Chapter 30. For the widening of a section of Columbia road east of Sixteenth street
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CHAP. 30.— An Act For the widening of a section of Columbia road east of Sixteenth street. January 9, 1907. [[S. 68](/us/bill/59/s/68).] [[Public, No. 6](/us/pl/59/6).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Columbia road east of Sixteenth street.Condemning land for widening*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 thirty days after the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed 845to instituto in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary to widen Columbia road between the east side of Sixteenth street extended and the western limit of the subdivision of the north grounds of Columbia College to a total width of sixty feet, concentric with the present improved roadway on such street.
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 sub-chapter of the code hereinbefore referred to: *Provided*, That at least *Proviso.*Damages, etc., assessed as benefits.one-half of the 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 three hundred dollars, or so much thereof Appropriation for expenses.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 when the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts Payment of awards.of all judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Approved, January 9, 1907.