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 668 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 809,810. 1900. P'°*’i8°- condemned nor the o enin of such street: Prmrécled, Zwweoer That d€€g1¥!I;l$gt€l(gl1 Ormslll upon the iinal determiliatiofof said appeal or other lproceeding ht law ”°“l‘ or in equity the amount found to be due and payab e as damages sustained b reason of the extension of said street under the provisions hereof sllall be paid as hereinbefore provided. mmgsgggggtgg- Sec. 12. That the provisions of sections three, four, five, six, seven, applicable. to bméé eight, and eleven hereof, and the provisions of section two hereof as s"°°”"‘“"‘S‘°‘“· °”°· to the assessment of benefits and as to the right of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to reject the award of the jury be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the several Acts of Congress Vol.30,p§£344,1380, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An 1381*1382* ‘ Act to extend S street in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” and "An Act for the extension of Pennsylvania avenue southeast, and for other urposes," in so far as the same relate to the extension of Sixteeniili street northwest, as amendedby joint resolution approved the thirtieth day of January, nineteeen hundred, to the extension of Pennsylvania avenue southeast, the extension of Staugh- _ ton street, the extension of Eckinigton place, the extension of Fifth street, and the extension of Howar avenue, except, nevertheless, that the assessment areas fixed by said several Acts in reference to said severail streets shall be and remain as in and by said Acts of Congress rovi e. · nigvenm street ex- P The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby author- “’§”§,‘£";,=0, P, 1344, ized and directed to make application to the su reme court of the P¤¤**°¤ *°*‘ *5***** District of Columbia holding a district court for the final ratification coniirmation of . . ’ . awmmw. and confirmation of the awards of the jury for and in respect to the land condemned for the extension of Eleventh street; and said awards, when so ratified, shall be paid as provided by said Act of March third, . eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, anythinghm said Act to the contrary R¤¤»¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢¤¢· notwithstanding. And in the event that the assessments for benefits levied by the jury in relation to said Eleventh street shall for any reason be declared void, the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to make application to said court for a reassespgihentff such benefits under and in accordance with the rovisions or " .is ct.. m*jgg**i;,Q,%*d;g£g*ugg({ P Sec. 13. That the name of Four-and-a-half street northwest is Fourth street. changed to Fourth street northwest. Approved, June 6, 1900. ·l****° @1900- CHAP. 810.-An Act Authorizing and requiring the Metropolitan Railroad Company toextend its lines on old Sixteenth street. _ · Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representat¢}ves of tbe United §§§§§,f§,§j,°,§¥‘¥,jf‘;l§§§ States of America in Congress assemble, That the Metropolitan Railgjgigsigmrgjggletj gm road Comtpany of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, ‘ °°' authorize and required to extend by double tracks the lines of its underground electric railroad from its present terminus at the intersection of Eighteenth street and Columbia road easterly along Colum- _ bia road to the present Sixteenth street northwest, thence north along §",‘}'{c“§;,,g 0,,,,, in Sixteenth street to Park street: Prcmfded, That no cars shall be meets- switched fin Q1heAstreets after the expiration of two years from the - x assage 0 t is ct. S,§$*g,j'*},*g,,'§e9;*,0°*g‘,§ P Sec. 2. That before such extension shall be constructed Columbia widened. ew- road shall be widened to a width of one hundred feet, the resent Sixteenth street shall be widened to a width of eight *-five feet tlfom Columbia road to Park street, and in such widening me building restriction line on the eastern side of said street shall be taken as far as racticable to form the eastern side of said street when widened; and silso s¤1E·