The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-06-27

Office to be expended &c for printing and binding
/ to be executed under the direction of the Con-
gressonal Printer" to cause an account to be
| opened with each.of said Departments oY public
offices, on which he shall charge for all printing
| and binding ordered by the heads of said Depart
pnents or public offices, in accordance with the
schedule of prices establishedin accordance with
law, and it shah not be lawful for him to cause
| to be executed any printing or binding the value
| whereof shall exceed the amount appropriated
| for such purpose. And the Congressional Print
er is hereby authorized to employ a clerk of class
| two to have charge of said accounts; and that
| he make a detailed report of each account with
Departments public Offices to Congress in his
| annual report.
SIC. t. That all acts and parts of acts prescrib-
| ing and limiting the number of congressional
| documents to be printed for the use of any head
| of Department or public Office are hereby
pealed. ..-
SEC 8. That all proceeds ofsales of old material,
condemned stores supplies, or other public prop
erty of any kind shall hereafter be deposited and
covered into the treasury miscellaneous
| ceipts, on account of proceeds of government
property and shall not be withdrawn or appli.
cd except in consequence of subsequent appro-
| priation made by law; and = 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
authority of law in relation TO marine hospitals
| revenue-cutters, the clothing fund of the navy
or the sales 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 copies of all warrants, cover
| ing such proceeds, where the same may be neces-
sary in the settlement of accounts in their re-
| spective Offices
SEQ. g. That the public grounds surrounding
the Capitol shall be enlarged according to the
plan approved by the Committees on Public
Buildings of the Senate and House of Represent
atives, respectively, which plan is hereby direct
ed to be deposited in the custody of the Secreta-
ry of the Interiorl by extension between First
street east and First street west, in the follow
| ing manner: northwardly to the south side of
| North b street, and southwardly to the north
| side of South 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 eighty weight, respect
We ly. #EIe gfssa r.els .E'EaI| go -
SIC. 7. That 1t shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary of the Interior to purchase from the owner
or owners thereof, at such price, not exceeding
Ats actual cas- h value, as may be mutually agreed
| on between the Secretary and such owner or
owners, and not exceeding the apprisal made by
| the commission OF nine in their report 10 Robert
Ould, United States district attorney for the Dis
| trict of Columbia, on the twenty first day of
January, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, such
private property as may be necessary for carry
ing this act into effect, the value of tho property
| so purchased to be paid to the owner or owners
thereof, out of any money in the treasury not
Otherwise appropriated, on the reauisition of
| said Secretary: Prouided, That before such pay
| ment shall be made, the owner or owners of the
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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
| purchased =rysT FreEa q g.sFr-.rs.-s7 81 I q.
SEC. g. That If the Secretary of the Interior
shall not be able to agree with the owner or
owners of any private property needed for the
| purposes of this act upou the price to be paid
therefor, or ii for any other cause he shall be nm
| able to obtain the title TO any such property by
| mQtull he
| thereof, it shall be his duty to make application
to the supreme court of the District of Columbia,
which court is hereby authorized and required,
| upon such application, in such mode, and under
| such rules and regulations as il may adopt to
| make just and equitable appraisement Of the
| cash value of the several interests of each and
| every owner of the real estate and improvements
thereon 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 OBJ
| tain the title by mutual agreement with the
/ owner owners thereof. '-
| SBc. 0. That the fee simple of all premises so
appropriated for public use, of which an appraise-
| ment shall have been made under the order and
| direction of said court, shall, upon payment to
M, he owner or owners, respectively, of the aI,.
ers refuse or n 2r in case the said owner or own
appraisement of the caslrhrl fifteen oays AFTER the
and improvements by said court to uea..h tp
same from the Secretary of the Interior by t as.
posting 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 several owner or own
ers, respectively, the appraised value of the
| several promises as specified in the apprase-
ment of said court, OF pay into court by de
posit as hereinbefore provided, the said APP
praised 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
appropriated; Provided, That the Secretary of
the Interior is hereby authorized to sell at public
| auction such materials in the buildings in
| squares numbers six hundred and eighty.seyen
| and six hundred and lightweight as are not nee
| essary for the public works in this District and
| further, that the moneys realized by such sales
shall be applied to the improvement and extern
sion of the Capitol grounds. st5 Is4 50 7
| SEC 10. That said court may direct the time
and manner in which possession of the property
condemned shall be taken or delivered, and may,
| II necessary enforce any order or issue any pro.
| cess for giving possession. The cost occasiened
| by the inquiry and assessment shall be paid bv
the United States, and as to other costs which
may arise, they shallbe charged or taxed as the
| court may direct. .HGiF hga frrDea
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 us to the ownership of the property, or
any part thereof, to the interests of the re-
spectve owners, but in such cases the court shall
| require n deposit of the money allowed as COM
pensation for the whole property or tine part in
dispute IN all cases. us soon as the United
States shah have paid the compensation assessed
| or secured its payment, by a deposi of money
property may be taken.
| SEC ~. That the Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company and The Metropolitan Rail-
road Company be, and they are hereby required
| to remove their tracks, respectively, from the
Capitol grounds as hereby established, and 10
| run the same as they may be directed, from time
to time, by the officer in charge OF the
public buildings and grounds, rs the grad
ing and filling up OF said grounds
may render necessary. Thai commission,
consisting of the Secretary of the Interior
| the Chief Engineer of the army and the officer,
in charge of public buildings and grounds is
hereby authorized and directed to examine and
report to Congress, prior to the second Monday
OF December next, u plan by which the locomo-
tive railroad track in front of the western en-
trance of the Capitol shall be removed; with due
regard to the rights of all parties concerned,
and by which proper connection with other rail-
roads may be made. '- 2.L ~ -..-, .77T /
SEC. 10. 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 3 sufficient sum to
carry into effect the provisions of this section to
me end of the fiscal year ending June thrteth
eighteen hundred and seyenty-three, is hereby
appropriated
Approved, May s, 1872. rrrr Z g=rTr..sr
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