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 1382 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SEss. III. Ch. 461. 1899. ' situate and lying upon each side of said Twentieth street between Wyoming avenue and Columbia. road, and also on any or all adjacent pieces or parcels of land which will be benelited by the said extension as herein provided. Extension of Fifth Sec. 7. That within thirty days after the dedication to the District of '°'°°°‘ Columbia of sufficient land to open Elm street from Linden street to Fifth street the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, 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 for the extension of Fifth street, Le Droit Park, between Elm street and Wilson street, a distance of one square. That of the amount round due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condemned under this Act for the extension of Fifth street not less than one·half thereof shall be assessed by said jury in said proceedings against those pieces or parcels of ground situate and lying on each side of said Filth street between Pomeroy street and , Spruce street, including the lot abutting on the said Fifth street, as - extended. gw; °f H¤'· Sec. 8. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 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 for the extension of Howard avenue through lot numbered one hundred and thirty and one-half, in Chapin Brown’s subdivision of Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains, within thirty days lrom the passage of this Act. That of the amount found due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condemned under this Act for the widening of said ` avenue, one-half thereof shall be assessed by said jury in said proceedings against blocks two, three, four, live, and six of Chapin Brown’s subdivision of Ingleside, and against lots one hundred and twenty-two to one hundred and forty-four, inclusive, of Chapin Brown’s subdivision of Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains. ` 0•>pd¤m¤•u<>¤’ pw- Sec. 9. That the proceedings for the condemnation of the lands 'as °°j°€‘§Ff;_ c_ ,,1,,,, l1_ provided for in this Act shall be under and according to the provisions pp-zo and so. of chapter eleven of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, which provide for the condemnation of lands in said District for public highways: and to provide the necessary funds for the cost of such condemnation proceedings the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of the funds of the District ol Columbia: Provided, That each juror shall receive a J‘"°" f°°" compensation of five dollars per day for his services during the time he shall be actually engaged in such services under the provisions of this bA_r•_g¤_¤£_ ¤¤¤ tv ds- Act: And provided further, That no appeal by any interested party yfrom any decision of the supreme court of the District of Columbia con- · firming said assessment or assessments shall delay or prevent the pay- ment of said awards in respect to the property condemned. Pnymma BEC. 10. That payment of the sum or sums of money adjudged to be due and payable for lands taken under the provisions of this Act shall be made by the Treasurer of the United States, ex omcio commissioner of the sinking fund of the District of Columbia, upon the warrant of the said Commissioners, out of the revenues of the District of Columbia; and a sulllcient sum to pay such judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. gcnridmvcm of Sec. 11. That the sums to be assessed against each lot and piece and ' "° _ parcel of ground shall be determined and designated by the jury; and in determining what amount shall be assessed against any particular piece or parcel of ground thejury shall take into consideration the ituation of said lots and the benelits that they may receive from the extension of said avenue and highway. m$_:¤:$¤¤;;_g¤· Mr Sec. 12. That when conlirmed by the court the assessments shall 'severally be a lien upon the land assessed, and shall be collected as special improvement taxes in the District of Columbia, and  hall be payable in live equal installments, with interest at the rate of four per