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 FOBTY-SIXTH CON GBE8S. Sess. HI. Ch. 158, 159, 160. 1881. 513 HAP. 158.-An act to declare the true intent and m¢¢ · C the State of Kentucky fo; moneys expended for the  gtaté:i1?c:¤:>1h?:;b:;g? mtmg, clothing, supplying,  equipping, paying and transporting uiilitia forces to md m suppressing the re 9111011,,, approved une eighth, eighteen him. dred and seventy two. B0 it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the United States of America om Congress assembled, That in adjusting the claim of Declariug intent the State of Kentucky the term "equipment” shall be construed to “”dm€2~¤i¤€<>f WF mean and include the arming of said forces, as an essential part of their ${dig°”g}-`ffs I§‘°' equipments, and the word "supplying" shall include forage and fuel, tuwien; to Kg; and the hkanspoxétlatiorta shall be embraced, as indicated in the title of wckydgr; moum the act i eing e in ntion o on ess in the assage of said act to °xP°” m settle and adjust said accounts. gr P Eg'; °f *1*** ‘°b°1' Approved, March 3, 1881. CHAP. 159.-An act to vacate and close an all in ii ‘ www, mma &"¤.».2t‘l,'§“§.‘? “’ '““""°‘ '“‘“ ‘”°“’ “‘ ._.."°"°’* ‘*· *88*- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the AUG? i¤ _¤<1¤¤¤¤ District of Columbia, in their discretion, are hereby authorized and em- EQ)46 `g““];?gJ?°“¤ powered to sell and convey to the Washington and Georgetown Rail- ,,,2,, },,,,°;°,Q°fil°€,Q road Company the ground occupied by the alley running north and south Washington and in square five hundred and four, between lots eight, nine, and ten, in G¢¤*$*>*<>°m Reilthe city of Washington District of Columbia, and to vacate and close "°“‘? C°"‘P°’“y‘ up said alley: Provided; That said ground shall not be sold at a price Provisos. below the average assessed value of the lands in said square: And provided further, That the Commissioners aforesaid shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the general fund of the District of Columbia, the purchase money paid by said Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company Approved, March 3, 1881. CHAP. 160.-An act to construe an act entitled “An act to relieve the churches and March 3, 1881. orphan usylums of the District of Columbia. and to clear the title of the trustees of -—·-—·———— such property." ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Omtgmsg assembled, That upon the payment on or Church property before the mt day of october, eighteen hundred and eighty one, of an glfmggycgeggaggd WXGS and assessments levied since the first day of July, eighteen hun- from M,;.,,,,i,,,,,,x,,,,_ dred and seventy four, upon church property used for parsonage purposes in the District of Columbia, all taxes and assessments levied upon said parsonage property prior to said first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy four, together with any and all penalties, costs, ami mterest that may have accrued thereon, shall be, and hereby are, remitted aud re eased. Sec. 2. That all taxes and assessments heretofore levied upon orphan grphan asygums asylllms, and 011 the grounds actually occupied thereby, together Wlbh s6”§;tS““m£i; all penalties, costs, and interest that may have accrued thereon, shall md; hmm to be, Md hereby are remitted and released; and sald asylmns and gI‘01lndS be exempt from shall hereafter be exempt from taxation while s0_ oceupiedz Proozded, taxation. That all other real estate belonging to such institutions shall still be 1*'°""°· held for assessment and taxation, and for all previous assessments and. es. Approved, March 8, 1881. xn-83