Chapter 307. To construct a road along the south bank of the Anacostia River
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CHAP. 307.— An Act To construct a road along the south bank of the Anacostia River. March 4, 1909.[[S. 671](/us/bill/70/s/671).][[Public, No. 336](/us/pl/70/336).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That within ninety days afterDistrict of Columbia.Road along Anacostia River.Condemning land for.Location. the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute proceedings to condemn the land that may be necessary for a road along the Anacostia River beginning in Giesboro Manor near the center of Omaha street extended and on the right of way of the outfall sewer; thence northeast along or near the line of said outfall sewer to the grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane, connecting through the grounds adjacent to said hospital as hereinafter provided ; thence from the north side of said grounds through the Barry farm northeastwardly and adjacent to the southwest side of the Alexandria branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Howard avenue; said right of way to have a width of ninety feet south of the hospital grounds and to have a width of sixty feet through the Barry farm; the said proceedings to be had under and in accordance with the provisions of subchapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law forVol. 34, p. 151. the District of Columbia: *Provided, however*, That one-half of the*Proviso.*One-half amount of damages, etc. assessed as benefits. amount found to be due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condemned for the said road, together with the costs and expenses of the proceedings, shall be assessed by the jury as benefits, under the provisions of section four hundred and ninety-one g ofVol. 34, p. 152. said subchapter one of chapter fifteen of said Code of Law.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directedRoad through the grounds of Government Hospital for Insane authorized. to open for use as a public thoroughfare a ninety-foot strip of land from thirty-five to one hundred feet westward of the right of way of the Alexandria branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company through the grounds adjacent to the Government Hospital for the Insane, said strip to be hereafter under the control of the CommissionersControl. of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. That the sum of six hundred dollars is hereby appropriated,Appropriation for expenses, etc. one-half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, and a sufficient amount to pay for the land taken hereunder is hereby appropriated, one-half to be paid out of the revenues of the District of ColumbiaOne-half from District revenues. and one-half out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 4, 1909.