrols, and
erect lamps in tl.estreits; to preserve
the navigation of the Potomac and Auacos
tia rivers adjoining the city ; to erect re
pair, and regulate, public wharves, and to
»*
deepen creek*, dock*, mu! bason* T*o re
gulate tin- manner of erecting, and the
rates of wharfage at, private wharves; to
regulate the stationing, awcborafe, and
mooring of vessel*; to provide 1 0 * licens
ing, taxing, and regulating auctions, re
tailers, ordinaries, and taverns, hackney
carri ages, wage ns, carta, and drap, pawn
brokers, verniers of lottery tickets, mo
r.ey-f hangers, and hawkers and pedlars ;
to nrovide for licensing, Uxing. regulating,
rtr "restraining theatrical or public Shows
and anS'seiwents; to restrain or prohibit
tippling bouses, lotteries, and ill KiWls ot
gaming' to regulate amkeslablish markets,
to erect and repair bridges; to open and
keep in repair streets, avenue I *, urfls, al
leys, drains, and sewers, agreeably to the
plan of the City i to supply the city with
water ; to pro Tide for the safe-keeping
of the standard weights and tripwires as
fixed by Congress, and’for t!ie*efetdat!on
of aU weights and measures used in the
cite; io regulate the sweeping fi( ehim
ucj s, and fix the rates or fees tlurefbr ;
to provide for the preventing and extin
guishment of fires; to regulate the size
of bricks to be made or used, and provide
for the inspection of lumber and other
building materials to be s ild in tne city;
to regulate, w ith the approbation of the ,
President of the United States, the man
ner of erecting and the material* to be
used in the erection of houses! to regu
late thednspection of tobacco, flour, but
ter, and lard, in casks or boxes, and salted
provisions ; to regulate the guaging of
casks and liquors; the storage of gun pow
der, and all naval and military sitfres, not
the properly of the United States ; and
the weight and quality of bread : to im
pose and appropriate fines, penalties, and
forfeitures, for the breach of their laws or
ordinances; and to provide for the ap
pointment of inspectors, constables, and
such other officers, as may be necessary'to
execute the laws of the corporation.
Sec. 8. And he it further enabled, That
the said corporation shall have full power
and authority to lay t«x«s on particular
wards, parts, or sections,, of the ei*y, for
their particular local improvements; and
-upon application of the Owners of move
than one half of the property upon any
portion of a street,to cans»-ilte curb stones
to be set, and the foot ways to be paved,
on such portion of a street, and to lay a
tax on such property, to the amount of the
expense thereof; Provided, That such tax
shall not exceed three dollars per front
foot; and, upon alike aptlicftlioti,localise
the carriage way of any portion of a street
to be paved, or lamps to be erected there
in, and l.ght the same, and lay a tax, not
exceedin the whole expense thereof, in
due proportion, on the lots fronting on
such portion rtf a street; and, also, to im
pose an addition or interest on the a
mounts of any such taxes, not exceeding
ten per centum per annum, when the
same shall not have been paid wfthin'thir
ty clays after the same -rhall have become
due. The said corporation shall also have
power and authority to provide for the es
tahlislumntaiul uuperintrtndance of public
schools, and to endow the same; to estab
lists and erect hospitals dr pest houses,
watch, and work-liduses, houses of cor
rection, (u nittntiary, and other public
buildings, ami to lay and collect taxes.for
the expenses thereof; tc regulate party or
, olhe walls and fences, and to determine
by whom the same shall be kept in repair,
to cause new alleys to be opened tliruugli
the squares, and to extend those already
laid out; upon the application «f the own
i ers of more than one half the property in
such squares: Vrovided, That the daina
ges winch may accrue tliekehy, to any in.
