The Arkansas advocate., 1832-09-19
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER I0. Is32

as not to produce greater nett profit than of the said rates of ten per centum in estimating the amount of capital invest. ed, the proceeds of sale of the real estate hereby granted to the said Mayor, Alder. men and Common Council, to aid them Tn the execution of the works hereby re- quired, shall not be included, but the a. mount of sales of The said property, show Ing what part thereof shall have been sold and at what price each part ofthe said pro- perty shall have been sold, shall form part of the said annual report
 Sec. '. find De it further resoiofd, That the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, shall not begin to collect wharf age or tolls, until the said canal and works shall have been wholly completed accord Ing to the provisions of this act, in the opinion of flie Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, for the time being. who is hereby authorized and required to give his certificate thereof, whenever, in his opinion, the same shall have been so completed; and upon obtaining such cer- tlfeate, and depositing the same with the clerk of the circuit court for the District ot Columbia, in the county of Washing ton, to be by him recorded, it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, to com meBce the collection of the said V harfage and tolls. And such right to collect the sald rates of toll and wharfage shall cease, whenever the said canal shall be so out oi repair as to impede the free and conye- nient use thereofby vessels or craft draw E .c;'T feet water, ong as tibe same shall so remain out of repair or obstrnot- ed.
 Sec.S 8. And in order to aid the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, Tn fulfilling the objects and requirements of this act, Be u .fugaher enacted, That all the right, title, property, interest, and estate in law or equity, of the United States, of, in, and to, that part oft pub lic reservation in the city of Washington, known and designated as the Mall, which IS bounded as follows: lying between Sixth and Fifteenth streets west, and ex- tending from Canal street two hundred fifteen feet south 10 the continuation of A street north, and all that part of the said M all extending from B street south, three hundred and sixty-six feet, to A street south, and lying between Sixth and Eff teenth streets west, and all the right, ti- tie, interest, and estate. which is now, or ought to be vested in any trustees, com mlssloners, or other person, for, and or behalf, and Tn trust, for the benefit ofthe un1ted States, be, and the same are here by, vested in the said Mayor, Aldermen. and Common Council, in fee, for the pur- pose, and to be by them sold and applied for the purposes aforesaid, or so much thereof as they shall deem it advisable to sell for the said purposes, and the said residue to hold and use for the benefit and convenience of the said city.
 Sec. 9. find be a further enacted Tha. the said Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, shall not be authorized to occu- py, nor permit others to occupy, more than forty feet for tle purpose of landing on either side of the said canal, extend ing from the said eastern branch to Se- venteenth street west upon the plan of the city.
 Sec. 10. find De n further enacted. That street be laid oH along the entire length of said canal, on the south side thereof, of the width of eighty feet between said Sixth and Fifteenth streets west, which shall be kept open forever as public street, and subjected to the same rules, regulations and ordinances, as shall and may affect the other streets and avenues in said city : and that all the streets of said city running north and south, and all the avenues which, by continuing fhe same, shall ex- tend through the said Mall, and sucI. as running westw ardiy and eastwa rdly wp;,,d in like manner intersect the same, shall. in like manner, be opened and kept open. and subject as aforesaid.
 Sec. II. find De a further endcted. That map or plat of the said land, squares, streets and avenues, made and prapare5 by F. c. De Kraft. United States Survey or of the city of Washington, dated De- cember twenty one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, marked A, be, and the same is hereby, ordered and directed to be recorded in the office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. and also in the office of said Surveyor of the said city of Washington, and shall be held and deemed as indicating correctly the said lands and squares, streets and ave- nues, and be of full authority as designa- ting and exhibing the same.
 Sec. l2 .4nd De it further ennctea, That if any proprietor or proprietors of any lots now fronting north on B street south, be- tween said Sixth and Fifteenth streets. shall signify his. her, or their. desire and intention to exchange said lots for an equal quantity of the lands herein and hereby conveyed to the said Mayor. Board of AL dermen, and Board of Common Council, situated on the south side ofA street south. and immediately north of his. her. or their, said lots, 1t shall he the duty of the said Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board of Common Council, on such intention and desire being made known to them, 10 and | upon conveyance in due form of law, clear of all membranes, being made to them for the said lands so held by such proprietor or proprietors, to convey and assign to the said proprietor or proprie- tors corresponding quantity on the square immediately north and fronting on street south. And in case such proprietor or propretors thal have made