Chapter 916.
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CHAP. 916.— An act to regulate the subdivision of land within the District of Columbia.August 27, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Platting and subdivision of land. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to make and publish such general orders as may be necessary to regulate the platting and subdividing of all lands and grounds in the District of Columbia: and no such plat of subdivision made in pursuance of such orders shall be admitted to record in the office of the surveyor of said District without an order to that effect indorsed thereon by the Commissioners of said District.
Sec. 2. That all spaces on any duly recorded plat of land thereonStreets, avenues, and alleys. designated as streets, avenues, or alleys shall thereupon become public ways, provided they are made in conformity with the provisions of section one of this act, and as such be under the protection of the laws and ordinances in force applicable to public roads out of said city. Sec. 3. That if by the extension of any of the present streets orRight of way for extension of streets. avenues, or the opening of any public way, it becomes necessary to traverse any grounds now used as a cemetery, or place of burial, the Commissioners are hereby empowered to secure a right of way through the same by stipulation with the proprietors thereof.
Sec. 4. That the orders of the Commissioners made pursuant to thisOrders. act shall have the force and effect of law, thirty days subsequent to the day of publication; and all laws and provisions of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. No future subdivision of land in the District of Columbia,Future subdivisions. without the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, shall be recorded in the surveyors office of the said District unless made in conformity with the general plan of the city of Washington.
Approved, August 27, 1888. Chapter 917: authorizing the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company to lay tracks, and so forth, in the District of Columbia. Chapter 917 25 Stat. 451 1888-08-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public
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