Chapter 133.
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CHAP. 133.— An act for the relief of certain property in the District of Columbia.February 12, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia. Reduction of certain assessments on real estate. That the provisions of section one of the act of the late legislative assembly of the District of Columbia, entitled “An act regulating assessments for improvements,” approved December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be construed to apply to all cases where the work was done after February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to make the necessary reductions in assessment for such work.
Sec. 2. That drawback certificates for the amount of such reductions,Drawbacks to be issued. with interest thereon to the date of the passage of this act. shall be issued to the holders of the liens, the security for which is reduced by the operation of this act. and to such other persons as may be found to have paid in excess of one-third of the cost of such work drawback certificates shall be issued for the amount of such excessive payment. All such drawback certificates shall be receivableReceivable for taxes. for arrears of general taxes due the District of Columbia and unpaid June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
Approved, February 12, 1889.