Chapter 181. To authorize the widening of Piney Branch Road northwest in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 181.— An Act To authorize the widening of Piney Branch Road northwest in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. February 14, 1931.[[H. R. 16479](/us/bill/71/hr/16479).][[Public, No. 660](/us/pl/71/660).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Commissioners District of Columbia. Piney Branch Road, Condemnation of land for widening.Vol. 34, p. 151.Description.of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to institute in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia under subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, and amendments thereto, a proceeding in rem to condemn the land necessary for the widening of Piney Branch Road to a width of ninety feet from Butternut Street to the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in the vicinity of Fem Place northwest, in the District of Columbia, the land herein authorized to be condemned for said widening being a strip of land twenty-eight and one-half feet wide along the westerly line of Piney Branch Road, as now publicly owned between Butternut Street and Blair Road through squares 3171 and 3174, and a strip 1110of land twenty-eight and one-half feet wide along the easterly line of Piney Branch Road as now publicly owned between Butternut Street and Blair Road through squares 3172, 3190, 3189 and a public park at the intersection of Cedar Street with Piney Branch Road and a public park at the intersection of Blair Road and Piney Branch Road; and the commissioners are further authorized to condemn a strip of land ninety feet wide between Blair Road and the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad upon a direct extension of the lines of Piney Branch Road between Blair *Proviso*.Connection with proposed railroad underpass and Fern Place.Road and Butternut Street as herein provided for: *Provided*, That through squares 3171 and 3172 the condemnation shall be upon such curve lines as the commissioners may determine to connect with Piney Branch Road as now publicly owned south of Butternut Street and upon such curve lines through squares 3182 and 3184 as the commissioners may determine to connect with the proposed underpass in the vicinity of Fern Place and the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Sec. 2. Laws applicable. All laws now in force and effect for the condemnation of streets in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia shall be applicable to the condemnation for the widening of Piney Branch Road as provided for in this Act, and the indefinite appropriation for the opening, extending, widening, or straightening of streets in accordance with said plan shall be available for the payment of any and all costs and expenses in connection with the condemnation proceedings instituted in accordance with this Act.
Sec. 3. Conflicting laws repealed. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent with or in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 14, 1931.