Chapter 688. Authorizing the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia and the construction thereon of two modern, high-temperature incinerators for the destruction of combustible refuse, and for other purposes
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Chap. 688: Authorizing the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia and the construction thereon of two modern, high-temperature incinerators for the destruction of combustible refuse, and for other purposes. 1929-03-04 688 Chapter 45 Stat. 1549 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public 1549 Chapter 688.— An Act Authorizing the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia and the construction thereon of two modern, high-temperature incinerators for the destruction of combustible refuse, and for other purposes.
March 4, 1929.[[S. 5598](/us/bill/70/s/5598).][[Public, No. 1016](/us/pl/70/1016).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the CommissionersDistrict of Columbia.Sites for two high-temperature combustible refuse incinerators to be acquired. of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase at such price or prices as, in their judgment, they may deem reasonable and fair, or, in the discretion of the commissioners, by condemnation, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XV of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, under a proceeding or proceedings in rem instituted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, two suitable and properly located sites in the District of Columbia, one in the southeasternLocation. section not exceeding one hundred thousand square feet in area, and one in Georgetown, not exceeding forty-nine thousand square feet in area: *Provided*, That the location of said sites shall*Provisos*.Approval of sites. be approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission before purchase or the institution of proceedings for condemnation thereof: *Provided*, That if the said sites or any part thereofImmediate possession if site condemned. be condemned the said commissioners shall be entitled to enter immediately into possession of any property for which an award shall have been made by paying the amount of such award into the registry of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That authority is hereby granted to occupy inUse of public highways and alleys. addition to the site to be acquired in the southeastern section, such public highways and alleys or parts of public highways and alleys as abut or fall within said site, but the owners of abutting property shall not be denied the use of such highways or parts of highways for ingress and egress.
Sec. 2. That the said commissioners are authorized to erect uponHigh - temperature refuse incinerators, etc., to be erected on each site. each of said sites a modern, high-temperature refuse incinerator and the necessary equipment for its efficient operation, the combined capacity of such incinerators to be sufficient to consume the entire production of combustible refuse, including street sweepings, in the District of Columbia; and the said commissioners are furtherGrading sites, storage buildings, etc., authorized. authorized to do such grading and fencing of the sites as may be necessary, and to construct buildings for the storage of equipment.
Sec. 3. That the said commissioners shall give reasonable publicPublic notice of date requiring delivery of all refuse to incinerators. notice thereof and shall fix a date after which all combustible refuse collected by public or private agencies in the District of Columbia shall be delivered at the incinerators herein provided for, for disposal, except that hotels, apartment houses, business houses, or residencesException. may dispose of their own refuse in their own incinerators: *Provided*, That such incinerators are inspected and approved for*Provisos*.Inspection, etc., of private incinerators.Other disposal unlawful. use by the proper agency of the District of Columbia; and after such date it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or corporation to dispose of any combustible refuse in any other manner or at any other place than that prescribed by the said commissioners: *Provided, however*, That nothing in this Act shall prohibit orSale of salvageable material. prevent the sale of salvageable material by the owners thereof or by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
The said commissionersEnforcement regulations authorized. are hereby empowered and authorized to make and enforce such regulations as they may deem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sec. 4. That from and after the date when the incinerators hereinDisposal of refuse other than herein prescribed, unlawful. authorized to be constructed shall be in operation it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or corporation to burn or in any way dispose of combustible refuse in any manner or at any place other than that prescribed by the said commissioners, except as 1550Penalty for violation.hereinbefore designated.
A violation of the provisions of this Act shall be a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction thereof, the person, firm, company, or corporation so charged shall be fined not more than $100 for each and every offense, or confined in the District of Columbia jail for a period not exceeding sixty days, or both, in the discretion of the courts. Sec. 5. Trucks, equipment, etc., to be purchased, etc. That, in order to dispose of combustible refuse in the manner provided by this Act, the commissioners are authorized to purchase motor trucks and trailers and other means of transportation, to install additional equipment, buildings, and machinery, and to employ personal services and labor.
Sec. 6. Sum for sites, buildings, etc., authorized. That a sum not exceeding $850,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, in like manner as other appropriations, for the expenses of the District of Columbia, for sites, buildings, equipment, and other construction work authorized by this Act, of which amount $25,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary may be expended for the employment of one or more experts for engineeringPlant now in use to be abandoned. for preparation of plans and specifications; and, upon completion of the incinerators herein provided for, the said commissioners shall abandon the use of the leased plant at Montello Avenue and Mount Olivet Road northeast.
Approved, March 4, 1929.
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