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 236 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3075,3076. 1906. ferred, or assigned without the consent of the Secretary of War, nor in any case to a person engaged, directly or indirectly, in the same line of business, in the same harbor area, navigable stream, or body of water, and that any grant, subletting, sale, transfer, or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void; _ St_§j§S**`§“wgQ U““"‘l (h) That any and all vessels owned or chartered by the United States i Government shall in case of any emergency, or in time of wa1·, have prior right, free of charge, to the use of any such structure; and F“”*’°’ '°”"*°’*°“· (i) Shall contain suclh further restrictions as the Secretary of Waima see fit to im e therein. m§";'h'fjfe {fg °§},‘j  4. That ngsiich authorization by the Secretary of War shall be rwwhw granted to any person unless the applicant therefor shall first furnish to the Secretary of War satisfactory proof either that he (or 1t) IS the owner or lessee of the approaches to the shore end of the proposed structure, with the right to use the same in connection therewith, or that he (or it) is the owner of a franchise granting the right to use said P‘°“’*· °"’· approaches in connection with such proposed structure. Every application to the Secretary of War for any such authorization sha I be accompanied by plans and specifications for such structure, extension or improvement, which said plans and specifications shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army before the ranting of any such authorization by the Secretary of War, and such piians and specifications shall not be deviated from in any - such structure, extension, or improvement without the written consent, first obtained, of the said Chief of Engineers. MQ';}}' "*”'“ “°‘ '“' Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect leigal or equitable I`ig'i]tS, if any, existing at the date of the approva of this Act which were acquired by the government of Porto Rico or any other party under any contract, lease or license, for the construction, extension, improvement, or maintenance of any such strulgture, granted by the United States authorities prior to the approval of t is Act. Approved, June 11, 1906. June 11. 1906. CHAP. 3076.—.\u Act For the extension of Euclid street, in Meridian Hill, his .;__  tfict of Columbia. Pnbllc, N0. 222.] [ Be it enacted by I/ae Senate and [Muse of I£qn·e~ez»tat£’ve.¢ Qfi/1.6 071 im] nun-sc; ot comm- States qf,»fmeri¢u in Lbragrme assemb/»·</, That within sixty days after bl';,,,,,,,,,,,,,; Euclid the passa e of this Act the Commissioners of the Districtof Columbia ¤*¤',$;_w" _ mem be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the oem. umiiiiu. supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a district court. by petition particularly describing the lands to be taken, a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of Euclid street, in a straight line with a width of fifty feet, from Champlain street to Columbia road. ag=;:¤;:j,¤§_;jJ;{,;l"m· Sec. 2. That the entire amount found to be due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land condenmed for the extension of Euclid street as herein provided shall be assessed by the jury hereinafter provided for as benefits. and to the extent of such benefits, against those pieces or parcels of land on each side of said street as extended. and also on any or all pieces or parcels of land which will be benefited by the extension of said street as said jury may find said pieces or parcels of land. will be benefited, and in determining the amounts to be assessed against said pieces or parcels of lands 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 extension of said street as aforesaid. and the verdict of said jury shall also be for