Chapter 1195. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,’ regulating proceedings for condemnation of land for streets.” February 25, 1907. [[H
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CHAP. 1195.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,’ regulating proceedings for condemnation of land for streets.” February 25, 1907. [[H. R. 23384](/us/bill/54/hr/23384).] [[Public, No. 118](/us/pl/59/118).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia. Code amendment.Condemnation of land for streets.*Ante*, p. 151.
That the Act of Congress, approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,’ regulating proceedings for condemnation of land for streets,” be, and the same is hereby, amended by changing the section thereof designated section four hundred and ninety-one g so as to read: “Sec. 491g. Assessment of benefits and damages. That of the amount found to be due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land to be condemned for said opening, extension, widening, or straightening, plus the costs and expenses of the proceeding, such amount shall be assessed by the jury as benefits, and to the extent of such benefits against the lots, pieces, or parcels of land on each side of the street, avenue, Dedication of parts of lots.*Ante*, p. 152, amended.road, or highway to be opened, extended, widened, or straightened, and against any and all other lots, pieces, or parcels of land which the jury may find will be benefited by the opening, extension, widening, or straightening, as the jury may find said lots, pieces, or parcels of land will be benefited; and in determining the amounts to be assessed against said lots, pieces, or parcels of land the jury shall take into consideration the respective situations and topographical conditions of said lots, pieces, or parcels of land, and the benefits and advantages they may severally receive from the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of the street, avenue, road, or highway.
And where part of any lot, piece, parcel, or tract of land has been dedicated for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of the street, avenue, road, or highway, the jury, in determining whether the remainder of said lot, piece, parcel, or tract is to be assessed for benefits, and the amount of benefits, if any, to be assessed thereon, shall also take into consideration the fact of such dedication and the value of the land so dedicated. If the total amount of the damages awarded by the jury and the costs and expenses of the proceeding be in excess of the total amount of the assessments for benefits, such excess shall be borne and paid by the District of Columbia.
” Approved, February 25, 1907.