Chapter 389. For the extension of Harvard street, Columbia Heights, District of Columbia
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CHAP. 389.— An Act For the extension of Harvard street, Columbia Heights, District of Columbia. January 22, 1907. [[H. R. 14815](/us/bill/59/hr/14815).] [[Public, No. 29](/us/pl/59/29).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Harvard street northwest.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, 857within 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 for the extension of Harvard street, Columbia Heights, in a straight line, with a width of sixty feet, more or less, to Sixteenth street northwest, upon such lines as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may deem most advantageous to the abutting property.
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.*Damages, etc., 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 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 cost 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 22, 1907.