Chapter 129. To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes,” approved January ninth, nineteen hundred and seven
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CHAP. 129.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes,” approved January ninth, nineteen hundred and seven. February 16, 1909.[[S. 6580](/us/bill/70/hr/6580).][[Public, No 28.](/us/pl/70/28)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act of CongressDistrict of Columbia.Bladensburg road.Condemning land for widening.Vol. 31. p. 843, amended. entitled “An Act for the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes,” approved January ninth, nineteen hundred and seven, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to said Act a new section, to be known as section four, which section shall read as follows:
“Sec. 4. That any land owned by the United States or the DistrictDedication of government, etc., lands for. of Columbia which is not now used for highway purposes, but which may be included in the widening of said Bladensburg road as herein provided, is hereby dedicated for the purposes of said widening, and that the abutments of any bridge or viaduct or any stone wall locatedBridge abutments, etc., not to be disturbed. within said road as widened under the provisions hereof shall not be disturbed by reason of said widening, nor shall the ground under or within the foundations of any brick building located within the lines of said road as widened be condemned for said widening, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit any existing projections within the lines of said road as widened under the provisions hereof to remain within said road as widened, provided that they shall designate such projections which they will permit to remain before a jury shall have been impaneled in the proceedings for widening said road.
” Sec. 2. That the limitation of thirty days after the date of dedicationTime limit repealed.Vol. 34, p. 843. within which condemnation proceedings are directed to be instituted for the widening of said Bladensburg road be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, February 16, 1909.