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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 837. 1890. 413 act they are authorized and directed to make application to the su- Condemnation pm. preme court of the District of Columbia, at an general or special term °°°‘””‘“· thereof, by petition for the condemnation of such land not so urchased, and for the ascertainment of its value. Such petition shall P¤titi¤¤¤¤S¤v¤¤me contain a particular description of the property not sopurchased, and C°“"’ D‘°‘ selected for the purpose aforesaid, with the name of the owner or owners thereof and their residences, so far as the same may be ascertained, together with a plan of the land proposed to be taken; and thereupon the said court is authorized and required to cite all such owners and ¤i¤¤¤<>¤ of <>w¤¤r¤. all other persons interested to appear in said court at a time to be °t°" °°°°"°r' fixed by such court, on reasonab e notice, to answer the said petition; and if it shall appear to the court that there are any owners or other remns under dis persons intereste who are under disability the court shall give pub- “’"""· 'c notice of the time at which the said court will roceed with the Publicnoticeof promatter of condemnation; and at such time if it shall appear that °°°‘“”8· there are any persons under disability either who have appeared or who have not appeared, the court shall alppoint guardians ad litem Appointment or for each such persons, and the court s all thereupon proceed to ‘""'“""· alppoint three capable and disinterested commissioners to appraise mésvinreisement come value of the respective interests of all persons concerned in such °"' » lands, under such regulations as to notice and hearing as to the court shall seem meet. Such commissioners shall thereupon, after Duty of Commisbeing duly sworn for the proper performance of their uties, ex- “*°"°"“· amine the premises and hear the persons in interest who ma appear · before them, and retnrn their appraisement of the value of the inter-‘ Report of appmise ests of all persons, respectively, in such land; and when such report "°°"°‘ shall have been confirmed by the court the President of the United w¤ugt¤¤¤‘¤¤¤¤*¤¤ by States shall, if he think the public interest requires it, cause ayment ` to be made to the respective persons entitled according to the judg- rsymedt. ment of the court, and in case any of such persons are under disability, or can not be found, or neglect to receive payment, the money to be paid to any of them shall be deposited in the Treasury to their S credit, unless there shall be some person lawfully authorized to receive the same under the direction of the court, and when such ay- ments are so made, or the amounts belonging] to persons to whom ayment shall not be made are so deposited, the said lands shall be ggeupuxmentetc., deemed to be condemned and taken by the United States for the pub- §°i,,t§“‘“‘°'°“ °°“" lic use. And hereafter, in all cases of the taking of property in the District of Columbia for public use, whether herein, heretofore, or hereafter authorized, the foregoing] provisions, as it respects the ap- All mmm proceedplication by the roper officer to the supreme court of the District }{,'K§,{§'$,'}‘},°g{‘“,*{f*?,'g of Columbia and) the proceedings therein shall be as in the fore- svgpgedbynneepm going provisions declared. _ _ ‘ Sec. 4. That hereafter all disbursing officers of the United States d,gjgs*ggé¤°·;{c€§é g shall render their accounts quarterly ; and the Secretary of the Sen- to be rendered qw. ate shall render his accounts as heretofore; but the Secretary of the '""· °" °“°“°'· Treasury ma direct any or all such accounts to be rendered more frequently when in his judgment the public interests may require. , Sec. .5. That section two of an act approved June twenty-fifth, p0zg,*gg°ssggE¤ City eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to authorize the ac- Ame, p. 174, hmeudquisition of certain arcels of real estate embraced in square num- °°· bered three hundredp and twenty-three of the city of Washixigton to provide an eligible site for a city post ofIice," is ereby amended by mffpugexgénsggp 2; inserting after the word "offer" where the same last appears in nude asked is excessaid section, the followin : " or whenever the Secretary of the mg v·£>u·;v<= fair Treasury is satisfied that the price demanded for any of the lots or ' parts of lots described or referred to in this section is excessive, or above their fair market value." _ That the building authorized by_ the said act approved June AM, P- 174- twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall be constructed in a fire-proof manner, with Hot less than Glgllt Stories, and at a total cost,  i d including approaches and heating Rpparatus, not exceeding one maximum ,,02 "