1304 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
That if the said commission shall be unable by agreement with the 
respective owners to purchase all of the land so selected and condemned 
within thirty days after such condemnation, at the price approved by 
the President of the United States, it shall, at the expiration 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 as it has been unable to purchase. 
Said petition shall contain a particular description of the property 
selected and condemned, with the name of the owner or owners thereof, 
if known, and 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, with- 
out delay, to notify the owners and occupants of the land, if known, 
by personal service, and if unknown, by service by publication, and to 
ascertain and assess the value of the land so selected and condemned 
by appointing three competent and disinterested commissioners to 
appraise the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement 
to the court; and when the value or values of such land are thus ascer- 
tained, and the President of the United States shall decide the same 
to be reasonable, said value or values shall be paid to the owner or 
owners, and the United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to 
said land; and if in any case the owner or owners of any portion of 
said land shall refuse or neglect, after the appraisement of the cash 
value of said lands and improvements, to demand or receive the same 
from said court, upon depositing the appraised value in said court to 
the credit of such owner or owners, respectively, the fee simple shall 
in like manner be vested in the United States. 
Sec. 4. That said court may direct the time and manner in which 
possession of the property condemned shall be taken or delivered, 
and may, if necessary, enforce any order or issue any process for 
giving possession. 
Src. 5. That no delay in making an assessment of compensation, 
or in taking possession, shall be occasioned by any doubt which may 
arise as to the ownership of the property, or any part thereof, or as 
to the interests of the respective owners. In such cases the court 
shall require a deposit of the money allowed as compensation for the 
whole property or the part in dispute. In all cases as soon as the said 
commission shall have paid the compensation assessed, or secured its 
payment by a deposit of money under the order of the court, posses- 
sion of the property may be taken. All proceedings hereunder shall 
be in the name of the United States of America and managed by the 
commission. 
Src. 6. That the commission having ascertained the cost of the 
land, including expenses, shall assess such proportion of such cost and 
expenses upon the lands, lots, and blocks situated in the District of 
