The Baltimore County union., 1872-06-01

terror, upon depositing the said appraised val
ue in the said court to the credit ofsuch own
er or owners, respectively, be vested in the
United States. And the Secretary of the In
terror is hereby authorized and required to pay
to the several owner or owners, respectively
the appraised value of the several premises as
specified the appraisement of said court, or pay
ihto court by deposit, as hereinbefore provided,
the appraised values and the sum necessary,
not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars,
for such purpose is hereby appropriated out of
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated Provided, That the Secretary of the
Interior is hereby authorized to sell at public
auction such materials in the building in
numbers six hundred and eighty-seven and
six hundred and lightweight as are not neces-
sary for the public works in this District; and
further, that the moneys realized by such sales
shall be applied to the Improvement and ex-
tension 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 deliver
ed, and may, if necessary, enforce any order or
issue any process for giving possession. The
cost occasioped by the inquiry 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 IL. That no delay in making an assess
ment of compensation, or in taking possession,
shall be occasioned by any doubt which may
arise as to the ownership of any part thereof,
or as to the interests of the respective owners,
but in such cases the court shall require de-
posit OF the money allowed as compensation for
the whole property or the part in dispute. In
all cases, as soon as the United States shall
have paid the compensation assessed, or Sc
cured its payment, by deposit of money, un
der the order of the court, possession of the
property may be taken.
SEC. IL. That the Washington and George
town Railroad Company and the Metropolitan
Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, re-
quired to remove their tracks, respectively,
from the Capitol grounds, as hereby establish
ed, and to run the same as they may be direct
ed, from time to time, by the officer in charge
of the public buildings and grounds, as the
grading and filling up ofsaid grounds may rem :
der necessary. That commission, consisting
of the Secretary of the Interior, the Chief En-
gineer of the army, and the officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, is hereby au-
| thorized and directed to examine and report to
Congress, prior to the second Monday of De-
cember nextA plan by which-the locomotive
railroad track in front Of the western entrance
| of the Capitol shall be removed, with due re-
gard to the right of all parties concerned, and
| by which proper connections with the other
rail roads may be made.
| SEC. 13. That from and after the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and seventy two, the
annual salaries OF the Second Comptroller, of
the Register, and of the Supervising Architect
of the Treasury Department. shall be four
thousand dollars each and the annual salary
of the judges of the Court of Claims shall be
four thousand five hundred dollars each, and
a sufficient sum to carry into effect the provi-
sions of this section to the end of the ical year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy three, is hereby appropriated.
Approved, May s, 1872.