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Mr. Ineatts. I shall move the consideration of it at the close of the 
formal morning business, being allowed to do so under the usages and 
precedents and in accordance with the understanding of the Senate. 
The Prestipine Orricer. Without objection, the further considera-. 
tion of the conference report will be postponed until to-morrow morn- 
ing immediately after the morning business, and the report will be 
printed. : 
September 26, 1890—Senate. 
Conference report adopted. 
September 27, 1890. 
Be it enacted, etc., That a tract of land lying on both sides of Rock 
Creek, beginning at Klingle Ford Bridge and running northwardly, 
following the course of said creek, of a width not less at any point 
than 600 feet, nor more than 2,000 feet, including the bed of the creek, 
of which not less than 200 feet shall be on either side of said creek, 
south of Broad Branch road and Blagden Mill road and of such greater 
width north of said roads as the commissioners designated in this act 
may select, shall be secured, as hereinafter set out, and be perpetually 
dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the 
benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States, to be known 
by the name of Rock Creek Park: Provided, however, That the whole 
tract so to be selected and condemned under the provisions of this act 
shall not exceed 2,000 acres nor the total cost thereof exceed the 
amount of money herein appropriated. 
Src. 2. That the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, the 
Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and three citi- 
zens to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, be, and they are hereby, created a commission 
to select the land for said park, of the quantity and within the limits 
aforesaid, and to havé the same surveyed by the assistant to the said 
_ Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia in charge of public 
highways, which said assistant shall also act as executive officer to the 
said commission. 
Sec. 3. That the said commission shall cause to be made an accurate 
map of said Rock Creek Park, showing the location, quantity, and 
character of each parcel of private property to be taken for such pur- 
pose, with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon, which 
map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of 
Columbia, and from and after the date of filing said map the several 
tracts and parcels of land embraced in said Rock Creek Park shall be 
held as condemned for public uses, and the title thereof vested in the 
United States, subject to the payment of just compensation, to be 
determined by 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. 
