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 540 SIXTY-FLF TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 67. 1918. www °' Pl°“*’» of said District are hereby authorized to purchase or lease all or any ii»”rs§gliiam?•i°'rii¤l°°tm° art of the limt, equigpent, buildings and grounds used by the gllashington PFertilizer mpany, the present contractor, for the collection, removal, reduction or disposal of garbage, and for the purchase or lease of all or any }part of the plant, equipment, buildings and grounds used by M. R. eaiy, the lpresent contractor, for the _ collection, removal and disposal o misce aneous refuse. ,,g$.§§‘,§$“,,?l'{,“I,l{c.,'{° Sec. 2. That in case a price can not be agreed upon between the commissioners and the parties in interest, for the dpurchase or lease of all or such parts of said plants, equipment, buil ngs and grounds as ma be required, then, and in that event, all or such parts of the said plimts, equipment, buildingts and grounds, hereinbefore described as may be necessary, are here y dec ared to be and the same are hereby condemned and apprpipriated to and for the use of the United orirh’$.?§irg`§ér{m" by States of America, to be use, operated and controlled by it, by and through the ency hereafter provided, and the Commissioners of the District oixllolumbia, as agents of the United States be, and they are hereby authorized and directed on the first day of july, nineteen hundred and eighteen, to take charge and possession, in the name of, for and by the authority of the United States of America, of all or so much of the property, real and personal, described in section one, aragraph one, as may be necessary, and to use the same for the collection, removal, reduction or disposal of garbage and miscellaneous A mm t I refuse m the District of Columbia. WQBE-ry. ° °" ° Sec. 3. That in the event the property hereinbefore described, is not purchased or leased, and is condemned as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to appoint a commission of appraisa and award,_consisting of three persons, to appraise the va ue of the properties condemned and appro riated, and to award to the respective owners just compensa- R°"°“ °"`“°‘“°‘ tion therefor. The said commission 0 appraisal and award shall, as soon as possible, file an inventory of the physical assets in use and useful in conducting the service of the col ection and removal of garbage and miscellaneous refuse, and the value of the same, proper allowance being made for depreciation. Each commissioner of the ` th dt { _ commission of appraisal and award shall make oath before a jugge MQ" ° y° °p'"°”` of a court of the nited States, to faithfully lperform such dut, e said commission of appraisal and award sha have (power ami, it shall be its duty, to summon witnesses with books an papers before it for drill of the parties in interest and to require such witnesses to testify, an it shall give a full hearing on the compensation to be awarded . T, V. b C and ive notice of the filing of such award to the Commissioners of .•.p$r2vr>,’c. me °f the District of Columbia and the owners of said {property, and any party in interest dissatisfied with the amount 0 such award may a pea] from the same, which appeal shall be reviewed by the Coiut A I to S oi) Appeals of the District of Co umbia, which court is hereby vested coal? °°r°m° with ]urisdiction for such purpose; and an appeal may similarly be taken from the decision of such court of appeals to the Supreme Inmmon mm Court of the United States for a final review of the amount of the ‘ award. Such final award shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date the Commissioners of the District 0; Coliémliia shall have taken possession of the property until the date , o its na ayment. [”ym°”t°f°X°°°°°S’ Sec. 4. 'lihat the expenses of procuring evidence of title, or- expenses of appraisal and award, or both, shall be paid out of such appropriations as are, or may be provided for the collection and disposal of garbage and miscellaneous refuse. c¤$°Si°;ir¤pg’;ry.pm` Sec. 5. That not exceeding $85,000 of the appropriation authorized herein may be expended for the purchase of the property of the gar-