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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 461,462. 1899. 1383 centum per annum until paid. Wheii the use of a part only of any piece or parcel of ground shall be condemned, the jury, in determining its value, shall not take into consideration any benefits that may accrue to the remainder thereof from the opening ot said streets or highways, but such beneiits shall be considered in determining what assessment shall be made on or against that part of such lot as is not taken, as is hercinbefore provided. _ Sec. 13. That when the Commissioners of the District of Columbia R9·¤iw¤y P¤¤¤¤y1- shall have taken possession of the pieces or parcels of ground in respect mum °v°°°° SE' to which such judgment condemning the right of way shall have been entered under the provisions of sections one and two of this Act, it _ shall be their duty to cause a roadway of said Pennsylvania avenue southeast, as extended under the provisions herein, of such width and character of construction as in their judgment may be suitable, to be graded and regulated as soon as practicable thereafter. Sec. 14. That payment of the awards made in respect of the property counmmtu of ascondemned shall not be made until the assessments herein provided for f,j’,°;,{,}’,§’,'ff‘§‘,ft‘,f,§},’°,_{°,f"° shall have been made again st the aforesaid property and duly con tirmed. Approved, March Ji, 1899. _ CHAP. 462.-An Act To redeem certain outstanding certificates issued by the March 3, 1890, board of audit and the board of public works of the District of Columbia. ?_*‘;—“· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the unmet trcoiumbia. District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to receive and ,;ff,°‘§.“§,f{g:f;“_§Q’;" audit certificates of indebtedness numbered four thousand and ninety- cmihcqres of board eight, four thousand and ninety-nine, four thousand one hundred, tour °f P“bl'° "°'k‘” °“" ' thousand one hundred and one, four thousand one hundred and two, four thousand one hundred and three, four thousand one hundred and five, and four thousand one hundred and six, in the sum of fifty dollars each, issued by the treasurer of the late board of public works of the District of Columbia, and now held by W. D. Williams, for the redemption of which there is no existing law, and to pay to him the amount respectively iound due on such certificates, including interest thereon at the rate of three and sixty-tive one-hundredths per centum per annum from the date of issue to December thirty-tirst, eighteen hundred and eighty. A sufncient amount to pay the principal and interest of the APP*°P¤¤*i°¤-¤°¤- ccrtiiicates hercinbefore mentioned is hereby appropriated, one·half from the revenues of the District of Columbia and onehalf from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to receive and audit certificates of indebtedness numbered forty-three hundred and fifty-two (sewer bond), of the sum of one hundred dollars; numbered forty-seven hundred and forty-six (sewer bond), of the sum of fifty dollars; numbered twenty- nine hundred and ten (sewer bond), of the sum of fifty dollars; numbered twenty-six hundred and twenty-four, of the sum of one hundred dollars, issued by the auditor or treasurer of the late board of public works of the District of Columbia. Also, certificates of indebtedness numbered thirty-five hundred and forty-eight, in the sum of twenty- one dollars and sixty cents; numbered sixty-two hundred and sixty- seven, in the sum of forty-four dollars and eighty-seven cents; numbered [ive hundred and seventyeight, in the sum of twenty-six dollars and sixtyone cents; numbered fifty-tive hundred and seventy, in the sum of thirty-one dollars and thirty-four cents; numbered thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty-six, in the sum of four dollars and ninety cents; numbered fifteen thousand six hundred and seventy-six, in the sum of ten dollars and seventy-two cents; numbered fifteen thousand six hundred and seventy-seven, in the sum of six dollars and eighty-seven cents; numbered fifty-two hundred and seventy-nine, in