Chapter 2084. Authorizing the extension of Forty-fifth street northwest
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CHAP. 2084.— An Act Authorizing the extension of Forty-fifth street northwest. February 27, 1907. [[H. R. 24875](/us/bill/59/hr/24875).] [[Public, No. 144](/us/pl/59/144).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Forty-fifth street.Condemning land for extending.*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 Dis-1005trict 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 the land that may be necessary for the extension of Forty-fifth street from its present terminus in Wesley Heights to Nebraska avenue, with a width of ninety feet.
Sec. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as Assessment.*Ante*, p. 152.contemplated in section four hundred and ninety-one g of the subchapter of the Code hereinbefore referred to: *Provided*, That the total *Proviso.*Damages, etc., to be assessed as benefits.amount found to be due and awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, shall be assessed by the said jury as benefits. Sec. 3. That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as Payment of expenses.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 assessment for benefits when the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts Appropriation.of all judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 27, 1907.