Chapter 1637. For the opening of Warren and Forty-sixth streets northwest, in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 1637.— An Act For the opening of Warren and Forty-sixth streets northwest, in the District of Columbia. February 26, 1907.[[H. R. 24284](/us/bill/59/hr/24284).][[Public, No. 131](/us/pl/59/131).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Warren and Forty- sixth streets north-west.Condemning land for opening.*Ante*, p. 151. That under and in accordance with the provisions of sections four hundred and ninety-one a to four hundred and ninety-one n, both inclusive, of subchapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, a proceeding in rem to condemn those small undedicated parcels of land lying within the lines of Warren street (formerly Xenia street) between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets and within the lines of Forty-sixth street between Alton place (formerly Lyles street) and Murdock Mill road, according to the permanent system of highway plans adopted in and for the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. Assessment.*Ante*, p. 152. That the assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as contemplated in section four hundred and ninety-one g of the sub-chapter *Proviso*.Damages, etc., to be assessed as benefits. of the code hereinbefore referred to: *Provided*, That the total amount found to be due and awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, shall be assessed by the jury as benefits. Sec. 3. Payment of expenses. That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to the District of Columbia from the assessments for benefits when Appropriation.the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 26, 1907.