Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-12
SENATE OFFICE SITE
COMMISSION APPOINTED BY
JUDGE BARNARD
To Determine the Value of Property to
Be INSTRUMENTATION
Given.

The commission appointed by Justice Bar
nard of the District Supreme Court yester-
day to set valuation on the property III
square $50, to be used as Senate once
building, has been formally organized, ana
will proceed with its work with all dlspatch.
According to its instructions, the task set
for the members of the board to accom-
plish is to fix fair valuation on the prop
erty that is to be taken by the government
for use as public property Its work Will
be to see that the property holders get a
fair price for their holdings. and also that
the government Is not made to pay an ex-
orbitant price The commission will view
the property on Monday next. and on the
following Monday, August %. will meet for
the first time to grant hearings to the
property owners and to take testimony
relative to the values.
The board has been very thoroughly N
structed as to the methods of determining
the values. The governments represent
atives desire that all of the property mold
ers shall be familiar particularly with the
paragraphs in the instructions which relate
to market values. and these paragraphs are
given as follows:
Paragraphs as to Market Values.
1.-The several parcels or lots are to be APP
praised at their fair market value with
reference to the most advantageous uses
to which they can be put by private per-
sons corporations; and by market Valoe
is meant what the property would sell Tor
ir cash. or on terms equivalent to cash.
when offered for sale by one who desires
blu, is not obliged to sell, to one who de-
sires but is not obliged to buy: what might
be offered by one who desired to buy on
time for purely speculat tive purposes or the
additional value. if any, tho roperty may
have acquired by it's selection by the
Hypr ant IN
sdered a basis for or In any way IN
f,uencing the appraisers.
IF any of said parcels by reason of its
location. surroundings. natural advantages
or intrinsic character is peculiarly adapted
to some particular use by private persons
or corporations the circumstances which
make up such adaptability may be consid-
cred
And the commissioners VIII make their
appraisement without consideration of the
fact that a specific amount of money is
appropriated by act of Congress of April
%. 1904.
1.-THE appraisement of the commission
shall have reference to the market value of
the property at the time of the hearing of
these proceedings.
The commissioners shall not take any
evidence offered on behalf of any owner or
owners of the several parcels embraced
in said square tending to prove offers made
to any one or more of them by intending
purchasers or others to buy said parcels or
any of them at any sum or sums of money
or to exchange the same for other property
or commodity; but they shall consider any
evidence offered by the petitioner uhe gov
ernment tending to prove the declaration
of owners as to the value of their properties
or their offers of them at a fixed price;
but the commissioners are instructed that
said declarations or offers must be so recent
as reasonably to apply to the present value
of said properties.
NO compensation can be allowed for loss
of future properties, or for injury to bust
ness, for the expenses or inconvenience
or moving, or COR loss in value of purely
personal property arising from a removal
thereof, nor can the difficulty of procuring
other places of residence or for business
purposes be considered"