Chapter 2524. Authorizing the extension of Monroe street northeast
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CHAP. 2524.— An Act Authorizing the extension of Monroe street northeast. March 2, 1907. [[H. R. 10703](/us/bill/34/hr/10703).] [[Public, No. 183](/us/pl/34/183).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Monroe street north-east.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 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 the land that may be necessary to extend, with a width of ninety feet, Monroe street northeast, from Seventh street northeast to Michigan avenue, formerly the Bunker Hill road.
Sec. 2. Assessments.*Ante*, p. 152.That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as contemplated in section four hundred and ninety-one g of the subchapter *Provisos.*Damages, etc., 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 said jury as benefits, and. as the condemnation of the said extension is for the purpose of eliminating grade crossings in this section upon a practicable grade, the jury is hereby directed to consider such plan in the assessment Exception.of benefits for this extension: *Provided also*,* however*, That the associated professors of Saint Mary’s Seminary, of Baltimore, Maryland, on account of their dedication by contract heretofore of nine thousand feet of adjacent land for the extension of Seventh street, are not to be assessed for said benefits.
Sec. 3. Payment of expenses.That the sum of three 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 assessment for benefits Appropriation.when 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, March 2, 1907.