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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 35 STAT. · December 18, 1908 · Chapter 4

Chapter 4. To amend section four hundred and ninety-one n of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia

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CHAP. 4.— An Act To amend section four hundred and ninety-one n of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia. December 18, 1908.[[S. 4814](/us/bill/70/s/4814).][[Public. No. 181](/us/pl/70/181).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act of CongressDistrict of Columbia.Code amendment.Vol. 34, p. 151. entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia,’ regulating proceedings for condemnation of lands for streets,” approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that section four hundred and ninety-one n thereof will read as follows:
“Sec. 491. n. In case any of the owners of land heretofore or hereafterDeposit of certain awards.Vol. 34, p. 154, amended. condemned for public use, whether under the provisions of said Code or by virtue of any special or general Act of Congress, are under disability or can not be found, or neglect or refuse to receive the money awarded to them; or in case the record is imperfect or the title to theIm perfect records, etc. property is in dispute or uncertain, the money due the owners of the property for damages for land taken may be deposited in the registry of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, for the use of the rightful owners without cost or expense to said District; and thereuponTitle to vest in District. the title to the land condemned shall become vested in the District of Columbia.
” Approved, December 18, 1908.
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