Chapter LXXXIV. *amend the Charter of Georgetown in the District of Columbia.* Aug. 11, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Poll tax authorized in Georgetown, for schools
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Chap. LXXXIV.— An Act *amend the Charter of Georgetown in the District of Columbia.* Aug. 11, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Poll tax authorized in Georgetown, for schools. That the Corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, shall have full power and authority to lay and impose the present year and annually thereafter, a school tax upon every free white male citizen, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, of one dollar per annum; said tax to be levied and collected under such regulations as the said corporation may prescribe.
Sec. 2. Qualifications for electors in Georgetown. *And be it further enacted,* That from and after the passage of this act, every free white male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of twenty one years, and shall have resided within the corporate limits of Georgetown, in the District aforesaid, one year immediately preceding the day of election, and shall have been returned on the books of the corporation during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding the day of election, as subject to a school tax for that year, (except persons *non compos mentis,* vagrants, paupers, and persons who shall have been convicted of any infamous crime,) and who shall have paid the school taxes due from him, shall be entitled to vote for mayor, members of the board of aldermen and board of common council, and for every officer authorized to be elected at any election under the acts of said corporation: *Provided,* That if, during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding the day of the first election after the passage of this act, no person shall have been returned on the books of the said corporation as subject to a school tax, then all persons who shall have been returned on the books of the said corporation as subject to a school tax before the day of the said first election, and who shall in all other respects be qualified under this act to vote, and who shall have paid the said school tax, shall be entitled to vote at the Penalties for buying or selling votes, or violating election laws.said first election after the passage of this act; and if any person shall buy or sell a vote, or shall vote more than once at any corporation election, held in pursuance of law, or shall give or receive any consideration therefor in money, goods, or any other thing of value, or shall promise any valuable consideration, or vote in consideration of such promise, he shall be disqualified forever thereafter from voting or holding any office under said corporation; and on complaint thereof to the attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia, it shall be the duty of said attorney to proceed against said offender or offenders by indictment and trial, as in other criminal cases; and if found guilty it shall be the duty of the court to sentence him to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars, and to imprisonment not more than two months, nor less than ten days.
Sec. 3. Evidence of elections to be furnished on demand. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the clerk of said corporation, on the presentation of the corporation tax collector’s receipt showing that the applicant has paid his school tax for that year, to enter the name of such school tax payer on the books of said corporation, and to furnish the judges of elections to be held under the laws of said corporation at each precinct, before or on the morning of any election, before the hour for opening the polls, with a list of the names of all persons who shall have paid their school taxes for that year.
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sees. I. Ch. 85, 86. 1856. 33 Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the school tax which shall beSchool tax disposed of. levied and collected under this act shall constitute a fund, or be added to any other fund now or hereafter to be constituted by any act of said corporation for the establishment and support of common schools, and for no other purpose, under such regulations as the corporation may prescribe. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of saidElection precincts and judges of elections. corporation to provide or establish at least two election precincts within the limits of the corporation of Georgetown, and to appoint not less than three judges of election for each precinct, and to adopt such other regulations as may be necessary to give full force and effect to this section.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts or parts of acts in conflictInconsistent acts repealed. with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, August 11, 1856. Chapter LXXXV: to confirm to certain Persons therein named, their Titles to certain Lots tn Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. 11 Stat. 33 1856-08-11 Chapter LXXXV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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Chapter LXXXIV
*amend the Charter of Georgetown in the District of Columbia.* Aug. 11, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Poll tax authorized in Georgetown, for schools
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