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174 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 612, 613. 1890. J¤¤¤2L1890- CHAP. 612.-An act to provide an American register for the barge Ottawa,

  • __""""" of Philadelphia, Pennsylvama.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the -·ve¤¤•.·· United States of America in Congress assemb d, That the Com- ·*“‘,,§§*°{,“ ,{,‘{."§’§,‘[ missioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause §¥>•=·s¤ "0*1·¤¤·“ the forei -built barge Ottawa, owned by Frank D. Zell, of Phila- ”"°°°h"°°°°°' delphia, gbnnsylvama, an American citizen, and rebuilt by him, to be registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of the schooner-barge Venus. Approved, June 25, 1890. . June 5, 1890. CHAP. 613.-An act to authorize the of certain parcels of real estate ‘""""”"_"‘ embraced in square numbered three hun and twenty-three of the city of Washington, to provide an eligible site for a city post oilioe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the wqcnymq, nc. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary §g{'°*’““‘*’”¥·°*"· of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to acquire for the purpose, and in the manner, hereinafter (provided ‘the real estate emu,,,, · m raced in uare numbered three hun red and twenty-three, of the mmm . 3 . I . . . . Y city of W n, District of Columbia, boimded by Pennsylvania Avenue on the north, C street on the south, Eleventh street on Am¤·<>vr1¤¤¤¤· the east, and twelfth street on the west, and a sum of money sufficient to pray for said square three hundred and Twenty-three, in the manner ereiuafter provided, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Trem not otherwise appropriated; and the said NaN_ Secretary is instru to cause to be erected upon said square a commoldiousa withdfirequroofhvaugts, heat- Pmnm, in an ven ap ara s,eeva rs an approac es, oruseas ag" “ a Suited States postogco for said city, and for other governmental summa.; glurposes the cost of the said building not to exceed eight hundred 1·.»¢,p.m. thousand dollars. ‘ cum mi, ae, m Sec. 2. That the said Secretagy be, and he is hereby, empowered and "¤""‘*"°‘· directed to purchase of the re estate comprised 111 the said square the following piarcels, to wit ; part of lot one, consisting of one thousand four hun red and forty square feet, part of lot two, consistingof three thousand four hundred and three square feet, all of lot three, consisting of four thousand and eight gquare feet all of lot four, consisting o three thousand seven hundr and fifty square feet, all of lot Eve, consistinfg of three thousand five hun re and sixty-five square feet, all o lot six, consisting of five thousand four hundred and two square feet, part of lot seven, consisting of two thousand three hun red and seventy-seven square feet, an part of lot nine, consisting of one thousand eight hundred rgquare feet, making all together twenty-five thousan seven hund and forty-five square nmmm pee. pe.- feet, at a price not exceeding ten dollars and fifty) cents per square

  • ¤°*·'° '°°‘· foot, as lproposed by a certain oder in writing y the owners or

"”'·P·‘“~ agents thereof, bearing date the twenty-second day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety, and addressed to the committees on Pulylic Buildings and Grounds of the Senate and House of Representatives, and signed Chas. C. Duncanson, the original of which was filed with the Secretary of the Treasury on the seventh day of June anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, and where any of the said C0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, dg owners or agents may be unable for any reason to vest by voluntary fwlr of MM we- conveyance a complete and valid title to any parcel or tract hereinbefore described, as proposed in said offer, then the same shall be condemned, in the manner hereinafter provided. mmsmaerorsqcwe Sec. 3. That the said Secretary is authorized and directed to acquire "° "" °°‘*“*"°"· ° · the remaining parcels of real estate in the said square by negotiation, Title. so far as such parcels ma be so acquired, and title thereto secured, Maximum price. at a price not above the f5air relative value of the same as to other