dividual or individuals, shall be first as
. pertained by a jury, to be. 1 summoned and
impannelled by the marshal of the District
I of Columbia, and it is hereby made hisan
. tyto summon and impaiinej the same, in
all such eases, upon application to him in
1 writing by the mayor of the city, and such
, damages to be paid by the corporation;
the amount thereof, ynd the expenses ac
i erning, shall be levied in due proportion
upon the individuals whose property on
, such squares shall be Irene filed thereby)
and collected another taxes are; to occu
py and improve, lor public purposes, by
and with the consent of the president of
the U. Stales, any part of the public and
open spaces and squares in said city, not
interfering with any private rights; to
regulate the admeasurement and weight
by which all articles brought kito die city
for sale shall he disposed of; to provide
for the appointment of appraisers and
measures of builder’s work and materials
and also of wood, coal, grain, and lumber
to restrain and prolijbp the nightly and
other disorderly meetings of slaves, free
negroes, artd tntijkltoes, and to purdah
slaves by whipping, nrtt exceeding foity
stripes, or bv impr.sonmc-nt, not exceed
ing si* months, for any one ofience, and to
punish such free negroes and mulattoes,
by penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars
for any one offence, nod in case of the in
ability of any such free'negro or mulattoe
to pay any such penalty and cost thereon,
to cause'him or her to lie confined to la
bor for any time not exceeding six calen
dar months; tocause all vagrants, idle, or
disorderly persons of evil life or ill tame,
and all such as have pp visible means of
support, or are likely To Income charge
able to the corporation as paupers, or are,
found begging or drink in or about the
streets, or loitering i« or about tippling
houses, or who can feliew no reasonable
cause of business or {employment in the
city, and all suspiniuits persons who have
no fixed place of residence, or who cannot
give a good account of themselves; all
eves-droppers and night-walkers; all who
shall be guilty ofopin profanity,or gross
ly indecent language*? behaviour public
y in the streets; ail-public prostitutes)
such as lead a notoriously lewd or lascivi
ous course of life, |ud all such as keep
public gaming tables, oa gaming houses,
to give security tor their good behaviour
Tor a reasonable time,and to indemnify the
city ugjdnst charge Kir their support, hud
in case of llifir rvhrsul or inability to give
such sectnity, to partly them to be cvm*t
nod tu labpr uatiV such security shall be
given, riot how eve one year
at a time; bht. it tfiey shall fie .found again
offending, thehke proceedings may be a
gain had, and, iro:n tune to lime, as often
«s may be necessary; to enforc the de
parture of such vagrants and paupers as
may come into the City to reside, unless
they shall give ample security that they
will not become cbrrgeablc on the corpo
ration for their support; to provide fi r
the binding out as apprentices of poor or
phan children, and tUecliildn n of drunk
ards, vagi ants, and pauper*; to prescribe
the terms and conditions upon winch fee
negroes and muUlluts may reside ui the
eitv to authorize, tvHh the approbation of
the President of the U. States, the draw
ing of l° tte, ' e3^or the erection of bridg
e* and effecting any important improve
ment, in the city, which the ordinary rev
emie thereof will not accomplish, for the
SS of ten years: Provided, That the a--
mount so authorized to be ratsedjn each •
, ear shall not exceed the sum of ten
thousand dollars, dear of expenses; to i
take care of and regulate burial wind;
to providy for the registering of births,
deaths and marriages; to punish corpore
ally any colored servant or slave tor a
breach of anp of their law s or ordinances,
unless thetfcwner or holder ot such set.
vant or slave shall pay the fine in such ca
ses provided; and to pass all laws which
shall be deemed necessary and proper tor
earning into execution the powers vest
ed by this act in the said corporation or
be it further enacted/That
the marshal of the District of Columbia
shall receive and safely keep within the
jail for the county of Washington, at the
expense of the said corporation, all per
sons committed thereto, under or by aiw
thority of the provisions ofthisad. And,
in cases -where suit shall he brought be
fore a justice of the peace, for tberec'-ve
ry nf any fine rtr penalty arising or incur-’
red tor a breach of any law or ordinance
nf the corporation, execution shall and
maybe Issued asfin all other oases of small
debt. -
gee 10. And he itfurther enacteri.l hat
' real properly, whether improved or un
improved, in the city ot Washington, or
which two or more years taxes shall have
remained due and unpaid, or on which,
any special tax, imposed by virtue of au
thority of this act, shat! fiave remained un
paid fiw two or more years after-thc same
shall have become due, or so much there
of, not less than a bn, (when the proper
ty upon which the tax has accrued is not
less than that quantity) as may be neces
sary to pay any such taxes, with all legal
costs and charges arising thereon, may be
sold ai public sale to satisfy the corpora
tion thereof Provided, Thatpublic notice
be given of the time and place, of sale, by
advertising once a week, in some newspa
per printed in the City of Washington, fm
at least six months, where the property is.
assessed to persons residing-out of the U.
