1426 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 854. 1901. altogether on the land of such proprietor, who shall pay to the owner of the lot on which the wall inay stand areasonable price for the ground so occupied, to be decided by arbitrators or a j ury, as the parties inter csted llltly agree.
- ,,§§f"""°"'“""*’°"'>' Sec. 1587. If the wall of any house already erected cover seven
inches or l]lO1'€ in width of the adjoining lot, it sl1all be deemed a party wall, according to the regulations for building in the District-, and the ground so occugjed more than seven inches in width shall be paid for · _ as provided in t c preceding section. —*‘=‘*"*‘**‘=*'¤**f~ Sec. 1588. The surveyor shall ascertain and certify and put on record, at the request. and expense of any person interested therein, the fact of the occujration of land by a party wall. as mentioned in the _ preceding section. ,_,,}g_l{,‘,§;§§f’g l""" "Y Sec. 1589. Amusrrxo msas or m·1r.1>nvos.——It shall be the duty of the surveyor to attend, when requested. and examine the foundation or walls of any house to be erected. when the SQUIIC shall be level with the street or surface of the ground, for the purpose of adjusting the line of the front of such building to the line of the street and correctly placing the party wall on the line of division between that and the adjoining lot; and his certificate of the fact shall be admitted as evidence and binding on the parties interested. ,_£§Q;‘;,{{{.g;§;;§;}'p,§‘_' Sec. 1590. ORDER or SURVEY TO BE SPEEDILY EXECUTEI).·—-TDS sur- `veyor shall, as speedily as ossible, execute any order of survey made by any court or private individual of any lot or square within the city of `Washington, or of any land within the District of Columbia outside of said city, and shall make due return of a true plat and certificate thereof.
- “"‘°Y*“"DiS““’t- Sec. 1591. SURVEYS Eoa D1sTa1Cr.—1t shall be the duty of the
surveyor to execute any surveying work for the District of Columbia _*‘°‘»"“‘· without charge, on the order of the Commissioners; and all fees for surveys made by the Sl11'V€)'01' or theassistant surveyor shall be paid over to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia under regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and be covered into the Treasury of the United States as
- 5**9 “°“*‘-“‘“· other revenues of the District are now; and the field notes of the surveyor and his assistant shall be preserved and shall be a part of the
public property of the District of Columbia, and all records, plats, plans, and other papers or documents now existing, or hereafter made or secured by the office of the said surveyor, shall be delivered by each surveyor to his successor in office, and no plat or survey of land shall be recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia except it be certilied to as correct by the surveyor of said District. d,;};jff‘*“”*“"’°>'°"`* Sec. 1592. Assrsmivr SURVEYOR`S 1>Ur1Es.—The assistant surveyor · shall take the same oath his principal is required to take, and may, during the continuance of his ofliee, discharge and perform any of the official duties of his principal, and any default or misfeasance in office by the assistant surveyor, or other assistant or helper of the surveyor, shall be deemed a breach of the official bond of his principal.
- "·‘*‘·<·f~*”*’°>’°*· Sec. 1593. FEEs.—The Commissioners of the District of Columbia
are hereby authorized from time to time to prescribe a schedule of fees to be charged by the surveyor for his services, which schedule shall be printed and conspicuously displayed in the office of the surveyor. UQ{gjj{§,;Qkigéggrégi Sec. 159-L. SUBDIVISIONS or UNITED STATES SQU.ARES.-—“Thl?l1C\'€1` the President shall deem it necessary to subdivide any square or lot belonging to the United States within the city of Washington, not reserved for public purposes, into convenient building lots or portio11s . for sale and occupancy. and alleys for their accommodation, he may cause a plat to be~made by the surveyor in the manner prescribed in
