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 686 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 242, 243, 247. 1914. owner of said property so aEected by change of grade may be entitled, as proviéled in and by the aforesaid Act of Congress so amended as aforesai. Dgggxwggfébm Sec. 3. That a sufficient sum to pay the compensation and expenses of said commission and the compensation of said jurors and the amount of any appraisement or award of darntcgges made in favor of the owner of said fproyierty is hereby appropria out of the revenues R°‘“°"· of the District o Co um ia, and fifty per centum thereof shall be §;,,"§j’,,;,s to be do, refunded to said District of Columbia by the United States: Provwkled ¤¤·=¤>¤f¤>¤¤·¤·¤=d· however, That from such sum or sums as may be awarded to said owners, there shall be deducted the compensation and expenses of said commission and the compensation of said jurors. Approved, August 8, 1914. _ AU 8»1914~ CHAP.243.—An Act To ac uire, b urchase, condemns or otherwise, lH€n§·tu82°‘] addigozal land for the post officg, courthyciuge, and customhouselglllie city of Rich- [P¤blic,No.169.] mon, Dgxma. Be it enacted by the Senate and Horuszeéf Rrlegresentatives of the United §‘°’{}f‘*;‘§,;,}',{‘,;,,,,,,, States of America in Congress assemb, at the Secretary of the 1¤¤<ixl¤r‘$b;,i1<;°g¤¤¤- Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in his discreing ° ’° ° tion, to acquire, by pgrchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the remainder of the block, xmded by Main, Tenth, Eleventh, and Bank Streets,  which the post office, courthouse, and customhouse, in the city of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia, is located, at a cost (@"'•,,,,,;¤_ not exwedu1E$450,000: Promded, That in the judgment of the Secretary of the _ easury the public interest would be better served by acqggg siaidnpcroperty than by acquiring another site for additional pos ce ac 1es. Approved, August 8, 1914. A 13. 1m4· CHAP. 247.-An Act Extendin the rind of nt [P;§§;*4;2:_]m] jects, and for other purposes. 8 P6 payme under reclamation pre- _ Be it e·mu:ted_by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ¥,°,Y,‘§§‘g,“°‘°“-A°§;,n, States ofAmenea in Congress assembled, That any rson whose lands gtftrggtim cgsylgsghsw hereafter become subject to the terms and congigtions of the Act voi. az, p. ass. aggroved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled " _Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of puhhc_lands m certain States an Territories to the construction of {Q}; Qi'}; gg QQ; imgation works for tlie reclamation of arid lands," and Acts amendatory thereof or sulpplementary thereto, hereafter to be referred to as the reclamation w, and any rson who hereafter makes entry thereunder shall at the time of m ter-right gp lication or entry as the case may be, pay into the tion un iilve per centum oi ,h{{g§?"m°"” €““"‘ the construction charge  for his land as an imtial installment, and shall Eay the balance of said charge in fifteen annual installments, the Hist ve of which shall each be ve Reg centum of the construction charge and the remainder shall each seven per centum imtil the whole amount shall have been paid. The first of the annual install- _ ments shall become due and payable on December first of the fifth §g‘;°;;{g; wmm_ calendar year after the initial mstallment: Provided, That any waterright app cant or entlyman may, 1f he so elects, pay the whole or any part o the construction charges owing by him within any shorter ,,,;,§§’f‘Q,‘}§f°’°°¤* °' period: Provided further, That entry may be made whenever water is available, as announced by the Secretary of the Interior, and the initial payment be made when the charge per acre is established.