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 160 FIFIY-NINTH ooncnnss. sm. 1. ou. ems. woe. obliterated, or removed, forthwith report that fact in writing to said board, unless he has good reason to believe that such copy of such an order has been removed by authoritiy of said board, and if such copy of suchorder has been concealed shal forthwith expose the same to view. P¤¤•l*v *0* **01*- Sec. 13. That an rson violating or aiding or abetting in violating “°°°Hh°i"` · an of the provisioiispdf this Act shall, upon conviction thereof in the court of the District of Columbia, upon information filed in the name of said District, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days; and each day on which such unlawful act is done or during which such unlawful negligence continues shall constitute a separate and distinct olfense. P'°°°°'““=¤ *° '*· Sec. 14. That the owner or owners of any building or part of build— hi»h?'¤(ii£é}.wmmm ing condemned under the provisions of this Act may, within the time specihed in the order of condemnation, institute proceedings in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a district court, for the modification or vacation of the order of con emnation aforesaid, and the court shall give precedence to any such case and shall hear the testimony adduced therein; and unless the court shall find that there is sufficient proof made of the necessity of the destruction of such building or part of building, the order of the board for the condemnation of insanitary buildings shall be modified or set wide, as said court shall direct; otherwise the court shall issue such orders and decrees as may be necessary to carry the order of said board, as made by the, d:;:'g*”*°*"m board or as modified by the court, into eifect; and the court may ` aiipoint a committee of award, consisting of three persons, each of w om shall have the qualifications of jurors in the District of Columbia, who, after taking the oath required of jurors in the trial of civil causes, shall proceed to hear and receive evidence respecting the amount of _ damages to be awarded to the owner or owners of such condemned building or part of building aforesaid, and said committee may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before them and may “'““°“°* administer oaths to such witnesses. Witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify before said committee in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify in the supreme court of ‘ the District of Columbia; an, if need bc, said committee shall be entitled, upon application, to the aid of said court to compel such H¤¤¤¤x=- attendance and giving of testimony. Unless the court shall order otherwise, the hearing of evidence before said committee need not be in the presence of the court, but the may meet in any room assigned to them by the United States nnirsllal for the District of Columbia, E,ji·¤¤·¤··¤¤¤¤•»·\¤¤¤- who shall, in person or by deputy, attend such hearings. In such m" proceedings evidence shall be received by the committee of award _ appointed as aforesaid, to provc— w{f°"*” "‘ b“"d'°¥*· `irst. That the rental of the building was enhanced by reason of the same being used for illegal purposes. or being so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates; or m£,”‘;;$l"'* ”¤¤*°*· Second. That the building is in a state of defective sanitation, or is ' not in reasonably good repair: or V”“°""*‘“"“*'*°“· Third. That the building is untitand not reasonably capable of being made tit for human habitation; and if the committee., or a majority of the members thereof, is satisfied by such evidence that compensation _ should be awarded, then the compensationmfQ_f';{*j;ff““"°""““°d (a) Shall in the tirst case. so far as it is based on rental, be on the rental of the building (as distinct from the ground rent), which would have been obtainable if the building was occupied for legal purposes, and only by the number of persons whom the building was, under all the circumstances of the case, fitted to accommodate without such