740 FIFTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. _ CHS. 166, 167, 180. 1901. J¤·¤¤¤rY 25. 1901- CHAP. 166.——An Act Revoking and aunulling the subdivision of Pencote Heights, ""—""'_" in the District of Columbia. `Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bqoresentatifves of the United .I§i,§{,'§‘{§,,‘§,€§’,§’@§; States of America in Congress assembled, That the subdivision of Peug<$1gdH¤is¤¢¤ ¤¤- cote Heights, in the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, ` revoked and annulled. . · . Approved, January 25, 1901. J¤¤¤¤¤'Y 25· 1901- CHAP. 167.-An Act To provide for the closing of part of an alley in square one """"W"`"` hundred and sixty-nine, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for ‘ the sale thereof to the Young Men’s Christian Association of the city of Washington. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House g”Reg>resentati*ves of the United Dé¥.E§‘,§%°{,€°§'§’§bi§; States of America in Congress assemble , That the Commissioners of ¤¤¤¤*¢1 9¤¥*h°1'g<¤1- the District of Columbia are hereby’ authorized and directed, onythe pgtition of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the city of _ ashington, the owner of all the property abutting on that part or portion of an alley thirty feet wide in square numbered one hundred and sixty-nine, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and running east and west through said square for a distance of eighty- nine and eighty-three one-hundredths feet, to declare said part or portion of said alleyito be closed, and to convey the title thereof to the said Young Men’s Christian Association of the city of lNashin ton by deed in fee simple in the nameof the United States (the said Cgammissioners being hereby vested with power and authority so to do) upon payment to said Commissioners byjsaid association of a price pe1· square foot in current money of the nited States equal to the assessed valuation per s uare foot of sublot numbered Efty-nine in said square numbered one (liundred and sixty-nine, accordin to the most recent assessment of said last-mentioned lot, which said (heed of conveyance, upon its execution and delivery and the gyment of such purchase price aforesaid, shall operate todivest the nited States of· their title in the land so conveys and vest the same in the said Young Men’s Christian Association of the city of Washington. And it is further enacted that said Commissioners, upon receipt of the purchase money, shall cover same into the Treasury of the United States. Approved, January 25, 1901. January 26. 1901- CHAP. 180.-An Act To allow the commutation of homestead entries in certain "‘* cases. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati’ves of the United ,.;“§“§e},°% p_m_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of sec- Géuiiwuuiauoiwset tion twenty-tl1ree hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the §l,°§E'd“f,g,°§{,’fl,°0]f·;'}'§d? United States, as amended, allowing homestead settlers to commute their homestead entries be, and the same hereby are, extended to all homestead settlers affected by or entitled to the benefits of the pro- _.,,,,,,_ p_ 1-,g_ visions of the Act ent1tled “An Act providing for free homesteads on the public lands for actual and ‘bona fide settlers, and reservin the - public lands for that purpose," approved the seventeenth day of §4ay, my- anno Dominicnineteen hundred: Provided, howeycer, That in commut- ' ing such entries·the entryman shall pay the price provided in the law under which original entry was made. ‘ Approved, January 26, 1901.
