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 126 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 206-208. 1896. connected with a public sewer or water main, as the case may be, to so connect such lot, the work to be done in  the regulations. governing plumbing and house drainage in said District. P¤¤•1¤y fvr ¤¤s\¤<>*- SEO. 3. That if the owner or owners of any such lot neglect or refuse °”°‘ to make such connections as are required by this Act within thirty days after the receipt of such notice, such owner or owners shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction m the police court of said District, be punished by a line of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars for each day he, she, or they fail or neglect to make such connections. . Nom vw ¤•mr¤¤i- Sec. 4. That in case the owner or owners of any such lot be a non- °°"* °"‘°”‘ resident or nonresidents of the District of Columbia, or can not be found therein, then, and in that case, the said Commissioners shall give notice, by publication twice a week for two weeks m some daily newspaper published in the city of Washington, to such owner, directing the connection of such lot with such public sewer or with such public sewer mw. and water main, as the case may be: Provided, however, That 1f the "‘““‘ "°“°°‘ residence or place of abode of the said nonresident lot owner be known or can be ascertained on reasonable inquiry, then, and in thait caseh a co of the aforesaid notice shall be mailed to said nonresident, - drggsed to him in his props; naugs at his said pllace of residence or abide, with le prepai ; an in case suc owner or owners s a fail or Egglgdgttaogdomply with the notice aforesaid within thirty days it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause such connection to be made, the expense to be paid out of the emergency fund; such expense, F·¤1>·¤¤¤¤¤l¤•¤¤°° with necessary expense of advertisement, shall be assessed as a tax °“ "°"""‘ against such 10:, which tax shan be carried on the regular mx roll or the District of Columbila, and shall be collected in the manner provided for the collection of other taxes. Approved, May 19, 1896. Y1! 19.1893- CHAP. 20'l.—An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United _""“"”"' States to reconvey to the former owners a certain tract of land in Valverde County, BXBS. Prwuble. Whereas on the fifteenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, the San Felipe Agricultural, Manufacturing and Irrigation Company, by deed of conveyance, did convey to the United States of America a certain tract, piece, or parcel of land then in Kinney County, now in Valverde County, Texas, containing four hundred and nine acres of land, and fully described in said aforesaid deed of April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, for the purposes of a military garrison and reservation; and Whereas the United States of America, not wishing to use said land for the said purposes aforesaid, and having by its proper officers renunciated title to said land, and is willing to reconvey the same to the grantees, the said San Felipe Agricultural, Manufacturing and Irriga- _ tion Company: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United {::1% wd od to Sm States ojylmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasre1ipe.e¤¤..c»mp•¤y. nry of the United States of America is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of ’\Var, by proper deed to reconvey by quitclaim deed said aforesaid land to said aforesaid company. Approved, May 19, 1896. _ _ ){“F_1f@__ C  208.-An Act To establish certain harbor regulations for the District of 0 (HD 13. Be it cmwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,§{_y,§;*gj;3$;g:?- States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for ' any owner or occupant of any wharf or dock, any master or captain of