States; for three months, where the prop
erty is assessed to persons residing in the
U. Slates, but without the District of Co- 1
luinbia; and for six weeks, where the
. property is assessed to persons residing
within the District of Columbia; in which
advertisement shall be stated the number
of the lot or lots, if the square has been
divided into lots, the number of the square
,»r squares, or other sufficient definite
description of the property si,«cted tor
sale, the name of the person or persons
to whom the same may have been assess”
, ed, for the respective years taxes due
thereon, as-also the name of the person to
whom the same is assessed, and the aggre
, gate amount of taxes due. The purcha
ser or purchasers of any such property
shall pay, at the time of such salri, the a
mount of the taxes due on tile property
' so purchased by him, hei, or them, respec
tively, with the amount of the expenses,
. of sale; and he,she, or they, shall pay the
. residue of (lie purchase frioney within ten
. day* after the expiration oftwo years from
the day of sale, to the collector ot taxes,
\ or other officer of-the corporation author
ised to rcceire the same; and the amount
. ofsuch residue shall be placed in the city
, treasury, where if shall remain, subject to
the order ot the original proprietor or pro
prietors, his, her or their legal represen
taiives; and the purchaser or purchasers
; shall receive a title in fee simple, in and
, toilie lot or lots so sold and purchased,
under the hand of the mayor arid seal of
, the corporation, which shall be deemed
, good and valid in law and equity: Provj
, <lcd, nevertheless, That if within 2 years
from the day of any such sale, or before
such purchaser or purchasers shall have
, Diiid the residue of the purchase money as
, aforesaid, the proprietor or proprietors of
any property which shall have been sold as
. aforesaid, his, her or their heirs, agents or
legal representatives, shall repay to such
I purchaser or purchasers the moneys paid
[ for the taxes, and expenses as aforesaid,
together with ten per centum per annum,
, as interest thereon, or make a tender
thereof) or shall deposit the same in the
hands of the mayor of the city, or other
officer of the corporation appointed to re
ceive, the same, for the use of such purch
; aser hr purchasers, and sub ject to his, her
or their heirs, or legal representatives’ or
der, of which such purch-ser, his heirs or
legal representatives shall be immediate
ly informed by notice, in some newspaper
printed in the ohy of-Washington, or oth
erwise, he, she or they shall he reinsta
ted in his, her, or their original right and
title, as if no such sale i.ad been made —
A *.d if any such put-chaser shall fail to pay
the residue of the purchase money as a
foresaid, within the time required by this
section, for any property so purchased by
him, he shall pay ten per centum per an
num, as interest thereon, and in addition
to such revenue, to be computed from the
expiration ot the two years as aforesaid,
until the actual payment of such residin',
ami the receiving of a conveyance from the
corporation: and the said iiiserest shall a
like be subject to the order of the origi
nal proprietor or proprietors, as ih-j resi
due of the purchase fhoney as aforesaid:
Provided also, That no sale shall be made,
in pursuance of. this section,, of any im
proved property whereon there is person
al property of sufficient value to pay the
said taxes; and that minors, mortgagees,
or others having equitable interests in re
ai property, which property shall be sold
for taxes as aforesaid, shall be allowed one
year after such minors coming to or be
ing of full age, or after-jpeh mortgagees
and others having interests, ob
taining possession of, or a decree for the
sale of such property, to redeem the pro
perty so sold from the purchaser or pur
chasers, his, her or their assigns, on pay
jugjtbe amount of purchase hmney so paid
therefor, with ten pertem-intere* (here
on by the purchase!*, or his rssigHs. be
tween the dav of Sale and the period of
such Redemption, with ten per cent inter
cst on the amount of such taxes, and also
the full value of improvements which may
have been made or erected on such prop
erty, by the purchaser, or his assigns,
mbile tile same was in his or their posses
sion. And provided moreover. That where
the estate of the t. naut in default, as for i
years-or for hf eor lives, shall be sufficient ■
to defray-the taxes chargeable thereupon, i
such estate only shall he liable to be sold i
under the provisions of this a t ‘ i
See. 11. And be it further enacted, <
That it shall** lawful for the collector or h
other officer duly authorised, lo postpone >
it ter such advertisement, the sale of any t
property advertised according toibe pro e
visions of the foregoing aecuon,/. any fu
ture day, for the want of bidders, he gis i
ln-r public notice of such postponement, ■
ami the sale made at such postponed tune
shall be equally valid as if made on the day
stated in the advertisement ; '
Sec 12 And be it further enacted, i
That the person or persons appointed to <
collect any tax imposed by virtue of the
powers grjnteifby tins act, shall hrve an
thority to collect the same by distress anu
sale of the goods and chattels of the per
sons chargeable therewith; but no such
sale shall be made unless ten days* previ
ous notice thereof be given in some news
paper printed in city 0 Waslvrnton.
