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shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of 
Columbia; and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels 
. of land embraced in such zoological park shall be held as condemned 
for public uses, subject to the payment of just compensation, to be 
determined by the said commission and approved by the President of 
the United States, provided that such compensation be accepted by the 
owner or owners of the several parcels of land. 
That if the said commission shall be unable to purchase any portion 
of the land so selected and condemned within thirty days after such 
condemnation, by agreement with the respective owners, at the price 
approved by the President of the United States, it shall, at the expira- 
tion of such period of thirty days, make application to the supreme 
court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special 
term, for an assessment of the value of such land, and said petition 
shall contain a particular description of the property selected and con- 
demned, with the name of the owner or owners thereof, and his, her, 
or their residences, as far as the same may be ascertained, together 
with a copy of the recorded map of the park; and the said court is 
hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay, 
to notify the owners and occupants of the land and to ascertain and 
assess the value of the land so selected and condemned by appointing 
three commissioners to appraise the value or values thereof, and to 
return the appraisement to the court; and when the values of such 
land are thus ascertained and the President shall deem the same rea- 
sonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and the 
United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands. 
That the said commission is hereby authorized to call upon the 
superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Director of 
the Geological Survey to make such surveys as may be necessary to 
carry into effect the provisions of this section; and the said officers 
are hereby authorized and required to make such surveys under the 
direction of said commission. 
(Stat., XXV, 808.) 
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 
May 21, 1888—Senate. 
_ My. G. F. Hoar introduced a bill (S. 2986) to incorporate the Amer- 
ican Historical Association. 
Referred to Committee on the Library. 
May 25, 1888—Senate. 
Reported by Mr. G. F. Hoar. 
June 1, 1888—Senate. 
Amended and passed. 
June 4, 1888—House. 
A bill (H. 10323) introduced by Mr. J. Phelan. 
Referred to Committee on the Library. 
