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276 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. OHS. 253-255. 1894. F-S·· D·C·· M- 2**% rate of one dollar and twenty-Eve cents per linear frornt foot against all Pm` lots or land abutting upon the street, road, or alley m which a, water Prorisa. main shall be laid: Provided, That eoruer lots shall be taxed only ou C°’¤°’ ‘°*°· their trout, with 2. depth of not exceeding one hundred feet; any excess of the other trout over one hundred feet shall be subject to above rate Pnymeutnfpeuding of assessment: And provided further, Thatiu all cases now penduig “”°“"“°"“· where assessments have been regularly made and the installments paid · · as they become due and payable, and the taxpayer is not in default or iu arrears in any manner, and where there has not been paid a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear foot, as estimated above, then oulyso much shall be collected as will make the whole sum No mrumi or emu. paid equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear foot. But this Act is not intended to give any ground of action for the refunding of any sum already paid in excess of one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear foot, nor for relieving any taxpayer who is in arrears for watermain assessments. Approved, August 11, 1894. August gg, mp4_ CHAP. 254.-Au Act To provide for the closing of as part of an alley in square . ——-——-—-—-— one hundred and eighty-Eve m the city of Washington, District of Columbia. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _nm¤·m or comm- States of America in Cmsgress assembled, That the Commissioners of "';m0f my Num the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and instructed on the rms, uma.petition of the owner of all the property fronting on that part or portion of an alley fifteen feet wide, and ru1ming north and south through lot thirty, square one hundred and eighty-five, to declare said part or portion of said alley to be closed, and the title therein is hereby declared to be vested in the owner of all the property fronting on said a ey. Approved, August 11, 1894. August 11, ISN- CHAP. 255.——An Act Extending the time of puvment to purchasers of lands of """""""‘""""" the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of fha United umm umm mn- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the

  • •’{,*;;°_;*ym 8 ,,,8,m interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to extend the

·m»;1¤·~xw¤H··$· time of payments of the purchase money due for land sold on the ‘°'· ”· *"°“‘ Omaha Indian Reservation under the sale made by virtue of *~An Act; to provide for the sale of sx part of the reservation of the Omaha. tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes," approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, as follows: um¤uing time for The time for the first payment is hereby extended until the mst day ”’“°*’“"“°'“’= °"" of December, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, the second payment to become due in one year thereafter, and the third payment to be due _ and payable in one year from the time fixed for the second payment: {:3;;*;: Promled, That the interest ou said payments shall be paid annually rpm str mmnm at the time said payments of interest are due; and the Secretary of I""““"· the Treasury shall retain in the Treasury all moneys heretofore and that may hereafter be paid as principal under the Act approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and shall pay over five per eeutum thereon annually to the Secretary of the Interior to be expended by him annually for the benefit of said Indian , as prescribed in sec- __£:j*i¤¤¢i·>¤ ·>f i¤- tion three of said Act, and the Secretary of the Treasurv shall pay all interest that has been paid on land sold under said Act to the Secretary of the Interior, to be by him paid over to said tribe, to be dis- _ tributed to the members thereof pro rata by the agent of said tribe and all interest thereafter coming into the Treasury shall be paid over