Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-02-12

Law OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Second Session Of tie FoTtv-sseoisd
CONGRESS.

LIAM y UF TkAH UNITED STATES
Passed at the Second Session Of tie FoTtv-sseofsd
tGRHBBAL NATURE, No. $751;
AN ACT making appropriations for the Legislative
executive and judicial expenses Of the govern.
teen h hui and saa iof other
purposes.
So Enacted by tae Senate ard Houss Of Reprsssn-
fatfps az the United States Of America N Congress ae-
ssnlbLed, That the following sums be, and the same
are hereby appropriated out OF any money In the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for the service
hundred and seventy for the objects Herein
after expressed, namely:
Ita1 JUDICIAL.
SEC 9. Thatif the Secretary Of the Interior shall
moi be able TO az ee with the owner or ownerb Of
any private property needed for the purposes OF this
AT upon the price TO be paid therefor, or II any
sny such properly by mutual agresmentswith the
owner or owners thereof IL shall be his duty to make
enplicetou TO The sapreme court Of the District Of
Sonmbis which court is hereby authorised and re-
duired, upon such application, in such mode, and
under SUN rules and regulations as 1t may adopt.
to mike q Just and equitable appraisRment OF tho
cas value OF the several interests Of each and every
owner OF the real estate and improvements thereon
necl ssary to be taken for the public in accord
ance with the provisions OF thls act and 70 which
the Secretary has been unable 70 obtain the title
by mutual agreement with the owner or owners
SIC .. That the fee sImple OF all premises so ap-
prOprated for public use, Of which an apprnsemelt
shall have been made under the order and direction
OF sald COURT shall, upon payment 20 the owner or
owners respectively, OF the appraised value or In
case the said owner or refuse neglect for
teen DAYS after the appraisement OF the cash value
Of said lanus and improvements by said court TO de-
mand the same from TIE secretary Of me Interior;
to the credit Of such owner or owners respee
lively be vested in the United States. And the
Secretary of the Interior Is hereby authorized and
required TO pay 70 the several owner or owners re-
prctfully, the appraised value OF the several pre-
or pay into court by deposit as heretobefore prOvi-
ded, the said appraised values; and the snn neces-
sary, not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars
for such purpose IL hereby appropriated out OF any
moneys in the treasury not o herWise Appropriated
Provided That the secretary OF the Interior II here
by authorized to sell at public auction such materi
ais in the buildings IN squares numbers SIX hundred
and eighty seven and six hundred and eighty-eeht
as are not necessary for the public WORKS In this
such nHee shall be applied to the improvement and
extension OF the Capitol grounds
manner In which potsessisn OF the property CON
demaed shall be taken delivered, and may II me-
cessary enforce any order issue any process for
giving possession. The cost occasioned by the in-
gulry and assessment shall be paid by the United
States and, as 10 other costs which may arise,
T Sesy Sna De charged or taxed '' 'A' court may a
SIC H. That no delay in making an assessment
Of compensation, or In taking possession, shall pc
occasioned by any doubt which may arise TO the
ownership of the property, or any part thereof or as
TO the Interests OF the respective owners but IN such
allowed as compensation for the whoe property or
the part In dispute. In all cases az soon AZ the Unit
ed or seeured its payment, by deposit OF money
under the order OF the court possession OF the prop
erty nay be taken
$50. IL. That the washington and Georgetown |
Railroad Company aud the Metropolitan Railroad
Company be, and they are hereby, required TO re-
move their tracks, respectively frem the Capitol
grounds as hereby established, and TO run che same
as they may be directed froH time TO time, blythe |
officer In charge OF the public buildings and grounds
al the grading and MI ny up OF said grounds may
render necessary. That commission. consisting |
Of the Secretary OF the INTERIOR the Chief Engineer
OF IN army. and the officer In charge Of public |
buildings aud grounds Is hereby authorized and d.
rected 10 examine and report to Congress- prior TO |
the second Monday OF Decembfr next, plan by |
which the locomotive railroad teack In front of the |
western entTanc of the Capitol shall be removed |
with due regard hel rights Of all parties concern
ed, and hy which proper connections with other Il
raj roads may be made.
SEC 10 That from and after the FIRST day of July,
eighteen hundred and seventy-twn, the annual sal |
aries Of the Second Comptroller, OF the Register and
OF the Supervising Architect OF the Treasury De-
partment, shall be four thousand collars each and
the annual salary OF the judges OF the Court of |
Claims shall be four thousand i've hundred each,
and sulcient sum TO carry into effect the prOvi-
sons Of this section the end OF the fiscal year end
Ing June thirteth, eighteen hundred aud seventy
three, is hereby Appropriated.
Approved, May s, 1872.
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