graduations which have heretofore been made, and which it may hereafter be found necessary to make. SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Governor that the surveyor has been guilty of culpable error or neglect, by which the government may be obliged to pay damages, then it shall be lawful for the Governor to deduct and retain from the salary of the surveyor the amount of damages which the government may have paid in each and every case; and in case the salary then due to said surveyor should be insufficient to cover the damages which the government shall have paid, the Governor is hereby required to institute suit upon bond, enacted by the thirtyfirst section of this, for the recovery of such damages. Governor to dedu from salary of surveyor damages to District from his error or neglect. If salary insufficient, to proceed against bondsmen. Squares, lots, &c., of proprietor. SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That it shall also be the duty of the surveyor, on the request of the proprietor to be marked out, or proprietors of any square, lot, or piece of ground within furnished at request the District of Columbia, to set out and mark the proper lines and graduations thereof, and furnish to him, her, or them, a certificate describing the dimensions, boundaries, and graduations of the same, according to the plan. office designated by Shall preserve his SEC. 29. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor Surveyor to keep shall keep his office in a room designated by the Governor Governor. for the purpose, and shall not be engaged in the transaction of any business appertaining to any other office or appointment which may be held by him, and shall, in his said office, preserve and keep all such maps, charts, surveys, books, records, and papers relating to the said Dis- oficial records. trict of Columbia, or to any of the avenues, streets, alleys, public spaces, squares, lots, and buildings thereon, or any of them, as shall, for the purpose of being deposited in his office, come into his hands or possession; and shall, in books provided, or to be provided for that purpose, keep a true record of every survey, certificate, or account which shall be made, issued, or prepared by him, and also shall preserve and keep in good order and repair, at his own expense, the instruments in his said office belonging to the government. SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor shall enter in a book, to be kept for that purpose, a correct account of all fees which shall be received by him under or by virtue of this act, designating in every case the service performed, the sum received, the name or names of the And instruments. To keep account of fees. Report. Papers, &c, of surveyor's office to be deemed property of the public records. District, and part of person or persons paying it, and shall annually make a report of the amount of such fees to the Legislative Assembly, through the Governor. SEC. 31. And be it further enacted, That all papers, plats, and records of his office shall be deemed the property of the District of Columbia, and shall constitute a part of the public records; and in all cases of vacancy in the office, by resignation or otherwise, they shall be transferred to his Bond of surveyor. Successor in office, and he shall give bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. Assistant surveyor. The assistant surveyor shall assist the surveyor in the discharge of the duties of his office, and shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars and one-third of all the fees of said office. Salary. Compensation. Superintendent of assessments and taxes. Duties. Compensation. SEC. 32. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of assessments and taxes to have charge of all assessments in the District of Columbia, and to receive and collect all returns of the same made to him by the assessors of the several districts. Upon the completion of each assessment, and the revision thereof by the board of appeals, he shall prepare in duplicate a complete and accurate list of the same, giving alphabetically the names of all persons assessed, with a description of the property assessed against them respectively, one of which said lists shall, in book form, be retained in his office, and the other transmitted to the collector of taxes; and the said superintendent shall, in addition, prepare in book form, and retain in his office, a list giving in numerical order the number of the square, subdivisions, and lots assessed in the eities of Washington and Georgetown, with the names of the owners thereof; he shall also keep a book, in which the recorder of deeds and register of wills shall each day enter, in a manner sufficiently distinct to enable the changes to be noted on the tax-book and assessment lists, all transfers of real estate in the District of Columbia, with a description of the metes and bounds of the property so transferred; and the said superintendent shall enter such transfers as may be thus recorded upon the assessment books in his office, and in the office of the collector of taxes. The superintendent of assessment and taxes shall receive annually a compensation of three thousand dollars, and give bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of Bond. Assessors. SEC. 33. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an assessor of taxes for each legislative district; who shall be a resident of the district for which he may Residence. be designated; said assessors shall annually assess (under Duties. the direction of the superintendent of assessments and taxes) within their respective districts all real or personal property now or hereafter made taxable, which duty they shall complete on or before the first day of March in each year, and within ten days thereafter transmit their list, alphabetically arranged, to the superintendent of assessments and taxes. The compensation of each assessor shall Compensation. be five dollars for each and every day he may be actually employed in the discharge of his duties: Provided, That he shall perform the same within a period of ninety days. Proviso. Residence of men Meetings. