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 520 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 519, 53-l. 1898. A¤¤¤¤·l¤¤ r1¤¤· to prepare amended plan for that part of “section one" outside of existing subdivisions under the terms of sections one to live of said Act, and said amended plan when recorded with the surveyor shall take the place and stand for any previou plan of “section one."_. _ _ ioihiiiiiiéiidiuiioltliiis Sec. 3. That in order to provide grounds for educational, religious, iuieimimis.’ or similar institutions, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia ‘ ro iosed streets a eeting oca ities at may e or a ave een pur- Pmim. ghaged for such purposes: Provided, That under the authority hereby .nmn. conferred no changes shall be mad? in existing subdivisions or in avenues or in important lines of trave. rm or i.-mins;. The plat of such readiustment, after being duly certified by said m""` Commissioners, shall be forwarded to the commission consisting of the Secretary of \Var, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Chief of Engi. -approvalof,etc. neers of the United States Army, and when approved by said commission or a majority thereof the change shall be recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, and become a part of the · permanent system of highways, and take the place of any part incon sistent therewith. w§5¤egdi;i·*°¤,I¤ Ni Sec. 4. That no subdivision or subdivisions made and recorded in pim- to uiis mmm., section one of the highway plans prior to the date of the approval of °'"*”°°*°‘·°*°· this Act shall be aifected-or in any way changed by any map heretofore approved and recorded or that may be hereafter approved and recorded under the provisions of this Act or of the Act hereby ¥·¤•>¤*i¤;¤h gshizh- amended; and no highways shall be located in section one through 3i?;? ° P"" any udsdodivided or subdivided lands souui or uio spi-ing road um borders ·Holmead Manor, except such as are necessary to continue or connect existing streets abutting uch lands. mmdgggigjywé _SEo. 5. That the owner or owners of land over or upon which any md disponitidn di- highway or reservation shall be projected upon any map filed under g:;?'"! °°"‘*°'“"“· said Act of Congress shall have the free right to the use and enjoyment of the same for building or any other lawful purpose, and the free right to transfer the title thereof, until proceedings looking to the condemnation of such land shall have been authorized and actually begun. Rzrgdlggway to be And as to any highway orpart of highway which by any such map is ' to be abandoned neither the right of those occupying or owning land ‘ abutting thereon or adjacent thereto, nor the right of the public to use ,, such highway or part of highway, shall be atlected by the filing of such map until condemnation proceedings looking to the ascertainment of the damages resulting from such proposed abandonment shall have been authorized and actually begun; nor shall the obligation of the ——r·~p»m¤. municipal authorities to keep the same in repair be aflected until they are rendered useless by the opening and improvement of new high- };ayLs,_ to pebeyidepced by public notice by the Commissioners of the is rict o ‘o um iu. Mlfyjjg ,f_;·,(_lr;·;·:); Sm'. 6. That said Commissioners shall not submit for approval to the pm-81 of maps. highway commission created by section two of said Act any map or plan thereunder until the owners of the land within the territory embraced within such map shall have been given an opportunity to he heard in regard thereto by said Commissioners, after public notice to gmt] eliect for not less than fourteen consecutive days, excluding um ays. Approved, June 28, 1898. _j"'}°  18}f*;_ CHAP. 534.-An Act Relating to the Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company, of Montgomery County, Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repirsentatires of the United B";}_’E:i¤i;t;;;»Q;*;<;}»él; States of America. in Congress assembled, That the Washington, Woodii,.,ie..,__m__,,,;,y¤,, side and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company, of Montgomery
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