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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Gus. 320, 321. 1899. 92] CHAP. 320.-An Act T0 provide for the disposition of assessment certificates of Much 1.1899. the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. **;**1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Treasurer of the pnmcnorconumbaa. United States, ex officio commissioner of the sinking fund of the Dis- dc£@;°“{ff gfémsmm triets of Columbia, shall deliver to the Commissioners of the District of enum m-mu qmaeif Columbia all assessment certificates remaining in his custody issued §Q$§§{_‘}§§“;g°c§;g against private property in the District of Columbia. for unpaid assess- i¤n»r¤v·¤¤¤¤¤¤.•==¤. ments for special improvements under the act of the legislative assembly of the District of Cohunbia approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and deposited with the commissioners of the sinking fund of the District of Columbia under the provisions of seetion two of the act of the legislative assembly of the District of Columbiz approved May twentsyninuh, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Sec. 2. That all moneys derived from the collection of special- ;ggg°g·}':g:•;{g· improvement taxes, now in the custody of the Treasurer of the United in custody oe. sic., :3 States, or that may hereafter be collected on account of the assess- f{,°Q}°g’°*‘°,{‘(,{’,{,'*`;’_§’$_jj ment certificates mentioned in section one of this Act, in excess of the mh ord-: District. amount required to pay eight per centum certificates of indebtedness V°l‘ 2* 1* Z"' and coupons therefrom, called for payment prior to the Act of Congress approved August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to provide for the payment of the eight per centum greenback certiiicates of the District of Columbia. and for other purposes," shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as general revenues of the District of Columbia; and all future collections ou coumsm on M. account of the aforesaid assessment certificates shall be made by the g;'{}c;’§,_°t°gg‘;f{:;g; eollector of taxes of said District, who shall deposit said collections as by we wlimm or prescribed in this seéticn; and the Commissioners of said District shall *‘f,°,Z,§,{,l§,'Q‘{§}f,g,, to redeem, out of the general revenues of said District, any of the ont· E•¤¤¤$ck¤¤¤$;¤di¤z standing drawback eertincates issued under the Act of Congress .37 °°"°‘ °’““· entitled “An Act to provide for the revision and correction of assess- "°’· ”°-P· 1**6- ments for special improvements in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, as they may be presented to them for redemption, as prescribed by said Act. Sm:. 3. That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby relieved m'f1;¤·;¤H:cgi;·¤i¤;¤¤ from all duty and responsibility in connection with the collection or of said ¤»¤:»L£{°éZ application of the proceeds of said assessments, except as to the pay- ***°°P°· ment of the outstanding eight per centum certificates and coupons referred to in section two, and the deposit, as prescribed in said sec- · tion, of the balance of the amount already in his custody not needed for such payment. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect; from and after its passage, mum: repeal. and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, March 1, 1899. CHAP. 321.-·An Act To authorize n resurvey of certain lands iu;Ohcye¤ne County, March 1, 1890. in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes. ———-=—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nited Sane; of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the cneyme cmmy, Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be N‘{{’;,,my 0, md, made a survey of the followinglauds in Cheyenne County, in the Scam of ~¤¤h¤g¤·-¤¤- Nebraska: Townships twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three north, range forty-seven west, principal meridian, and so much of the lands adjacent thereto as may be necessary to correct the errors existing in the original survey of said lands. And all rules and regulations of the —¤¤m¤¤ mem: ne- Interior Department requiring petitions hom all settlers on said lands L{§',{{°"‘ """ "’“* asking for a resnrvey and an agreement to abide by the result of the su1·· Vey, so fm- as these lands are concerned, are hereby abrogated; Pm- gm. vided, That; nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair .,.,&§,t: ,§’f.b°,'f°;Z{’,$'? in