Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-12
KNOXVILLE TENN. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 49, 1879.

owners thereof, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, on
the requisition of. said Secretary: Proui-
ded, That before such payment shall be
made, the owner orowners 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. .-, I'll, - .,-.--.-...,,-.-, -.
Z SEC. s.. Thatif 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
agreement with the owner or owners
thereof, it shall be his duty to make appli-
cation to the supreme court of the District
| of Columbia, which, court is hereby au-
thorized and required, upon such applica-
| ton, in such mode, and under such rules
and regulations as it may adopt, to make
a 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
obtain the title by mutual agreement with
| the owner or owners thereof. . ~, -
| Sec. 8. That the fee-sinlple of all prem
ises so appropriated for public use, of
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 APP
praised value, or in case the said owner or
| owners refuse or neglect for fifteen days
after the appraisement of the cash value of
said lands and Improvements by said court
| to demand the same from the Secretary of
| the Interior, upon depositing the said APP
praised value in the said court to the credit
| of such owner or owners, respectively, be
vested in the United States And the
! Secretary of the Interior is hereby author
lied and required to pay to the several
| owner or owners, respectively, the -ap-
praised value of the several premises as
| specified in the appraisement 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 dollars, fol-. such pur-
| pose is hereby appropriated out of any
| moneys in the treasury not otherwise APP
propriated: 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-seven and six hundred and
| lightweight as are not necessary for the
public works in the District; and further,
| that the moneys realized by such sales
shall be applied to the improvement and
| extension Of the Capitol grounds.
| Sec. 10. That the said court may direct
the time and manner in which possession
of the property condemned shall be taken
or delivered, and may, if necessary, en-
force any order or issue any process for
giving possession. The cost occasioned 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. II. That no delay in. making an
assessment of compensation, or in taking
possession, shall be occasioned by any
doubt which may arise as to the owner
ship 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
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 secured its pay
ment, by a deposit of money, under the
order of the court, possession of the prop
| erty may be taken. a.. 49,, . ~.
| SEC. II. 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
may render necessary. That a commits
| sion, consisting of the Secretary of the
| Interior, the Chief Engineer of the army,
and the officer in charge of public build
ings and grounds, is hereby authorized
and directed to examine and report to
| Congress, prior to the second Monday of
December next, plan by which the loco
motive railroad track in front Of the west
ern entrance of the Capitol shall be re-
moved, with due regard to the rights of
all parties concerned, and by which proper
connections with other railroads may be
made. .
| SEC. Is. That from and after the first
| day of July, eighteen hundred and seven
| ty-two, the annual salaries of the Second
| Comptroller, of the Register, and of the
| Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Department, shall be four thousand dol
| lars 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 pro-
| visions of this section to the end of the
| fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, is hereby APP
propriated.
Approved, May S, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
AN ACT to provide for the removal of the
Kansas tribe of Indians to the Indian
Territory, and to dispose of their lands
in Kansas to actual settlers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, That the
| Secretary of the Interior be, and he IS
| hereby authorized and empowered to cause
| to be appraised and sold so much of the
| lands heretofore owned by the Kansas
tribe of Indians in the State of Kansas,
| and which was coded to the United States
| in trust in the treaty made by the United
States and said Indians proclaimed No
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