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 586 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 139, 140. 1871. M¤·1‘¤h$. Wil- CHAP. CXXXIX. --An Act to authorize the Establishment of certain free public """-""—"_" Hiqhwaya in the District of Columbia, and jbr other Purposes. Bc it enacted by the Senate and Izhuso of Representatives of the United thABEY¤;>*ji*;¤¤f¤€` States of America in Congress assernbled, That the proper municipal au. c§m:5,£°,°° thopities of the Dptrict ofdColumb1: are hereby ?l;Ei01'lZZd and directed, construct a free wit nin sixt a s rom an a ter the passage o is ac to ocate, cou- Egg? gx8g3g struct, andymaihtain a free public highway on and over that part of the q,,;ml:i,i,, t,,,.,,. Columbia turnpike road which leads from the boundary of the city of pike r¤¤d,¤¤d Washington to the boundary of the District of Columbia towards the ?13'tg°§x`€“I village of Bladensburg, in the State of Maryland, and which is now com- ’ ’ monly called the Bladensburg turinpike road, and which is described in $51*;,4 ¤l¤- 3:6 the act of Congress approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and ten, ' p' ‘ incorporating the president, directors, and company of the Columbia Turnpike Roads as the line in the most direct and practicable route from the capital to Baltimore; and for the purpose aforesaid the said municipal authorities shall have power to take any real estate or franchise of the said president, directors, and company of the Columbia Turnpike Roads Company necessary for the construction and maintenance of said Free public highway, and no more. R0';‘{:".’°*d °f Sec. 2. That the proper municipal authorities aforesaid shall, within ville and . . . . . . w,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the hme aforesaid, locate, construct, and maintain a. free public highway Turnpike Com- on and over the turnpike road in the District of Columbia leading from P°‘“Y‘ the boundary of the city of Washington, and beginning at or near the end of Seventh Street of said city, and extending to the boundary of the District of Columbia towards Brookville, Maryland, authorized by the viglgkcl;). gh act of Congress approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and nine- ‘ ‘ ‘ · teen, entitled "An act to authorize the president and managers of the Rockville and Washington Turnpike Company of the State of Maryland to extend and make their turnpike road to or from the boundary of the city of Wasliington, in the District of Columbia, through said District to the line thereof"; and for the purpose aforesaid the said proper municipal authorities shall have power to take any real estate or franchise belonging to said turnpike company which may- be necessary for the construction ¤,,t,.. ““§£‘é?`§Y°*i?`i?.fFj’.ls€“LE`.i§’§n§’,3l’§f§i1€}i“€Z’.fL1`.§L“€Z,"2£Z°;r.ma cm. {$‘3*§,”:§°j;m_ panics for the real estate and franchise so taken, and which compensation mma, shall be ascertained in the following manner: immediately after the said proper municipal authorities shall have taken any of said real estate and franchises, the marshal of the District of Columbia shall in each case Jury. summon a jury of twelve men, who shall, under oath, and after due notice given to the companies interested, and also to the said municipal authorities, proceed, under the direction of one of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, to assess the damages due to each of said companies, which said damages shall be paid by the said District of m'§¤g:)::¤;r¤F:;_ Columbia, who are hereby authorized to levy a sufficient tax for that pur- ,,,,m,d_ pp pose, in the following proportions: one tenth of said damages by the county of and nine tenths by the city of Wasliington. hxalue of tran- Sec. 4. That in fixing the measure of damages, and in fixing the pres- ° °‘ ent value of the franchise of either of said turnpike companies, the jury msyjake into consideration the question whether such tranchise has been s“°tr°*t%., P vnu, arc,. CHAP. CXL. —- An Act to enable the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad Company to change the northern Termfnus of its Road fiom Diverse Bay to the Straits of xllacktnaw, andjor other Purposes. Be it enaclcdhy the Senate and Himsa of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress ctsscmhlccth That the Jackson, Lansing,