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 930 FIETY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Cris. 1194,1195. 1907. Fépwégv-  1 194.-An Act Authorizing the sale of certain lands to the city of Buffalo, ``, OTDID. u~n¤11o,No.11v.] y g Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §,5§“g‘{·‘Y,{,‘{;c md States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the t0»fo\’P¤·¥£l7¤¥P0¤€$- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell to the city of Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming, for the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, for use as a public ark and fair grounds, the following D“°'*P**°“· described lands: Lot twelve and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and lot five of section thirty-four, in township fifty-one north of range eighty-two west of the sixth principal meridian. Approved, February 25, 1907. February 25,1£D7. CHAP. 1195.—An Act To amend an Act entitled ‘·An Act to amend an Act l,,__ entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,' regulating rubric, No. 118.] proceedings for condemnation of land for streets." · ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House af Representatives of the United Dcimxmmgm States of America in Oemgress assembled, That the Act of Con ress, conuoninonon or approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and entitle<F"An ’“j‘:,Q‘j;:",§f“· Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a code of law for the District of C0lnmbia,’ regulating proceedings for condemnation of land for streets,” be and the same is hereb amended b chan in the _ 7 _ · yi y g g sectugpl thereof designated section four hundred and ninety-one g so as to re : ¤g$m§¤* “Sec. 491g. That of the amount found to be due and awarded as damages for and in respect of the land to be condemned for said opening, extension, widening, or straightening, plus the costs and expenses of the proceeding, such amount shall be assessed by the jury as benefits, and to the extent of such benefits against the lots, pieces, or parcels of land on each side of the street, avenue, road, or highway to be opened, extended, widened,for stlraiglhtgnid, and against ainy and all other lots, pieces, or parcels 0 lan w ic the jury may tin will be benefited b the opening, extension, widening, or strai htening, as the jury may find said lots, pieces, or parcels of land wxllgne benefited; and in determining the amounts to be assessed against said lots, pieces, or parcels of land the ]ury shall take into consideration the respective situations and topographical conditions of said lots, pieces, or parcels of land, ZQZDEEQ Zi'2SE§?OZ“i.£€J{3E§”g§? Ei.? 'i1T’..?°§°"?li’{."°°E"”i f”°‘“ "’° , _, , . g e n o e s ree , avenue 0,F{§;¤_{¤¤¤*¤¤ of Mm road, or highway. And where part of any lot, piece, parcel, or tract ,4..i.,_,_m,.mond- of land has been dedicated for the opening, extension, widening, or °"· straightening of the street, avenue, road, or highway, the jury, in determining whether the remainder of said lot, piece, parcel, or tract is to be assessed for benefits, and the amount of benefits, if any., to he thereon, shall also take into consideration the fact of such dedication and the value of the land so dedicated. lf the total amount of the damages awarded by the jury and the costs and expenses of the proceeding be m excess of the total amount of the assessments gui beraeiitg, such excess shall be borne and paid by the District of o um ia. Approved, February 25, 1907.