Chapter LXXVI. enlarging the Powers of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. LXXVI.— An Act enlarging the Powers of the Levy Court of the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia.May 9, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedLevy Court may locate certain roads as public highways. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the levy court of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, is hereby empowered to declare and locate as public highways such roads known and used as military roads in said district during the rebellion as said court may deem advisable: *Provided,* That the damages which the owners of the land overDamages. which said roads pass shall sustain by reason of said roads being declared public highways, shall be assessed as provided for in section three of the act of Congress approved July first, eighteen hundred and twelve, entitled1812, ch. 117, § 3.Vol. ii. p. 771.
“An act conferring certain powers on the levy court for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia.” Approved, May 9, 1866.