Chapter 314. For the relief of William Frye White, owner of lots one hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five, and one hundred and six, square seven hundred and fifty-four, Washington, District of Columbia, with regard to assessment and payment of damages on account of changes of grade due t
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CHAP. 314.— An Act For the relief of William Frye White, owner of lots one hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five, and one hundred and six, square seven hundred and fifty-four, Washington, District of Columbia, with regard to assessment and payment of damages on account of changes of grade due to construction of the Union Station, District of Columbia. June 22, 1910.[[S. 5071](/us/bill/61/s/5071).][[Public, No. 223](/us/pl/61/223).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That under and in accordance District of Columbia.
Changes of grade for Union Station. Vol. 33, p. 250. Vol. 34, p. 619. William Frye White. Commission to determine claim of, for damages. with the terms and provisions of the Act of Congress approved April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and four, entitled “An Act to provide for payment of damages on account of change of grade due to construction of the Union Station, in the District of Columbia,” as amended by the Act of Congress approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, the commission appointed under said Act is hereby authorized and directed to meet and view the property known as lots one hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five and one hundred and six, in square seven hundred and fifty-four improved by premises numbered five hundred and twenty-one, five hundred and twenty-one and one-half, five hundred and twenty-three, five hundred and twenty-three and one-half, five hundred and twenty-five, five hundred and twenty-five and one-half, five hundred and twenty-seven, and five hundred and twenty-seven and one-half Second street northeast, city of Washington, District of Columbia, and hear testimony touching the damages to said property which have resulted from changes in the grade of streets, avenues, or alleys authorized by the Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen Vol. 32, p. 912. hundred and three, relating to the construction of a union railroad station in the District of Columbia, and to appraise and determine the amount of damages, if any, to which the owner of said property so affected by change of grade may be entitled.
Sec. 2. That if any of the parties interested, their personal representatives, Jury to consider appeals. or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, shall be dissatisfied with the appraisement or award of said commission, the court shall, on motion of the parties so dissatisfied, direct the United States marshal to summon a jury of seven disinterested men, not 582 related to any person in interest, to meet and view the said property, and to appraise and determine the amount of damages to which the owner of said property so affected by change of grade may be entitled, as provided in and by the aforesaid Act of Congress so amended as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. Appropriation from District revenues. That a sufficient sum to pay the compensation and expenses of said commission and the compensation of said jurors, and the amount of any appraisement or award of damages made in favor of the owner of said property is hereby appropriated out of the revenues Refund of one-half. of the District of Columbia, and fifty per centum thereof shall be refunded to said District of Columbia by the United States. Approved, June 22, 1910.