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 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 197. 1893. 533 any such section shall have been adopted by the Commissioners they shall cause a map of the same to be made showing the boundaries and Mm dimensions of and number of square feet in the streets, avenues, and roads established by them therein; the boundaries and dimensions of and number of square feet in each, if any, of the then existing highways in the area covered by such map, and the boundaries and dimensions of and number of square feet in each lot of any then existing subdivision owned by private persons; and containing such explanations as shall be necessary to a complete understanding of such map. In making such maps the Commissioners are further authorized to lay out at the intersections of the principal avenues and streets thereof circles or Circles, eee., at other reservations corresponding in number and dimensions with °"'°°° ""*°""°°"°“‘· those now existing at such intersections in the city of Washiiigton. A copy of such map, duly certified by the Commissioners, shall be cmiiiea copies of delivered to a commission hereby created, composed of the Secre- §,§,’,,‘§·,,§§§‘,;;f° g° "’ " tary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Chief of Engineers, for the time being, who shall make such alterations, if any, Aiuimimaii. therein, as they shall deem advisable, keeping in view the intention and provisions of this act, and the necessity of harmonizing as far as possible the public convenience with economy of expenditure; and if such commission shall see iit, they may cause to be made a new map in _ _ place of the one submitted to them. When such commission, or a ma- ,,,,£f§$'§f‘§j‘f‘°“ ‘“‘° jority thereof, shall have come to a iinal determination in the matter, they shall approve in writing the map which they shall adopt, and shall deliver it to said Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and the __ _ same shall at once be filed and recorded in the office of the surveyor of m‘“‘“"°“’°°’°""‘ the District of Columbia, and after any such map shall have been so recorded no further subdivision of any land included therein shall be iN•> Mgr ¤¤Mivi— admitted to record in the office of the surveyor of said District, or in ,:;”,3:],,,0v’§;,T°°¢'}ic°jl the office of the recorder of deeds thereof, unless the same be first approved by the Commissioners and bein conformity to such map. Nor shall it be lawful when any such map shall have been so recorded for wj~l;¤=:$¤¤,g giggthe Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or any other officer or pm{·¤1,¤w. ° ` person representing the United States or the District of Columbia, to thereafter improve, repair, or assume any responsibility in regard to any abandoned highway within the area covered by such map, ri-ejected highways or to accept, improve, repair, or assume any responsibility in regard to §}‘Q{{‘*§§ ]§gt§,¥;{’g;:l; any highway that any owner of land in such area shall thereafter at- ¤¤i¤¤i<>¤m. tempt to lay out or establish, unless such landowner shall iirst have submitted to the Commissioners a plat of such proposed highway and the (`ommissioners shall have found the same to be in conformity to such map, and shall have approved such plat and caused it to be recorded in the office of said surveyor. In order to enable the said Com- ,0C{gg,‘:'wr*},°;;‘*;j':_ missioners to proceed speedily and efficiently to carry out the purposes sioner tw., sppoima of this act, they are hereby authorized to appoint two civilians assist- "' °"“¥° °' "°"‘· ants to the Engineer Commissioner, who, with such Engineer Commissioner shall, under the direction of the Commissioners, have immediate charge of the work to be done under this act: Provided, however, That the appointment, term of office, and compensation of such civilian APP°l¤¤¤°¤*•· ¤*¤- assistants shall be subject to the approval of the commission hereinbefore provided for, consisting of the Secretary of \Var, the Secretary pif the Interior, and the Chief of the Engineers, or of a majority of em. SEQ. 3. That when any such map shall have been recorded as afore- ¤•¤¤¤ ¤¤·* **1**- said in the office of the surveyer of the District it shall be lawful for the owner of any land included within such map to adopt the subdivision thereby made by a reference thereto and to this section in any deed or_will which he shall thereafter make, and when any deed or will containing any such reference shall have been made and recorded in the proper office it shall have the same eiiwt as though the grantor or grantors in such deed or the maker of such will had made such subdivision and recorded the same in compliance with law.