Vol. 36, p. 2448. Preparation of other expenses, and for one-half of all reasonable and * Approved, June 30, 1914. Use of balance. CHAP. 141.-An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes. July 16, 1914. Legislative, ex ecutive, and judi cial Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, tions. appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: * appropria WAR DEPARTMENT * OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS: The services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and July 17, 1914. [S. J. Res. 29.] [Pub. Res., No. 39.] New Jersey and New York Har bor Commission. Retired Army officer may act as member of. fifteen shall not exceed $50,400; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. [No. 28.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint member of the New Jersey and New York Joint Harbor Line Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to designate an officer of the Corps of Engineers, retired, United States Army, to act as a member of the New Jersey and New York Joint Harbor Line Commission: Provided, That no expense shall accrue to from States al- the United States by reason of such appointment, and the officer designated may receive such compensation for his services on said commission as may be provided by the States aforesaid. Proviso. Compensation lowed. Approved, July 17, 1914. July 17, 1914. [H. R. 2536.] [Private, No. 61.] John Streckfus. damages to steamer Payment for from Mississippi River improve ment funds. CHAP. 164.-An Act For the relief of John Streckfus. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Mississippi River Commission be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, from any appropriation made by Congress for works of river and harbor improvement carried on by said commission, to John Streckfus, captain and owner of the J. S., the sum of $209, in payment and full settlement of all damages done to the said vessel J. S. by the commission's steamer Mississippi on April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and nine, when said steamer Mississippi collided with said steamer J. S. while the latter was lying at her dock at New Orleans, Louisiana. Approved, July 17, 1914. CHAP. 191.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the purposes following, being for the expenses of the govern ment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, namely: Continuing rec of Acquisition lands along both sides of the river park purposes. for highway and Description. For continuing the reclamation and development of lamation, etc., of. the Anacostia River and Flats, from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District line, to be expended under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, upon plans heretofore authorized to be prepared; said sum to be available for the preparation of plans, the prosecution of the work, the employment of personal service, and for such other purposes as may in the judgment of the Chief of Engineers be necessary to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, $100,000. In connection with said reclamation and development of the river and flats from the Anacostia Bridge to the District line, the Secretary of War is authorized to acquire by purchase or by condemnation, for highway and park purposes, the fee simple and absolute title to the land along the Anacostia River on both sides thereof between the high-water lines of said river, as determined by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and lines following approximately the contour of ten feet elevation on each side of said river above mean low water at the United States Navy Yard, from the Anacostia_Bridge to the northeast boundary line between the District of Columbia and Maryland; and also all land below the high-water lines on each side of said Anacostia River between the limits named that is not now owned by the United States; and the appropriation herein made for the reclamation and development of the Anacostia penses of condemRiver and Flats from the Anacostia bridge northeast to the District line, and all appropriations heretofore made for said purpose are hereby made available for the purchase or condemnation of said land and for the payment of amounts awarded as damages for said land and the costs and expenses of the condemnation proceedings in the event that it is necessary to institute such condemnation proceedings: Provided, That if said land or any proceedings. part thereof can not be acquired by purchase from the owners thereof at a price satisfactory to the Secretary of War, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon the request of the Secretary of War, shall institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such land under the provisions of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia. There shall be assessed as special benefits for the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District line upon the aforesaid plans, such sum or sums as the jury hereinafter provided for may determine, on such lots, and pieces, or parcels of land abutting the area of improvement, and adjacent thereto, and any other lots, 159602-40-vol. 3- -3 Payment for ex nation, etc. Proviso. Vol. 34, p. 151. Assessment as adjacent, etc., special benefits on property. Proceedings. Valuation jury. pieces, or parcels of land in the District of Columbia that such jury shall determine are specially benefited by reason of said reclamation and development, in the manner following, that is to say: It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, for the purpose of said assessment, to divide into sections, in such manner as he may deem best, the entire area of improvement; as soon as practicable after the reclamation and development of each section is completed, he shall furnish to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a plat of such section showing the area reclaimed and developed, and thereupon it shall be the duty of said commissioners to institute in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a district court, by petition, a proVol. 34, p. 151. ceeding in rem for the assessment of benefits. The proceedings in such case shall be under and in accordance with the provisions of subchapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, in so far by as the same are applicable. It shall be the duty of the jury provided for in said proceeding to find as special benefits the increase in value which such reclamation and development has added to each lot, piece, or parcel of land abutting such improvement, and adjacent thereto, and any other lot, piece, or parcel of land in the District of Columbia, which it may find will be specially benefited by reason of said improvement; and of the amount which said jury shall find such lots, pieces, or parcels of land so benefited it shall assess one-half thereof upon such lot, piece, or parcel of land. In determining the amounts to be assessed against said lots, pieces, or parcels of land, the jury shall take into consideration the respective situations and topographical conditions of said lots, pieces, or parcels of land, and the benefits and advantages they may specially receive from such reclamation and development, and where any part of any lot, piece, or parcel of land has been dedicated for the purpose of such reclamation and development, the jury in determining whether the remainder of said lot, piece, or parcel of land is to be assessed for benefits and the amount of benefits, if any, to be assessed thereon, shall also take into consideration the fact of such dedication Collection and and the value of land so dedicated. The said assessments shall be levied and collected under the provisions of said subchapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, and shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the United States and of the District of Columbia in equal parts, and when finally ratified and confirmed by the court shall severally be a lien upon the land assessed and shall be collected as special improvement taxes in the District of Columbia, and shall be payable in five equal annual installments with interest at the rate of four per centum per annum from and after sixty days after the confirmaVol. 34, p. 151. tion of the verdict of the jury. Where not otherwise herein provided for, all of the provisions of said sub payment. chapter one of chapter fifteen of said Code of Law for the District of Columbia shall be applicable to the levying and collecting of said special assessments. Approved, July 21, 1914. * CHAP. 222.-An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen. August 1, 1914. [H. R. 12579.] [Public, No. 160.] Vol. 38, p. 582. Indian Department appropria Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, tions. That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, namely: Investigation tem. Details of report. For investigation recommended by the Board of for irrigation sysEngineer Officers of the United States Army, as set forth in paragraph two hundred and seventeen of their report to the Secretary of War on February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, House Document Numbered Seven hundred and ninety-one, Sixty-third Congress, second session, and report as to the supply of the legally available water, acreage available for irrigation and titles thereto, the maximum and minimum estimated cost of the San Carlos irrigation project, including dam and necessary canals, ditches, and laterals, with recommendations and reasons therefor and the probable cost of adjudicating the water rights along the Gila River necessary thereto, and to take the steps necessary to prevent the vesting of any water rights in addition to those, if any, now existing until further action by Congress, $50,000. Bismarck Wa pany. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- ter Supply Comized, within his discretion, to grant and convey to the Bismarck Water Supply Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of West |