Chapter 73. To acquire land in the vicinity of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge for the extension of certain streets
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CHAP. 73.— An Act To acquire land in the vicinity of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge for the extension of certain streets. March 2, 1910.[[H. R. 16331](/us/bill/61/hr/16331).][[Public, No. 73](/us/pl/61/73).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Belmont road, and Waterside drive 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 a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of Belmont road to Calvert street, and to connect said extension of Belmont road with Waterside drive, and to extend Waterside drive to the southerly line of the Zoological Park, as shown on plans on file in the office of the Engineer Commissioner.
Appropriation for expenses, etc.That there is hereby appropriated, one-half from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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, the amounts assessed for benefits to be paid to the District of Columbia and covered into the Treasury to the credit of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the United States in equal parts.
Approved, March 2, 1910.