Chapter 28. For the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 28.— An Act For the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes. January 9, 1907. [[S. 55](/us/bill/59/s/55).] [[Public, No. 4](/us/pl/59/4).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That under and in accordance District of Columbia.Bladensburg road.Condemning land for widening.*Ante*, p. 151.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 thirty days after the dedication to the District of Columbia of two-thirds of the land necessary for the widening of the Bladensburg road in the District of Columbia from II or Boundary street to the District of Columbia line, according to the street extension plans of said District, 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 complete the widening of said road to a width of ninety feet between the limits named.
Sec. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as Assessments.*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.*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 Damages, etc., assessed as benefits.benefits. 844 Sec. 3. Appropriation for expenses. That the sum of six 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 Payment of awards.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, January 9, 1907.