New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-23


for him to cause to be executed any print
ing or binding the value whereof shall ex
coed the amount appropriated for sucl
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 and parts of acti
prescribing and limiting the number O.
congressional documents to be printed fol-
the use of any head of Department or pub
lie office are hereby repealed.
SEC. D. That all proceeds of sales of old
material, condemned stores, supplies, OF
| other public property of any kind, shall
hereafter be deposited and covered into the
| treasury as miscellaneous receipts. on
account of proceeds of government prop.
! erty,' and shall not be withdrawn or al
piled except in consequence Of a subse
! quent appropriation made by law; and 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
! 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
! CUDlGS VI dill warrants covering Eutu 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 Int
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and First street west, in the following man
ner: nOrthwardly to the south side Of
North b street, and sOuthwardIy 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-seveu and
six hundred and eighty-eight, respectively.
Sec. 7. 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 may
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 district attorney for the
District of Columbia, on the twenty-frst
day Of January, eighteen hundred and
slXty-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
sufficient deed or deeds, in due form of law,
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. g. 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
as it may adopt, to make a just and eQuit-
able appraisement 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
ment with the owner or owners thereof.
SEC. 9. That the fee-simple Of all prem
ises so appropriated for public use, Of
which an appraisement shall have been
made under tie 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
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after the appraiseInent of the cash
value Of said lands and Improvements by
said court TO demand the same from the
Secretary of the Interior, upon QepOsitiug
the said appraised value in the said court
to the credit OF such owner or owners, re
speCtiVely, be vested in the United States.
And the Secretary Of the Interior is hereby
authorized and required to pay to the seY-
eraI owner or owners, respectively, the APP
praised value Of the several premises as
specified in the appraisement OF said court,
or pay into court by deposit, as heTeiDbe-
fore provided, the said appraised values:
and the sum necessary, not exceeding four
hundred thousand dollars, for such pur-
pose, is hereby appropriated out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated: provided, that TIE Secretary Of
the Interior is hereby authorized 20 sell at
public auction such materials in the build
ings in squares number six hundred and
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
condemned shall be taken or de-
ivered, and may, if necessary, enforce any
order or issue any process tor giving pos
session. The cost Occasicned 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 il taking
possession, shall be Occasioned by any
doubt which may arise as to the ownership !
Of the property, or any part thereof, or as
to the interests Of the respective owners,
but in such cases the court shall require a |
deposit of the money allowed as cOmpen- |
sation for the whole property or the part |
in dispute. In all cases, as soon as the |
United States shall have paid the compen- |
satiOn assessed, or secured its payment, by |
a deposit of money, under the order Of the |
court, possession Of the property may be |
taken.
SEC. -. That the Washington and |
Georgetown Railroad Company and the |
Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and |
they are hereby, required to remove their |
tracks, respectively, from the Capitol |
grounds, as hereby established, and to run
the same as they may be directed, from |
time to time, by the officer in charge of the
public buildings and grounds, as the |
grading and filling up of said grounds NAV |
render necessary. That a commission, con
sisting of the Secretary of the Interior, |
the Chief Engineer Of the army, and the |
officer in charge of the public buildings |
q nd grounds il baraIy-