Chapter 238. To authorize the extension of Underwood Street northwest
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CHAP. 238.— An Act To authorize the extension of Underwood Street northwest.July 17, 1912.[[S. 23](/us/bill/62/s/23).][[Public, No. 229](/us/pl/62/229).] *Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Underwood 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 dedication, in accordance with law, of the land necessary to widen Underwood Street from its present western terminus west of Eighth Street, west, to Seventh Street, west, to its full width of ninety feet, as laid down on the permanent system of highways plan, 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 to extend said Underwood Street from its present western terminus west of Eighth Street, west, to the Piney Branch Road, with a width of ninety feet, as laid down on the permanent system of highways plan: *Provided*, That if the dedication referred to*Provisos*.Time for proceedings. herein shall have been made prior to the passage of this Act, the Commissioners of the District or Columbia are authorized and directed to institute the condemnation provided for herein within six months after the passage of this Act: *Provided further*, That the entire amountDamages assessed as benefits. 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, plus the costs and expenses of the proceeding hereunder, shall be assessed by the jury as benefits.
Sec. 2. That there is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues ofAppropriation for expenses. the District of Columbia, an amount sufficient to pay the necessary costs and expenses of the condemnation proceeding taken pursuant hereto, and for the payment of amounts awarded as damages, to bePayment of awards. 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, July 17, 1912.