And the provisions of the acts of Assem
bly of Maryland; now in force wi.mn
the county of Washington, relating to the
right of roplevying personal property ta
ken in execution for public taxes, sha
apply to all cases of personal property
taken by distress, to satisfy taxes imposed
by virtue of this set.
'‘Sec. 13. And he it -further enacted,
That the levy court in the county of Wash
ington, in the district of Columbia, shall,
not possissirg the power of assessing ally.,
tax on property in the city of Washington:
nor shall the corporation of the said city
he obliged to contribute in any manner,
towards the expenses or expenditures of
said court, except for the one hah part of
the expenses incurred on account of the
Orphans’ court, the office of coroner, the
jail of said county ami ihe opening of
road*, in the county of Washington, east
of Rock Creek, leading to the city, of.
Washington, but the said corporation shall
have the sole control and management of
the bridge f.cross hock creek, at the ter
mination ofK street north; and shall be
.chargeable with the expense of keeping,
the same in rapairing and rebuilding it
when necessary.
Sec. 14. Ai-rl be it further enacted,
Tlvat the clerk of the circuit courts and
the register ofwillsforthe county of Wash
ingft'ii, respectively shall furnish the re
gister «f the city, or other officers rifthe
corporation, appointed .to receive the
, same on or about the first Monday in Jan
nary and July, every year, correct of
the transfers of real property in the city,
-during -the next proceeding hall y ear so
far as can be ascertained by the re
cords in their respective offices; and
the said corporation shall make the
said clerk and register of wills such com
pensation therefor, as shall be agreed on
between the parties, not exceeding six
cents for each transfer on such lists.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted,
That the commissioners of the public buil
dings t>p other persons to su
" periotend the United States’ disburse
ments in the city of Washington, shall re
imburse to the said corporation a just'pro
portion-of any expense which may here
after he incurred, in laying open, paving,
or otherwise improving, any of the streets
nr avenues in front of, or'adjoining to, or
which may pass through, or between any
of the public squares, or res' nations,
which proportion shall be .determined by
a comparison of the length of the front or
fronts of the said squares or reservations
of the United States, on any street or av.
, enue With the whole extent cf the two
sides thereof; and he shall cause the curb
t stones to be set, and foo>. ways to be pav
ed, on the sides of any such street or ave
i niies whenever the said corporation shall
• by law direct such improvements to be
made by' the proprietors ofthe lots on the
i opposite side of any such street or avenue
1 or adjacent to any such sbuare or reser
, vation; and lie shall cause the footways to
■ be paved, and the curb stones to be set,
I in front of any lot or lots, belonging to the
United States, when the like improvement
; shall be ordered by the corporation, in
front of the lots adjoining, or squares ad
jacent tliercto; and lie shall defray the
expense directed by this section, out of
any moneys arising from the sale of lots
i in the city” of Washington, belonging to
the United States, acd from no other
fund.
