Chapter 52. For the extension of Franklin street northeast from its present eastern terminus east of Twenty-fourth street to the Bladensburg road
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CHAP. 52.— An Act For the extension of Franklin street northeast from its present eastern terminus east of Twenty-fourth street to the Bladensburg road. February 21, 1910.[[H. R. 16328](/us/bill/61/hr/16328).][[Public, No. 56](/us/pl/61/56).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Franklin street northeast.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 ninety days after the passage of this Act, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the opening of Franklin street northeast from its present eastern terminus east of Twenty-fourth street to the Bladensburg road, according to the permanent system of highway plans in and for the District of Columbia: *Provisos*.Damages assessed as benefits *Provided*, however, That the entire amount found to be due and awarded by the jury in said proceeding as damages for and in respect of the land to be condemned for said extension shall be assessed by Minimum assessment.the jury as 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 appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, an amount sufficient to pay the necessary costs and expenses of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant Payment of awards.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, February 21, 1910.