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 520 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 1768, 1769. 1904. ment of the base line and resurvey of the first and second correction lines north, through ranges ninety-two to one hundred and four west, inclusive, and the eleventh auxiliarky guide meridian west, the twelfth ide meridian west, and the twel th auxiliary guide meridian west, glilm the base line to the north boundary of Colorado through townshi one to twelve north, all of the sixth principal base and meridian; R§gd¤1¤¢i¤¤¤ M- andgll rules and regulations of the Department of the Interior requir- °°°in petitions from all settlers of said townships asking for resurveiyq and agreement to abide by the result of the same so far as these lan QMM mm are concerned are hereby abrogated: Provided, That nothing herein ° ° contained shall be so construed as to impair the present bona ii e claim of any actual occupant of any of said lands to the lands so occupied. — Approved, April 28, 1904. -¤r}·g}gé,{§°¢- osu. 1700.-An Act For the widening of V street northwest. IY¤¤>1i¤. N0- 2011 Be it enacted by the Senate and House  Re_preaenta#¢}ves of Me United m,,,.,,,,0m,,,,,,,,u,_ States of A.menIca in Congress That within thirty days after D;*t*§;¤;,¤c¤fV¤¤* the deposit with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, by menu? man- parties interested, of the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty .‘°‘”“]“"" °'· ollars the Commissioners of the District of Columbia bc, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the sugreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a district court, y petition, particularlv describing the lands to be taken, a proceeding in rem to condemn the land necessary for the widening of V street through square south of south. of uare twelve hundred and ninety-six from the west line of Thirty-Hfsth street west one hundred and twenty feet to the line of Washington County, to the full width of sixty feet. · qQ_§,f,jQ,‘,¥¤‘*m‘ Sec. 2. That of the amount found to be due and awarded as dam· ` ages for and in respect of the land condemned for the extension of V street, as herein rovided, a sum equivalent to the amount of damages shall be assessed by the jury as benefits against those pieces or reels of land on each side of V street as widened, and also on any or alhjiieces or parcels of land which_will be benefited by the widening of said V street; and in determining the amounts to be assessed against said pieces or parcels of land the jury shall take into consideration the respective situations of such pieces or parcels of land and the benefits they may severally receive from the widening of V street as aforesaid. mN¤¤¤¤ of www- Sec. 3. That the said court shall cause public notice of not less than ifivememene. ten days to be given of the filing of said proceedin s, by advertisement in such manner as the court shall prescribe, wgich notice shall warn all persons having any interest in the proceedings to attend court at a day to be named in said notice and to continue in attendance until the court shall have made its final order ratifying and confirming P¤¤·<>¤¤1»¤¤·¤¢¤· the award of damages and assessment of benefits of the j_ur ;and in _ addition to such public notice said court, whenever in its judygment it is practicable to do so, may cause a co y of said notice to be served by the marshal of the District of Colixmbia, or his deputies, upon such owners of the land to be condemned as ma be found by said · marshal, or his deputies, within the District of Cohimbia. "•¤*¤•*’¤i¤¤‘- Sec. 4. That after the return of the marshal and the filing of proof of dpublication of the notice provided for in the preceding section, mi court shall cause a jury o seven judicious, disinterested men, not related to any person interested in the proceedings, and not in the service or employment of the District of Columbia or of the United _ States, to be summoned by the marshal of the District of Columbia, ”"““· to which jurors said court shall administer- an oath or affirmation that they are not interested in any manner in the land to be condemned