Sec. 16 And be it further enacted,
That the present boards of alderman and
common council shall, before the lats
Monday in May next, divide the said city
into as many wards as, in tjieir opinion,
shall be most conducive to the interest of
tin- city; and the hoards of aldermen and
cammon council may, from time to time,
as thp interest of the city may require, al
ter the number and boundaries of ihe
said wards: Provided, That the said wards
be so laid off, altered, and bounded, that
each ward shall comprise, as near as may
be, an equal number of the inhabitants of
said city; Jlnd, provided h&toever, That if
such division shall nol he made prior to
the said last Monday in May, then the
said city shall be divided into six wards in
the following manner to wit: All that part
of said street to the westward of Six
tenth street, west, shall constitute the
first; that part to the eastward of Six
teenth street west, and to the west a ard of
Tenth street west, shall constitute Ihe s>>.
corn!; and that part to the eastward of
Tenth street west, to tiie westward of
First street west, and to the northward of
East street south, shall constitute ihe
third; that part to the eastward of First
street west, to the westward of Eighth
street east, and to the mTthward of East
street south, shall constitute the fdtlrtli:
that part to the eastward of tentli street
east, and o the eastward of Tentli street
west, and to the southward of east street
south, shall constitute the fifth; the south
ward of East street south, shall constitute
the fifth; and the residue ofthe city shall
constitute the sixth ward The expens
es which may be incurred tu improving
and repairing the boundaries of the seve
«al wards shall be defrayed out ofthe tax
raised in the several wards which ad
join the same, respectively in equal pro
portions; aadthe present board of alder
men and common council, shall, before
the first Monday* in June next, divide the
members into two cla-ses, in tfie manner
following, to wit; Those members who
are now in office, and by virtue of their e-"
lection, in June last, shall be entitled to
take their seats in the new ward as mem
hersfrom the wards*in which th< y shall
respectively reside, sh ill be placed in ihe
first class, and those members who shall
be elected from the same wards in June
next, shall he placed in the s coin! class;
and the other members shall be placed In
their respective classes by lot; and the
seats of the first class shall be at
the end ofthe first year, and the seats of
the second class shall-be -vacated at the
end ofthe second year, so that one mem
ber shall be elected in each ward
vear thercreafter. .And ihe
the Board of Alderme i shall be,
exofficid justices of the peace, ■I
county of Washington, unless hohlin.. -
missions in the Army or Navy, ofth.nß
sifts' "-m
Sec. 17. And be it further ena-aiß
That this act‘shall continue, m p„ c “. /
and during the term of twenty years i-ll
until Congress shall, by law deltrmliie B
erwise
H. CLAY, '■
Speaker of the House of B
JOHN GAILAiqy B
President of the Senate pro tempm* B
Washington, May 15, 18JO APpL'i B
JAMES MONR4 ■
The liorifiparte ■
From JVWiam* in Ct jß
dml <** lainun Wandi. ’B
The members of tire Bonaparte fctiß
at Rome con ist of the Princess Fai“-•B
married to Prince Borghesc; Louis bJB
parte, tne ev-king of Holland; Lucrir.ibß
Prince of Carfiue, and his-family, xndjß
ly the mother of Napoleon BonapartJß
The -first of. these personages was th«";B
vourile sister of the ex emperor,
ring his residence in Elba, he was in&B
habit of placing her close to him wb.-B
they' were in company; he sometjfl
would turn rfltjud while at dinner, and <kl
sire one of his officers to compose scriß
qualrian in honorof the princess’s charn.B
andto-recite it to her at the table. 0:«fl
of those officers, who accompanied hirr.nß
Elba, shewed a friend of mine several n„B
ses that had been composed by himstif .)B
obedience to his master’s instructions. E
The Princess lives separate from !y>B
husband but she is allowed to ticcupy the B
splendid building of the Borghesepahuß
at Rome. At present die prince residisß
at Florence. Napoleon during his
primacy, had endeavoured to bring
forward in some public capacity, butttjß
attempt is said to have failed, his inatte%B
tion* rendering it necessary to vitMbiH
liim from the situations to which he «
appointed. The Princess PtaUme is fnifl
of society, she.is, indeed, said to displM
mttch ofthe coquetry & vanity of aFrcnf|B
woman of fashion, Uanova has executtH
a statue of her, the symmetry and luxnrliß
ous attitude of which is mucli admiued.-.!
