196 FOB.TY—-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 227, 228. 1870. Jul! 8, 1870. CHAP. CCXXVII.—An Ac: authorizing the Allowance oftIu_ Olafm of the State q' Minnesota to Lands for the Support of a State Unwersnty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlw United t, C°*`*%*1*} S?€°· States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of the Qggzgytzg gov. general land office be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in emot- of Minne- adjusting the claim of the State of Minnesota to lands for the support siggg bfngptg of a State university, to approve and certify selections of land, made gyhgt Qnount, by the governor of said State, to the full amount of seventy-two sections %8?7»9h·6§’é6 mentioned in the act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, 1§6'1?Qh?'79_eighteen hundred [and] nfty-seven, without taking into the account the Vol. xii. p. 208. lands that were reserved at the time of the admission of the State into the Union, and donated to said State by the act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, July 8, 1870. _ Ju] 3 jg7g_ CHAP. CCXXVIII.·-An Act to rovide or the Pavin of Pennsylvania Avenue. y , P 9 Pm P; BPL Be it enacted {gy the Senate and House ty .Representatives of the United °°“‘“’“”'°“ States <y" America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the toselact ave- . . . - . . mgnt nndppavs Interior, Brevct Brigadier-General N. Michler, engineer m charge of P¤{¤i0q 0iAP¤¤¤— public buildings and grounds, and the mayor of the city of Washington, glgnm v` or their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, appointed a, commission to select and determine the best kind of pavement to be used in p:ving.LEennsyi;aniu 3venpe, phd ftpl Inge lsazd thorgughfaiip paved erewi rom e nor wes gu e 0 `IC apito groun s to the crossing of F iiteenth Street west, as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That within ten days after the pastc organize in sage of this act the commissioners named herein shall meet and organize
- °“ d*‘YB? by the election of u. president and secretary, from among their number,
and shall proceed to perform the duties herein devolved upon them; and tg ccntniptror within thirty days after they shall have determined upon the pavement
8mm_, to 'be used, they shall contract for the paving of said avenue between the
aw. points named, 0n the lowest and most favorable terms possible, after of·‘:g;<3¤£g3m°¤\* having caused notice of the letting thereof to be given in one or more g' nevcipsppers published in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New orc, or twenty days prior to the lettinv, giving the time and place of such letting, und kind of pavement, rcqdiring the paving to be done in the best and most substnntial manner, and without unnecessary delay; Bond. upd fthlat at goofd and sufhcient bond, with suretnes, to be approved by the enc Justice 0 the supreme court of the District of Columbia [shall be exucted], guaranteeing that the terms of such contract shall be strictly and fmthful1y observed. l ages: cgpgygnz Sue. 3. And be it further enacted, That the cost of laying down said gm.; muh ° pavement shall be borne and paid for in the following proportions and whatproportion manner: By the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company for 2dVQ:g¥“£°“':n that portion of the work lying between the tracks of tlieirroad and for R,,;h.,,m! 5,,4 a distance of two feet on each side thereof; by the owners of private ubipétppyuto property lying and abutting on said Pennsylvania Avenue, and in pro- · pprtpon tiothexr frontage thereon, for that portion of the work in front t eir cts or parts of lots from the curb line of said avenue to the b em-poration line two feet from the track of the railroad aforesaid · by the cor · ' _ _ _ pmatxon °f °¥“’h‘“g*°“· of Washington for the intersections of all streets and avenues and opposite to nfiltpuhlicieparks Iyir;g_andbabutting}pn said avenue, except such por ions 0 c m rsections ying etween the tracks of the Wasiiington and Georgetown- Railroed Company, and tpvo feet on each side there0fQ Ramona com which wxll be paid by said company as herexnbefore provided. The said Wm, my cpm railroad compsnylshnll have the right to construct that portion of the mucteemm pavement which it IS required to pay for under the direction of said
