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 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 457-458. 1899. [377 said system shall be a sufficient description of the parcel of land to which it relates, for all purposes of assessment and collection of taxes and assessments of every kind: Each square in the city of Washington shall bear a number or other designation that will distinguish it trom every other square in said city. Each lot or parcel of ground in each such qnare shall bear a number or other designation that will distingui h it from every other lot or parcel of ground in such square. Each block in each subdivision in said District outside of the limits of the city of Washington shall bear a number that will distinguish it from every other such block. Each lot or parcel of land in each such block shall bear a number that will distinguish it from every other lot therein. Each piece or parcel of unsubdivided land and each parcel of land deeded by metes and bounds in said District shall have a distinctive designation. As nearly as practicable, in the judgment of the Commissioners, the Numvrivslnequencs. numbers in each of the aforesaid squares, blocks, or parcels of land requiring to be numbered shall bein a regularly increasing numerical `sequence and order, beginning with the lowest number practicable; and, in case of the lots, shall commence at the same relative location in each of the squares, blocks, or parcels of land, and be continued in the same relative order. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to cause a record of ,,§,§°'§{,d0§{,f$,*§{';:j the designations of the several aforesaid parcels of land to be made in v•>y¤r· accordance with the foregoing system, in the office of the surveyor of said District; and said Commissioners shall cause the necessary work to be commenced immediately upon the passage of this Act; and here after it shall be the duty of the surveyor, in giving numbers to blocks or lots of future subdivisions, to be governed by said system. Sec. 2. That the designation given as hereinbefore prescribed to each de'1'9 bg, M; Mitgisl of said lots or parcels of land, which they shall respectively bear on the stiigniir °:¤K:•° Ti records of the assessor of said District at the time said lots or parcels *·¤°’·°°°~ become subject to sale for arrears of any tax or assessment, shall be the official designation of said lots or parcels of land for the enforcement of the collection of all such arrears of general taxes and assessments for the tax year in which the said designation : hall be given, and until such designation be changed pursuant to law. Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall ,ml:*'l¥6c;;3;= ¤:,¤i>* cause to be made a daily transcript, and entry on the records of said mint.- tr deeds sid assessor, of the designations of lots or parcels of land in said District '°¤"'*"°"'“'°· appearing in instruments of conveyance received for record in the omce of the recorder of deeds, and the designations of lots or parcels of land in said District transferred by probated wills; and the person or persons whom the Commissioners of said District may designate for the purpose of making such transcript shall for this purpose at all times during ofllce hours have full access to the records of the recorder of deeds and the register of wills of said District; and the assessor shall daily furnish the surveyor with a copy of such transcript. Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are Reposihereby repealed. Sec. 5. That in the District of Columbia the annual license fee for an umm? f¤¤érr¤xhiexhibition of paintings, works of art, or works of historical interest "°“ "' °""‘ shall be one hundred dollars. Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP. 458.-Au Act Relative to the control of wharf property and certain public Much 3, 1899. spaces in the District of Columbia. ‘·""""‘__ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofAme·rica in Congress assembled, That, with the exceptions here- I,,,,,,,,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,,,, inafter provided, the Uommlssioners of the District of Columbia shall Mgzmcgrggyzgghagg have the exclusive charge and control of all wharf property belonging l,,,,,,,,,,, vox. xxx--87