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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3610,3611. 1906. 619 poses; and any changes in the said bridge which the Secretary of War °‘*°¤€”- may require in the interest of navigation shall be made by the person or corporation owning or o rating the same at their own expense. Sec. 3. That this Act shailebe null and void if actual construction {rims of construcof said bridge herein authorized shall not be commenced in two years “°“‘ and completed within three years from the date of a proval hereof. Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°¤**”*°¤°· expressly reserved. _ Approved, June 29, 1906. CHAP. 3611.-An Act Amendatory of an Act entitled "A11 Act to provide for June 2q_ 1g0e_ Enyment of damages on account of changes of grade due to the construction of the _|H. R. 14511.1 n10n Station, District of Columbia," approved April twenty-second, nineteen hun- `_[Pu"b“c_ N0__ 35l,_] dred and four. ‘ Be demwted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of limeriea in Oongreas assembled, That section live and section D1§¤¤¤¤¤3{¤¤}¤¤(bi¤- seven of the Act entitled “‘An Act to provide for payment of damages ageiygii aerilountauiii on account of changes of grade due to construction of the Union Sta- {,n’§§§°§,§f,§,ff“° ‘°* tion District of Columbia/’ approved April twenty-second, nineteen Vvi- 33- P- 251- hundred and four, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read, as fo lows: " Sec. 5. That if any of the parties interested, their personal repre- Jnrymmnsaer as sentatives, or the guardians ad litem who maybe appointed forany such l’°{';‘§·,_ 33_ p_ 25,_ rties who may be under legal disability, or the Commissioners of the ¤¤¤¤¤<1¤¤· District of Columbia, shall be dissatis ed with any appraisement of said commission, the court shall, on the motion of the party so dissatisfied, direct the United States marshal to summon a jury of seven disinterested men, not related to any person in interest, to meet and view the property alleged to have been damaged as aforesaid, giving the parties interested at least six days’ notice of the time and place of meeting. The said marshal shall summon a jury and administer an nniyosjury. oath to them that the will, without favor or partiality to anyone, to the best of their judglment, appraise and determine the amount of damages to which eac owner of any such property so affected by change of grade may be entitled; and in every appraisenientof dam- E new-snugly mm. ages the commission, or jul')', as the case may be, shall take into con- ag,,'}'},,, {',,,:{"},{{,'§,‘]’f sideration any and all benefits and advantages that may have accrued {·:;egtgf vmde ¤¤»¤- ‘ to such property by reason of the elimination of grade crossings. the establishment of the Union Railroad Station and terminals, and all works, buildin s, and improvements authorized by the Act of Congress uppuwefpcbyunyy twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled VOL 31,, -,6; ‘An Act to provide for the elimination of certain grade crossings of railroads in the District of Columbia, to rexyuire and authorize the _ construction of new terminals and tracks for t IB Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com ny in the city of \Vashington, and for other purposes} and the Act o¥“Congress gpproved February twenty-eéghth, nineteen V0l32,p.912. hundred and three, entitl ‘An Act to provide for a mon Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."’ "'SEO. 7. That the Il'l€lI1l¤B1‘S of Said 00mlDiSSi0n appointed under the Efxsgggpggzign ist provisions of this Act shall l‘€CelVB for their services when actually employed such compensutwn BS Shall be diifiernuned upon by the supreme “Ye%lied’f“· P- "’l· court of the District of Columbia as equitable and commensurate with the services rendered, not exceeding the sum of ten dollars per day, and the jurors summoned by the marshal under the provisions of this my vfimn Act shall receive for their services when actually employed the sum of five dollars per day. _  SUmCl€Dt Slim to pay the compensation and ex- Dggpgppcrljgggslmm penses of said commission and the compensation of said jlurors and the amount of such appraisements or awards of damages is ereby appro-