Chapter 106. To authorize the extension of Forty-first street northwest
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CHAP. 106.— An Act To authorize the extension of Forty-first street northwest. March 23, 1910.[[H. R. 13893](/us/bill/61/hr/13893).][[Public, No. 93](/us/pl/61/93).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Forty-first street northwest.Condemning land for extending.Vol. 34, p. 151. That under and in accordance with the provisions of subchapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, within six months 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 Forty-first street northwest, from Harrison street north to Keokuk street, as now dedicated, with a *Provisos*.Damages assessed as benefits.width of ninety feet: *Provided, however*, That the entire amount found to be due and awarded by the jury in said proceedings as damages, for and in respect of the land to be condemned for said extension plus the costs and expenses of said proceeding, shall be assessed by the jury as Minimum assessment.benefits: *And provided further*, That nothing in said subchapter one of chapter fifteen of said code shall be construed to authorize the jury to assess less than the aggregate amount of the damages awarded for and in respect of the land to be condemned and the costs and expenses of the proceeding hereunder.
Sec. 2. Appropriation for expenses, etc. That there is hereby authorized to be expended from the revenues of the District of Columbia an amount sufficient to pay the necessary costs and expenses of the condemnation proceedings taken Payment of awards.pursuant hereto, and for the payment of amounts awarded as damages; to be repaid to the District of Columbia from the assessments for benefits and covered into the Treasury to the credit of the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Approved, March 23, 1910.