New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-30

| or public offices, in accordance with the
| schedule of prices established in accord
! ance with law, and it shall not be lawful
! for bim to cause to be executed any print
/ ing OF binding the value whereof shall ex-
| coed the amount appropriated for such
| purpose. And the Congressional Printer
| Is hereby authorized TO employ a clerk OF
! class two to have charge of said accounts;
| and that he make detailed report of each
account with Departments or public offices
/ to Congress in his annual report.
SEC. 4 That all acts and parts of acts
! prescribing aud limiting the number of
| congressional documents to be printed for
the use of any head of Department or pub
! lie Office are hereby repealed.
| SEC ). That all proceeds of sales of old
| material, condemned stores, supplies, sor
| other public property of any kind, shall
| hereafter be deposited and covered into the
| treasury as miscellaneous receipts, en-
| 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 and shall not be Withdrawn or ap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; aud a
| detailed statement of all such proceeds OF
| sales shall 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 COmmissary stores
| 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. 6, 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-
riOrl by extension between First street east
and First street west, in the following man
ner: nOrthwardIY to the south side of
! North b street, and south wardly 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
i six hundred and eighty eight, respectively.
| SEC. Z That it shall be the duty of the
| Secretary of the Interior to purchase fR8n
! the owner or owners thereof, at such price,
not exceeding its actual cash value, as may
! be mutually agreed on between the SeCre-
| taIy 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 district attorney for the
District Of Columbia, on the twenty first
day of January, eighteen hundred and
! sixty one, such private property as may be
| necessary for carrying this act into effect
| 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 requisitiOn of said See
! rotary; provided, that before such payment
| shall be made, the owner or owners of
| the property purchased shall, by good and
/ = 1 1 i i
! and approved BY the Attorney General Of
the United States, fully release and convey
to the United States all their and each Of
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
terror shall not be able to agree with the
owner or owners of any private property
needed for the purposes of this act upon
the price to be paid therefor, or if for any
other cause he shall be unable to obtain the
title to any such property by mutual agree,
ment with the owner or owners thereof, it
shall be his duty to make application to the
supreme court Of the District of Columbia,
which court is hereby authorized and re-
Quired, upon such application, in such
mode, and under such rules and regulations
a. it may adopt, to make just and equit-
able appralsement OF the cash value OF the
several interests of each and every owner
Of the real estate and improvements there
on necessary to be taken for the public use
in accordance with the provisions of this
act, and to which the Secretary has been
unable to obtain the title by mutual agree
menU with the owner or owners thereof.
SEC. Q. That the tee-simple OF all prem
ises so appropriated for public use, ct
which an appraisement shall have been.
made under the order and direction of said
court, SHALL upon payment to the owner or
owners, respectively, Of the appraised
value, or in case the said owner or
owners refuse or neglect for fifteen days
after the HpDralsement OF the cash
value OF said lands and improvements by
said court TO demand the same from the
Secretary of the Interior, upon depUsiting
the said appraised value in the said court
to the credit Of such owner or owners, re-
spectivelv, be vested in the United States.
And the Secretary Of the Interior is hereby
authorized and required to pay to the sew
eral owner or owners, respectively, the ap-
praised value of the several premises as
specified i'll the appralsement of said court,
or pay into court by deposit, as hereinbe-
fore provided. the said appraised values:
and the sum necessary, not exceeding four
hundred thousand sdBllars, for such pur-
pose, is hereby appropriated out of any
m0neys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
prOprlated provided, that tie Secretary Of
tie Interior Is hereby authorized to sell at
public auction such materials III the bUiIt-
ings in squares number six hundred and
eighty-sevtn and six hundred and eighty
eight as are not necessary for the public
works in this District; and further, that the
moneys realized by such sales shall be APP
piled to the improvement and extension of
the Capitol grounds.
SEC. 10. That said court may direct the
time and manner in which possession of the
property condemned shall be taken or de
livered, and may, if necessary, enforce auy
order or issue any process Tor giving pos
session. The cost UCcasirned by the in
Quiry and assessment. shall be paid by the
United States, and. as to other costs which
may arise, they shall be charged or taxed as
the court may direct.
SEC. Ii. That no delay in making an as
sessment of compensation, or in taking
possession. shall be occasiOned by any
doubt which may arise as to the ownership
of the property. or any part thereof. or Us
but IN such cases the court shall require
deposit of the money allowed as cOmpen-
satiCn for the whole property or the part
in dispute. In all cases. as soon as the
United States shall have paid the cOmptn-
sation assessed or secured its payment, by
3 deposit Of money. under tle Uruer DT the
court possession Of the property may be
taken
SEC. L. That the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company and the
Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and
they are hereby, required u remove their
tracks. respectively. from the Capitol
grounds as Hereby established. and to run
the same rs they may he directed, from
time to tlue, by the officer in charge of the
public buildings and grounds, as the
grading and filing mp Of said grounds may