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 F1FTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 164-166. 1904. 51 CHAP. 164.—Au Act T0 authorize the resubdivision of lots or blocks in the Dis- February 26~ 1904- trict. of Columbia. [H· R- 358*} . Public, N0. 25. Bc it enacted by Hee Senate and House of.R esenmtéves of the United [ ] States of America in Congress assembled, gat where any proposed I{§ggf}§gQ`fi§§jg”b*g} street of the permanent system of highways affects any lot or block of low, ew- ` a subdivision recorded in the oiilce of the surveyor of the District of v°1'27'p`532` Columbia, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, in - their discretion, allow the resubdivision of such lot or block in a manner conformin to the original subdivision until such time as condemnation Proeeauhngs are begun for the opening of the proposed street affecting the land to be subdivided. Approved, February 26, 1904. ‘ CHAP. 165.-An Act To enable the Secretary of the Treasiuy to pay the State of F°b¤'“¤'Y 26- 190*- Vermont money appropriated by the Act of Congress of Jul nist, nineteen bun- dred and two, and to adjust mutual claims between the United States and the State [Public, No. 26.] of Vermont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongmss assembled, That to enable the Secretary Xgggjént of mw of the Treasury to pay the State of Vermont the sum appropriated to mu Jclaims my umthat State under the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred “\?§f·§°l; 5,,6 and two, or such part thereof as 1t may be entitled to, the accountin 0EOOP! of the Treasury Department are harohyauéorized and directeil to audit, adjust, and settle the mutual claims of the United States and the State of Vermont in respect to ordnance and quartermastefs stores furnished in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-four and eighteen hundred and sixtydlve, and on payment a receipt in full shall be taken from the proper State authoritms. Approved, February 26, 1904. CHAP. 168.-—An Act For the relief of settlers on lands in Sherman County, in ¥*`¤Y>¤¤¤F>' 26-19% the State of Oregon. __ [S' 277*] __ __ _ {Pubns, No. 27.] Be of enacted by the Senate and [base ofR?recen.tatwes of the Created States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mff]f(!§J*r;';‘_•[:§'°¤°¤ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate n··néc<>r¤¤:i1é¤· on and ascertain the reasonable value, respectively, of the lands settled )'“‘d"‘°]°"”°° °" upon, and heretofore claimed by the resgective persons whose names _ are set out in full in Senate Document umbered Eight, second session F ift. —sixth Congress, and in Senate Document Numbered Two hundred and, forty, first session Fifty-seventh Congress. and in which documents are also s eciiically stated an accurate description of the lands claimed by each) of such persons, respectively, and such other persons who settled upon and improved said lands after their restoration to entry by order of the Secretary of the Interior, but who were unable to get their claims of record, and whose names do not appear in the two executive documents hereinbefore named, all of said lands being in the county of Sherman, in the State of Oregon. And it shall be, and is hereby, made the duty of the Secretary of n;s;;~;grg;>;¤1:;·r?- the Inmrior to investigate and ascertain the names, respectively, of all claims Us m¤§`Lg” ° settlers who entered on said lands and settled upon the same, and the value of the different classes as hereinafter specified of all of said lands and improvements as follows: First, in all cases where said settlers have been  of their lands it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain the reasonable value of such lands. respec·