Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-10

In the District Court of the United States
for the District of Maryland. No. 2572,
Law Dept.
United States of Americ,

i OHittu OtdtcS Oh AIu0TiCa
vs..
James F. Hood and Appleton P. Clark,
Trustees; Allan C. Clark and Carrie
Louchhiem.
In the matter of the condemnation of
, certain lands in Montgomery County.
Maryland for use by the United States
for purposes connected.with the project
for increased water supply of the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
hereby give notice to all persons
directly or indirectly interested that a
petition was filed in the District Court
of the United States for the District
of Maryland, in the above entitled
case, on the 18th day Of June, 1925,
by the United States Of America, to
the following effect, to wit:
l. That heretofore, by an Act of
Congress approved June 20, 1922, en-
titled Gan Act making appropriation
for the government of the District
of Columbia and other activities
chargeable in whole or in part against
the revenue of such District for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1928, and
for other purposes" the Secretary of
War of the United States may cause
proceedings to be instituted in the
name of the United States for the re-
quirement Of condemnation of all
necessary lands, easements and rights
Of way necessary to the construction
of the project for increasing the water
supply of the District of Columbia,
as set forth at large and in full in said
Act, and the Secretary Of War of the
United States is further authorized by
the Act Of Congress approved Febru-
airy 26, 1923, entitled can Act making
appropriations for the government Of
the District Of Columbia and other
activities chargeable in whole or in
part against the revenues of such Dis
trict for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1924, and for other purposes" to
take immediate possession of said
lands, easements, rights Of way, or
otherwise to the extent Of the interest
acquired and proceed with the work
| therein authorized as set forth at
large and in full in said Act, provided
that adequate provisions shall have
been made for the payment of just
compensation to the party or parties
entitled thereto, either by previous
appropriation by the United States
or by the deposit of moneys or other
form of security in such amount and
form as shall be approved by the
Court in which such proceedings shall
be instituted.
2. That the Secretary of War is Of
the opinion, and has so declared, that
it is necessary and advantageous to
the United States and to the con-
struction of the project for increasing
the water supply Of the District Of
Columbia as above referred to, to ac-
quire by condemnation certain land
or parcel of land hereinafter described
and situate in Montgomery County,
in the State Of Maryland, and has APP
piled to the Attorney General Of the
United States to cause proceedings
to be instituted in the name of the
United States for the requirement by
condemnation of said land or parcel
of land, and that the said United
States cannot agree with the owners
of said land as to the price thereof,
or for the purchase thereof, for the
reason among others that the true
owners at law and likewise those hav-
ing an equitable interest in said land
cannot be ascertained through the
land records nor located although all
reasonable means have been employed
by the United States, its officers and
agents, definitely to ascertain who are
the real owners at law and those hav-
ing an equitable estate in said land
and whether Feme Covert Non Com
pos out of the County where the
lands lie Except as hereinafter ex-
pressly stately and the United States,
its officers and agents have used all
reasonable means to ascertain the
names of the owners of said tract or
parcel of land and where he, she OF
they may reside and whether adults
or under age, married or single, but
: have been unable to secure said infor.
: nation and do not know said names
residences, ages, marital status OF
mental conditions except as herein
expressly stated and for the further
reason that the title of the land is in
question and true owners thereof are
not ascertainable and are subject to
doubt.
g. That the land or parcel of land
hereinafter described is required and
the Secretary Of War has so found,
by the United States for constructing
and maintaining a conduit, said con-
duit being a part of the project for
increasing the water supply Of the
District of Columbia, as authorized by
Act of Congress hereinabove referred
to.
4. That funds have been provided
for the said project for increasing the
water supply Of the District of Co.
lumbia, as provided in the Act of Con-
gress referred to in the first section
of this petition and a sufficient
amount of funds so appropriated have
been reserved by the Secretary of
War for the payment Of such compen-
sation as may be awarded to the
parties entitled thereto under these
proceedings; that the Secretary Of
War through his agents and officers
has investigated the value of the
properties to be so condemned and
the sums reserved by him as above
set out are more than sufficient to pay
any reasonable award that may be
made.
5. A description is herewith given
of said lot or parcel of land sought
to be condemned by reference to the
last conveyances thereof, duly re-
corded among the land records Of
Montgomery County, in the State OF
MARYLAND, and the name OF the last
owners Of record and the name Of
the reputed owners last heard of, as
to said lot or parcel of land sought
to be condemned together with de-
scription thereof. d,
All that tract or parcel Of land
lying in Montgomery County, in the
District of Maryland, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at point on the south
boundary Of the United States prop,
erty where said line Is intersected
by the division line of the properties
Of Martin V. Lynch's heirs and the
Potomac Brick and Tile Company,
and running thence, along said SCUM
property "a North ga g. East, 401. 2
feet to a stone marked W. A. N. "a;
thence (2) South g Az East, POI
feet to stone marked W. A. n. 30;
thence (3) South s4' G. West, 418:55
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