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Board of Appeals. Appeals shall consist of five persons, including the superintendent of assessments and taxes, who shall be president thereof. Two of said board shall be residents of the city of Washington, and one a resident of the city of bers. Georgetown, and one a resident of the county of Washington. The board shall hold its meetings on the second Monday of March in each year, and shall continue in session thirty consecutive days, to hear and determine any Duties. and all appeals that may be made from the valuations of the assessors of taxes. The board may make such changes in the returns of said assessors as to a majority of its members may seem just and proper; and its action shall be complete and final. Each member of the board shall receive a per diem of five dollars for each and every day the 'board may be in session: Provided, That the superintend- Proviso. ent of assessments and taxes shall receive no further compensation than that fixed in the thirty-second section of this act. SEC. 35. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Fire Commissioners in and for the portions of said District known, respectively, as the city of Washington and the city of Georgetown, shall have power to appoint such number of persons as now are, or may hereafter be, prescribed by law for the fire departments of their respective ers. Compensation. Fire Commission Duties. Proviso. localities, who shall hold their places during good behavior, and who, upon trial, may be fined, suspended, or expelled: Provided, That the accused shall first have written notice of the charges against him, except, however, in cases of misconduct coming under the personal observation of one or more commissioners, when there may be an immediate suspension by said commissioner or commissioners, until Duties-continued, charges can be presented to and determined by the board. The said board shall be governed by the existing laws and ordinances of the city of Washington not inconsistent herewith, and shall perform such other functions as may be imposed upon them by law. The annual salary of each commissioner shall be two hundred dollars, and the duties and compensation of the chief and assistant enanticers of fire de gineer, and of the superintendent and operators of the fire-alarm telegraph, shall be the same as are prescribed by existing ordinances and regulations; and the compensation of the secretary shall be one thousand dollars per Salary. Duties and compensation of other partment. Superintendent of schools in county of appointed. School laws continued in force. annum. SEC. 36. And be it further enacted, That the Governor Washington to be shall appoint one superintendent of schools for, and a resident of, the county of Washington, and that all laws and ordinances of the portions of the District of Columbia known, respectively, as the city of Washington, city of Georgetown, and county of Washington, in relation to public schools therein, shall be of full force and effect in each of said localities, so far as not inconsistent with this act, or any other act of the Legislative Assembly of said District relative thereto: Provided, That the superintend ent, secretaries, and treasurers of public schools in and for Georgetown and the county of Washington shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same regulations as are now imposed on, and required of, similar officers in Washington. Proviso. officers of public schools. Compensation of SEC. 37. And be it further enacted, That the annual compensation of the officers named in the foregoing section shall be as follows, namely: Superintendents of public schools for Washington city, two thousand dollars; superintendent of public schools for the city of Georgetown, one thousand dollars; superintendent of public schools for the county of Washington, one thousand dollars; treasurer of public schools for Washington city, eight hundred dollars; treasurer and secretary of public schools for the city of Georgetown, five hundred dollars; treasurer and secretary of public schools for the county of Washington, five hundred dollars; secretary of public schools for Washington city, two hundred dollars. Provision for set. tlement of accounts tees and fire com. SEC. 38. And be it further enacted, That all accounts against the Board of Trustees of Public Schools and against school trus Board of Commissioners of the Fire Department shall be missioners. rendered in duplicate, and when found correct shall be approved by the said boards, respectively, and immediately after the close of each month a statement of all accounts received and approved, as aforesaid, shall be transmitted, with the duplicate accounts embraced in such statements, to the auditor of the District, who shall thereupon examine the same. If approved by him, he shall file in his office one set of such accounts, and transmit to the comptroller a certified statement thereof; the other set he shall return, with his approval thereon, to the respective Boards of Trustees of Public Schools and Fire Commissioners. Upon the receipt of said statement the comptroller shall, if, upon examination, satisfied of the correctness of the accounts, issue his warrant for the aggregate amounts therefor,[thereof,] payable to the order of the treasurer of the respective boards, which said warrant shall be countersigned by the auditor, and it shall be the duty of the treasurers of said boards to pay the moneys so received by them to the parties whose accounts have been approved by the auditor; and they shall not pay any account not approved and audited as herein provided. Should any accounts transmitted to the auditor, as aforesaid, be not approved by him, he shall return one set thereof to the board in which they originated, with reasons for his disapproval indorsed thereon. SEC. 39. And be it further enacted, That the market-masters shall be subject to the direction of the commissioners of markets to which they may be respectively assigned. Unless prevented by sickness or unavoidable absence, they shall, during market hours, be present at the scale-houses, weigh all articles and provisions brought there for that purpose, see that violations of market regulations are corrected or prosecuted, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed. Their annual compensation shall be as follows, namely: For the Northern Liberty market, eight hundred dollars; for the Western market, five hundred Market-masters, Duties. Compensation. |