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 544 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 228. 1908. _ nuuss. of Columbia, the chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and P°""" 927* Grounds of the United States Senate, and the chairman of the Committee on Public Buildin and Grounds of the United States House of Re resentatives, for th: puiépose of investigating the title `of the Uniteld States in and to all lan s in the District of Columbia, with a view to protecting such title, tiling a map of said lands, and ascertain- · ing whether or not any individual or corporation is, without proper ngépngggrst magic authoritybpoplcnsgymg, in whole og in part', any such hiindp. t Said com; ‘ °· mission s investi te an re on any an a rans ers o title to such lands by thegillnited Staines, either by` authority of Congress or otherwise, and shall make recommendations as to the future policy of the Government with respect to the sale or retention of any and all such lands, title to which may have been or is now vested in the United States, and pending the re rt of said commission, unless otherwise directed by Con ess, all autherizations heretofore made for the sale of Government hind in the District of Columbia, in which conveyances have not been made or contracts entered into, shall be Authority. held·in abeyanoe. The commission hereby created shall have authority to send for persons, papers, documents, public and_ private records, administer oaths, and to conduct such investigation m such manner as said commission may deem best, and shall report the results of such investigation to the Sixtieth Congress, together with its recommendauAm>r¤rri¤¤i<>¤ f¤r_;ions;L0Anddfgr {lhs explensebof said commission afsum not to excegd ve usan o rs is ere y appro riate, out 0 any money in the Treasuzy lpotphothepwise appropgiated,  expended on vouchers approv e c irman o sal commission. _ i¤:¤;&V_¤;;¤éd1;h1:é my Sec. 27. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, misses. m. authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the city o San Juan, Porto Rico, for street and other purposes, such portions of the site in said cigy reserved for Federal building (purposes by Executive order dated une thirtieth, nineteen hundre and three, as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury · may gg be re¢}uired fo; thpopresenlt ox probable future needs of the m tates or sites or era ui `ngs. D}',lf”’°°‘°¤ P‘°°'· Sec. 28. That the Secretary of War or other officer having charge " Mangiggxr und w oi thteegltramorbplpnttagdbghe €‘)0\i’§;D!Il0‘;1:` rgserxéation onhw icehlit is ‘ _ si ua in e is ric o ‘ um ia ,an e ere yis,authoriz an directed to purchase or cause to be taken for public use, by condemnation or otherwise, as an addition to said reservation for the pur se of extending its boundaries any land embraced in s uare three thdusand one hundred and twenty-six, in the cit of Vhsihington, District at Coliambia, not now owne by the United? States or the District of olum ia. Purchnse from ¤r•· That for the u e of carryin into effect the rovisions of this '”°""m°" f'" P1""' alot the Seereta£}yrd)€;SWar biehauil lhe hereby is, sutlibrized to expend t e sum o eig t thousand dollars, or so muc thereof as ma be necessary, out of the amounts heretofore appropriated by Congress for adslplw sandhtiltration plant, and for each and every purpose connecte therewit . mfxpépgewn. D. 0.. Sec. 29. or the erection of a fireproof addition to the court-house ,t.mm.m ·fm· court of the District of Columbia, for the use of the court of appeals of Said °‘j:,¤;*j*;,'j*;*;f**°”*°**- District, including such fireproof vaults as may be necessary to progqasrépsgs. tect from destruction the papers and records of said court, and proper heating and Ventilating apparatus. to be constructed under the supervision of andon plans to be furnished by the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, and approved by the Attorney·General, two hundred thousand dollars is authorized.