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 1244 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 2560, 2561. 1907. March 2»1907· CHAP. 2560.-An Act For the opening of Mills avenue northeast from Rhode [H·R‘°m°‘] Island avenue to Twenty-fourth street. man .219. [ c,N0 I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §j'fj$f,,fn‘f,‘fQ“,}‘(},P,i,*}; States of America in Congress assembled, That under and in accordance wt- with the provisions of Sections four hundred and ninety-one a to four {Og? Ind hundred and ninety-one n, both inclusive, of subchapter one of chapter A"*°» P- 151- fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, within sixty days after the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the opening of Mills avenue, with a width of fifty feet, from Rhode Island avenue to its intersection with Twent -fourth street northeast; said condemnation to be wholly to thelswesterljv of the present easterly side of the private road known as Mil avenue. =<»¢<··· Sec. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as A”t°’°`m' contemplated in section four hundred and ninety-one g` of the subging etc N, chapter of the Code hereinbefore referred to: Provided, hat the total scssedus bénefrf amount found to be due and awarded as damages, lus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, shall be assessed by die said jury as benefits. “‘Y‘“°“°°*°‘P°"“°* Sec. 3. That the sum of three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia to provide the necessary funds for the costs and . expenses of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to the District of Columbia from the assessment for benefits App¤>r>r1¤¤<>¤· when the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts ` of ag judgmentsfapjd irwards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District o o umbia. fofggrmyggcgigf Sec. 1. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are `hereby authorized to prepare a new highway plan for that portion of the District of Columbia lying west of said Mills avenue, north of Frankfort street, east of Twentieth street, and south of Rhode Island V¢>1·2M>-534- avenue northeast, under the provisions contained in the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act to provide a permanent svstem of highways in that .V¤1-¤¤»r;¤19- partof the District of Columbia I ying outside of cities," and an amendment to said Act approved J unc twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; that upon the completion and recording of said new highwaiv plan it shall take the place of and stand for any previous plan for said portion of the District of Columbia. Approved, March 2, 1907. giggh  CHAP. 2561.-An Act Making certain changes in the postal laws. U’¤b“°#N°·2’°·l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 12 esentatioes of the United rmznmrviee. States (ff America in Congress assembled, mt from and after July w;’:°&'j’d°"V°”’°’ iirst,_ nineteen hundred and seven, when in addition to the stamps nip; og oagjgggzgg required to transmit any letter or package of mail matter through the nmJliiy1,wm. mails there shall be attached to the envelope or covering ten cents’ V¤l· zi P— 387- worth of ordinary stamps of any denomination, with the words “ special delivery ” or their equivalent written or printed on the envelope or covering, under such regulations as the Postmaster—General may prescribe, the said package shall be handled, transmitted, and delivered in all respects as t ough it bore a regulation "special delivery " stamp. Approved, March 2, 1907. l