...and the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia; and all proceedings in the assessing, equalizing, and levying of said...

...and the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District, other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia." And see act of March 3, 1879, (20 Stats., 410.) On the 16th of June,...

...and the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates shall be levied aiid assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia; * * *.'' The clause which prohibits the Commissioners from making any...

...and the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia; * * *." The clause which prohibits the Commissioners from making any contract,...

...and the remaining 50 per centum of such approved assessments shall be levled and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges In said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia." In this manner congress assumed the payment of a portion ofw the bonds...

...arid the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates »hnll be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia." Here, again, is a provision that "the expenses of said District" shall...

...and the remaining 50 per centum of such approved assessments shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia." In this manner Congress assumed the payment of a portion of the bonds...

...Ohio Railroad Company, " to be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in the said District other than the property of the United States and the District of Columbia," and for the exclusive use of said corporations respectively, " which is a private use,...

...and the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia." §o Ot It also provides that when any repairs of streets, avenues, alleys...

...and the remaining fifty per centum of such approved estimates shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable property and privileges in said District other than the property of the United States and of the District of Columbia. ' ' The above law was adopted at a time when the relations of the District...