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 1344 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 430, $31. 1899. acquired within the lines of proposed highways shall be dedicated to the plse of the public before a permit is issued for the construction of a ra' road therein." Approved, March 3, 1899.' March 3, 1899. CHAP. 431.-—An Act To extend S street, in the District of Columbia, and for other "_“"—‘_‘"` PHYPOSBS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o the United States of America in Congress assembled, That within thirty days from ` the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute by a petition in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District court, a proceeding to condemn the land necessary to open and extend S, Twenty-second, and Decatur streets through lots forty-one and forty-two of Phelps and Tuttle’s subdivision of Connecticut Avenue gqgégon in the Heights, part of Widow’s Mite: Provided, That the owners of the “Kall" ··x¤u.·· _ tract dedicate the land in said tract contained within the lines of said _,Q,”“?;;“;;'j§;§;f”°‘ streets: And prbvided further, That of the amount found due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condemned under _ this section for the opening of said streets, not less than one-half thereof shall be assessed by the jury in said proceedings against the pieces and parcels of ground situate and lying on each side of the extension of said streets, and also on all or any adjacent pieces or parcels of landgvhich will be benefited by the opening of said streets as herein provi . nxmimu or six- Sec. 2. That within thirty days alter the dedication to the District “°'“‘“ ““'°°"· of Columbia of the lands lying within the lines of Sixteenth street . northwest as extended (according to the highway plans), between the Piney Branch and the Blagden Mill road, and also between the Military road and the District of Columbia boundary line, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute by a petition in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District court, a proceeding to condemn the lsand nectessa;ry0io1i1 th? extenston] df Sixteenth street northwest from orris s ree e istrict o o umbia boundar line with the uni- Assqssmenw azainst form width of one hundred and sixty feet. That oiy the amount found 'b“°°"°" "“"’°""‘ due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condemned for the extension of Sixteenth street as in this section provided, not less than one-half thereof shall be assessed by said jury in said proceedings against those pieces and parcels of ground situated and lying on each side of said Sixteenth street northwest between Morris street and the Piney Branch, and between the Blagden Mill road and the Military road, to a depth of two hundred and fifty feet, measured on . greg (side from the building lines of the said Sixteenth street as exn e . onfgjjgf °‘ E‘°"· (That wéithlin Biutetytdayg 2:fbGl£)lGh0 palssagle of thlis Ac; th; rs o e is mc o o um ia are ere authorize an directed to institute by a petition in the supreme couiit of the District of Columbia, sitting as a District court, a proceeding to condemn the land necessary for the extension of Eleventh street northwest on a straight extension of the lines thereof, as now established in the city of ¥[Vashilndgtot11ié twithdahwidth ot;) njlnety feet, irom Florida avenue to arva s e, an ence wit the same width and in a strai ht line Eg Lydetcger avetnréexjoining said avenue with its center line oiposite e cen me o s in avenue. _,·;1·¥;e$¤;;:;e=;s;i¤¤¤ That of the amount found due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condemned under this Act for the extension of the said Eleventh street at least one-half thereof shall be assessed by said jury in said proceedings against those pieces or parcels of ground abutting that portion of the street to be opened, and extending to a