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 734 FIFTY-EIGHTH oosensss. sms. 111. on. m4. 1905. dedication and the parties applying for the closing of the alley or alleys shall present with such application a mutual agreement in writing and under seal, in duplicate, as to the future ownership of the land contained in the alley or alleys to 'be closed, together with two plats showing the alley or alleys divided into parcels, with the name of the future owner marked on each parcel, in accordance with such agreement. That copies of the order of the Commissioners accepting the dedication and closing the original or subdivisional alley, tolgether with the said agreements and plats in the case of an origina alley, shall be forwarded by said Commissioners to the surve ’0l' and recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia for record, and) thereafter the title to the land in such subdivisional alley shall revert to the owners of the land abutting thereon, and the title to the land in the original alley shall vest in the parties whose names appear on said plat in accordance with said agreement. mQl$fgel°”° *’*°“ l° “Sr·:o. 1608c. That the Commissioners are authorized to close any nam `or all ¤b¤t» alley or part of alley the width of which is less than ten feet upon the °"‘°'"‘°" '°°°i"°d' a plication in writing of the owners of all the abuttin property. If thle title to such closed alley is in the United States the land shall be · sold, as provided in section sixteen hundred and eight a hereof; and if · the title is not in the United States, the land shall revert as provided · in said section. m·=llp:¥;°n°:,';f* by “Sec. 1608d. That whenever ,the title in fee simple to an entire ` square is vested in one person or tenants in common or partners, and such owner or owners esire to improve said quare b the erection thereon of a" building covering not less than two-thirds of the area thereof, or to use said square for the purpose of some business enterprise, the Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to order any alley or alleys in such square to be closed, and a copy of said order shall be filed with the surveyor and recorder of deeds of said District _ _ for record. _ ' d£;’,°&'§g‘,f‘€“‘” °°"` *‘Sec. 1608e. That whenever it becomes necessary to open, widen, extend, or straighten alleys or minor streets by condemnation the said Commissioners shall institute condemnation proceedings in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a district court, bya petition in rem particularly describing the land to be taken, which petition shall be accompanied by duplicate plats to be pre red by the surveyor of said District, showing the courses and bounddries of the alley or minor street proposed to be opened, widened, extended, or straightened, the number of square feet to be taken from each lot or part of lot in the square or block, showing the existing alleys or minor street in said square or block, and such other information as may be necessary for the purposes of such condemnation. Upon the tiling of such petition, one copy of the plat, indorsed with the docket number of the case, shall be returned by the clerk of said court to the said _ surveyor for record in his office. , _ ,n;‘j“"° °’ l"°"°""‘ "Sec. 16081*. That the said court shall cause public notice of not less than ten days to be given of the filing of said proceedings, by advertisement in such manner as the court shall prescribe, which notice shall warn all persons having any interest in the proceedings to attend court at a day to be named in said notice and to continue in attendance until the court shall have made its final order ratifying and contirming the "°"*°”'·l*°"*°°· award of damages and assessmentof benefits of the jury; and, in addition to such public notice, said court, whenever in its judgment it is practicable to do so, shall cause a co y of said notice to be served by the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, or his deputies, upon such owners of the fee of the land to be condemned as may gel found by said marshal or his deputies within the District of o umbia.