Chapter CCLX. in Relation to the Construction of a new Jail for the District of Columbia
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CHAP. CCLX.— An Act in Relation to the Construction of a new Jail for the District of Columbia.June 1, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior,Board of commissioners to build jail in the District of Columbia; the chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and the governor of said District are hereby created a board of commissioners, with full power to carry out the provisions of the act of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a jail in and for the District of Columbia,” and the acts amendatory thereof; and the said commissioners arewho to constitute, their powers.1866, ch. 236.Vol. xiv. p. 231.1867, ch. 152.Vol. xiv. p. 428.Vol. xiv. p. 575.Vol. xv. p. 245.Change of site.Appropriation. directed to cause the work of building the jail therein provided for to be entered upon without delay: *Provided,* That the said board shall have authority to change the site heretofore selected, and adopt such plans as shall, to the said commissioners, seem to be for the best interests of the District of Columbia.
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to place to the credit of the Secretary of the Interior the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, which said sum the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend in the construction of a jail, as is herein provided; and in order that the work upon said jail shall begin without delay, the appropriation herein made shall take effect immediately: *Provided,* That the plans and designs for said jail shall be prepared by thePlans, &c. supervising architect of the Treasury Department, and the work shall be done under his supervision, subject to the approval of said commissioners.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of reimbursing the United States for aDistrict of Columbia to raise by tax $125,000 for part of cost of jail. part of the cost of said jail, it shall be the duty of the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia, and they are hereby required, to assess and cause to be collected, by tax or otherwise, and pay in[to] the treasury of the United States, at or before the completion of said jail, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; and upon default of the payment of the sum aforesaid into the treasury of the United States at212FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 260, 261. 1872. the time before mentioned, the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a collector, whose duty it shall be to proceed with the collection of the taxes as assessed by the legislative assembly in such manner and formTax, how to be levied and collected. as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. And if the said District of Columbia shall neglect, fail, or refuse to assess such tax, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to make such levy and proceed to its collection as aforesaid.
And all acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 1, 1872.