Chapter 35. To close certain alleys in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 35.— An Act To close certain alleys in the District of Columbia. January 9, 1907. [[S. 5565](/us/bill/59/s/5565).] [[Public, No. 1](/us/pl/59/1).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Commissioners of District of Columbia.Abandonment, etc., of alleys, square 330 north-west.the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to abandon and close all alleys in square numbered three hundred and thirty, lying between Tenth and Eleventh streets and W street and Florida avenue, northwest, in the city of Washington.
District of Columbia, the land in said alleys to revert to the present Reversion.owners of the said square. Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and Square 547 south-west.they are hereby, authorized and directed to abandon and close all alleys in square numbered five hundred and forty-seven, lying between 848O and P streets, Four-and-a-half street and Delaware avenue, south-west, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, the land in Conveyance to present owners.*Provisos.*Payment of true values.said alleys to be conveyed to the present owner or owners of all of the lots in the said square: *Provided*, That the present owner or owners of the lots in said square shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia the true value of 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 proceeds.than the average value of the abutting property, the sum so deposited to be credited one-half to the United States 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: *Provided further*, That Appraisements may be rejected.the Commissioners are hereby authorized to reject the appraisement if in their opinion such appraisement is less than the value of said property.
Approved, January 9, 1907.