New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-25

coed the amount appropriated for sue
! purpose. And the Congressional Printe
is hereby authorized to employ a clerk o
class two to have charge of said accounts
| and that he make detailed report of eacl
account with Departments or public office
to Congress in his annual report.
Sec. 4. That all acts ami parts of act
prescribing and limiting the number 0
congressional documents to be printed fo
the use of any head of Department or pub
lie Office are hereby repealed.
SEC. 5. That all proceeds of sales of ole
material, condemned stores, supplies, OF
other public property of any kind, shall
hereafter be deposited and covered into the
treasury as miscellaneous receipts, OF
account of proceeds of government prop
erty,' and shall not be withdrawn or ap
piled except in consequence of a subse
quent appropriation made by law; and d
detailed statement of all such proceeds oil
saless be included in the appendix to
the book of estimates. But this section
shall not be held to repeal the existing au.
thority OF law in relation to marine hos.
pitfalls, revenue cutters, the clothing fund OF
the navy, or the sale of cOmmissarv stores
to the officers of the army. And it shall be
the duty of the Register of the Treasury to
furnish to the proper accounting officers
copies of all warrants covering such pro-
ceeds where the same may be necessary in
the settlement Of accounts in their respec-
tive offices.
SEC. g.. That the public grounds surround
ing the Capitol shall be enlarged according
to the plan approved by the Committees on
Public Buildings of the Senate and House
of Representatives, respectively, which
plan is hereby directed to be deposited in
the custody of the Secretary OF the Inte-
riOr) by extension between First street east
and First street west, in the following man
ner: nOrthwardlY to the south side of
North B street, and sOuthwardly to the
north side of South B street, including in
addition to so much of the reservations
avenues and streets as are necessary for
such extension, the two squares designated
on the plan Of the city of Washington as
numbers six hundred and eighty-seven and
six hundred and lightweight, respectively.
SEC. Z. That it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Interior to purchase from
the owner or owners thereof, at such price,
not exceeding its actual cash value, as NAV
be mutually agreed on between the Secre-
tary and such owner or owners and not ex-
ceeding the appraisal made by the com
mission of nine in their report to Robert
Ould, United States districtattOney for the
District of Columbia, on the twenty-frst
day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty one, such private property as may be
y
the value of the property so purchased to
be paid to the owner or owners thereof, out
OF any money IN the treasury not otherwise
Appropriated, on the rCQuisitiOn of said See
rotary; provided, that before such payment
shall be made, the owner or owners of
the property purchased shall, by good and
sufficient deed or deeds, in due form of law,
and approved by the Attorney General of
the United States, fully release and convey
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their several and respective rights in said
titles to such lands and property so pur-
chased.
SEC. 8. That if the Secretary of the In
eriOr shall not be able to agree with the
'Wner or owners of any private property
needed for the purposes of this act upon
he price to be paid therefor, or if for any
,ther cause he shall he unable to obtain the
tile to any such property by mutual agree
nent with the owner or owners thereof, it
hall be his duty to make application to the
supreme court of the District of Columbia,
which court is hereby authorized and re-
lmred, upon such application, in such
node, and under such rules and regulations
IS it may adopt, to make just and equit-
ybIe appraisement of the cash value of the
everal interests of each and every owner
# the real estate and improvements there
n necessary to be taken for the public use
II accordance with the provisions Of this
ct, and to which the Secretary has been
nable to obtain the title by mutual agree
lent with the owner or owners thereof
SEC. 9. That the fee-simple of all prem
SEES so appropriated for public use, Of
Which an appraisement shall have been
made under the order and direction of said
ourt, shall, upon payment to the owner or
wners, respectively, OF the appraised !
alue, or in case the said owner or
wners refuse or neglect for fifteen DAYS |
tter the appraisement of the cash |
alue of said lands and improvements by |
aid court to demand the same from the !
eeretary of the Interior, upon depOsiting |
he said appraised value in the said court |
, the credit Of such owner or owners, re- |
1ectivelv, be vested in the United States. |
nd the Secretary of the Interior is hereby |
uthOrized and required to pay to the sew |
raj owner or owners, respectively, the ap- !
raised value Of the several premises as
leciiied in the appraisement OF said court
7 pay into court by deposit, as hereinbe-
re provided, the said appraised values:
nd the sum necessary, not exceeding four
lndred thousand dollars, for such pur-
Osc, is hereby appropriated out of any
Oneys in the treasury not otherwise APP
ropriated: provided, that the Secretary Of
he Interior is hereby authorized to sell at
Iblic auction such materals,in the build
gs in squares number six hundred and
and six hundred and eighty
ght as are not necessary for the public
Orks in this District; and further, that the
Oneys realized by such sales shall be APP
led to the improvement and extension of
e Capitol grounds.
SEC. 10. That said court may direct the
me- and manner in which possession Of the
'Operty condemned shall be taken or de-
7ered, and may, if necessary, enforce any
der or issue any process for giving pos
ssiOn. The cost Occasicned by the in
liry and assessment shall. be paid by the
lited States, and, as to other lUsts which
ay arise, they shall be charged or taxed as
c court may direct.
SEC. II. That no delay in making an as
ssment of compensation, Or in taking
NssessiOn, shall be Occasioned by any
'u5t which may arise as to the ownership
the property, or any part thereof, or as
the interests of the respective owners,
ltin such cases the court shall require a
post of the money allowed as cUmpcn-
tiOn for the whole property or the part
dispute. In all cases, as soon as the
nited States shall have paid the compen-
ton assessed, or secured its payment, by
deposit of money, under the order Of the
urt, possession of the property may be
ken.
SEC. II. That the Washington and |
Railroad Company and the
Railroad Company be, and
ey are hereby, required to remove their
acks, respectively, from the Capitol
ounds, as hereby established, and to run
c same as they may be directed, from
ne to time, by the officer in charge Of the
.bTc buildings and grounds, as the
aiding and filing up Of said grounds NAV
nder necessary. That commission, con
ting Of the Secretary Of the Interior,
e Chief Engineer Of the army, and the
icer in charge Of the public buildings
d grounds, is hereby authorized and di