Oae evening she issued invitations for
large suit; the form of the invitation ti-l
pressed “her hope, that she should harel
the company of such and such persont,!
“ to see the statue, by Canova lighttdl
up.” I
.Persons sufficiently well acquainted,bn
the length of their inlerCouse with <!t«|
. Bonaparte family, to describe the chartcJ
ters of the different members of it, gav#l
the reputation of superior amiableness :ol
two other sisters of Napoleon, Madam*l
Baiocchi, and Madame Murat; the fcr.l
. raer is always mentioned with particu’ari
; respect. I
• Lucien carefully abstains from
himself in public, though he admits sntfll
, English society as are introduced to him,l
i He never touches on political Subjects,o»|
r can be betrayed into conversing upflki
j them when intioduced by others, whoiifl
. desirous of learning his opinion. He il
i fect§ an occasional air of frivolity in cow
> versation probably as a veil to the seriwtß
. designs, with which he has been saidtoltl
. occupied Respecting his brother. Hn**l
1 ever, that may be, it is said to be adiM
; cult matter to draw him out intogrtkn
; his opinions on any subject, whether so-l
1 ilical or not. He had commenced far-1
. ming, partly after the English manner, AI
> his country villa La feufinell, suppose!l
, by some to stand on the site of Ciceros
; Tusculan villa—His passion for agricuhl
I ture, however, much cooled, and was co-l
i ceeded by a passion for Astronomy.
. is in possession of a fine Telescope, sum
; some optical instruments by Holland, Wj
P 1 learned that he was fickle in all these difll
s ferer.t pursuits, and soon alrandoaeJthrul
> —His dwelling in Rome is
r handsome, and he has often small paid**
in ti e evening for music or dancinjpW*
, of his daughters play and sing pw|. v i
l uid express a partiality for Scotch tt'klc,
especially that published by Mr. Georg* I
r Thompson, of Edinburgh: one of their*!
, .vorito airs is, “Scots wha ha’ wi* W ai!a« I
[ bled.” His eldest daughter, (the fruit ts I
[ his first marriage) waS married to a lit!
, man nobleman. Her uncle had, at o« I
period,designed her to become the spouse
■ of Ferdinand, the present King of Spain,
, but aferwards altered his plan, thinking ]
that something more was necessary tu'se
cure the full dependence of Spain upon
? his own power.
Tlie mother,of Napoleon, formerly cj*
nified by the title of Madame
sides, together with her brother CarAfta
Fesch, in the PalaazoFalcone. Sl' e
in seclusion, and was eveu said to hn*
become a devotee. Only pne of her ir
mer ladies of honor remains with her; lC
occupies, however, a full suite of ap-J*
meats, very handsomely furnished, •
with a greater attention to comfort the **
usual in Italian houses. She affects n
of ihe reserve of Lucien on certyp r t ”J,
jecls, but speaks v/itii tears in
the ex-emperar, displays the feelings
mother in her language .respecting--1
and laments that he has not written t'jj
of his family since his being at St.
fondly cherishing the hope, (whic - (
pears to prevail among the adhere. ■
Bonaparte,) that the English goverr.m
woiijfl finally set him at liberty; an l ’
erally conclildes w ith some strong
mi sms on the character of the Ensph s ' 1
don, with the generosity of which ® ! ' c '
dares herself vgt^ll acquainted. Ms: ■■
Mere has evidently been a very fii ’ " £
mail; at her advanced period d J l '-
still looks well, through the aid of j j - 1 _
let: manners are even digr.ificd •
appears a queen, and refutes, as ,1 . J
daughters, tbose nations of the ™ ?
manners of the ladivs of the Hon •?/ j
family, which were «o easily accref-
in Britain In one of the rooms i• -
en’s palace is a bust of Niccoio B° r 1 ’ 'J
the father, which exhibits a cour. rr \
of remarkable expression; finer
titan that of Napoleon, or any of t c 14
Wanted to Hire.
active and industrious Neg‘> J
who can c.ime bell iecommend ff y ' :
esty and sobriety—Enquire at tbn —-
June IQ it
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