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848 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 35-37. 1907. O and P streets, Four-and-a-half street and Delaware avenue, south- ` west, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, the land in <€<>¤vey¤~¤¤¤¤>vr¤¤- said alleys to be conveyed to the present owner or owners of all of °°p$°£X,rf the lots in the said square: Provided, That the present owner or vf,’,‘}§‘°“‘ °‘ "“° owners of the lots in said square shall pa to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia the true value oi the land contained in said alley as said true value shall be determined by the board of assistant assessors of the District of Columbia, which in no event shall be less Disposal of pro- than the average value of the abutting pro rty, the sum so deposited °°°d* to be credited one-half to the United Sfates and one-half to the District of Columbia, and upon such payment the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to convey the title to the land in said alley to such owner or owners: Prccidedfurther, That b°Ax1g>;i‘;¤¤¤¤ mv the Commissioners are hereby authorized to reject the aplpraisement ' if in their opinion such appraisement is less than the va ue of said property. Approved, January 9, 1907. January 12, nm. CHAP. 86.-—An Act To authorize the county of Allegheny, in the State of Penn- [H-B-212**0-] lvanip, t0_ construct a bridge across the Allegheny River, in Allegheny County, [r¤¤no,No.1z] Q V¤¤1¤- • Be it enacted by t/ae Senate and House of Representatie:ea\ipfthe United §,}}§§f_’ I@§,§§;,,.’ States of America in Ocngresa assembled, That the co nty of Alle- 1>•.,m¤ybri<1s¤- gheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, a municipal corporation organ- _ 1zed under the laws of Pennsylvania, its successors and assigns, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a I·<¤=¤¢i¤¤- bridge, and approaches thereto, across the Alle heny River, from a point at or near H street in the borough of Dakmont. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to Hulton Ferry, in the township of Harmar, in said county and State, in accordance with the provisions of the Act Ame, p. S4. entitled "An Act to re ulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approvedg March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. mamma Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 12, 1907. ·"·¤“¤’Y VJ9W- CHAP. 37.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to late the kee in

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'{Pnblic, No. 13.] cuging employment or situations," approved June nineteenth, nineteen lmndied BD SIX. 4 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United °,§‘§f,':,f,f;’,{,Q’$,{"','};§; States of America in Congress assembled, That section eleven of an Act cijm d_ entitled "An Act to regulate the keeping of emplovment agencies in , p. 309, amen . . . ·· . ea. the District of Columbia where fees are charged for procuring employment or situations," approved June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after ‘ the words "at least six months from the date of revocation of such license" the words "every violation of any provision of this Act, {f_,¤:%';gd°°· except as provided in section ten, shall be punishable by a tine not to A`exceed twenty-five dollars, and in default thereof the person or persons so offending shall becommitted for a period not to exceed thirty days, and this penalty shall also include such violations of section ten for which no penalty is prescribed in said section ten.” Approved, January 12,1907.