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 SIXTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 217, 225. 1910. 353 217.-An Act Providing for the raising of the United States battle ship M¤Y9· 1910· Mame, in Habana Harbor, and to provide for the interment of the bodies therein. [H' R· 230121 Public, No. 169. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Representatives of the United [ 1 States of America in Ocngress assembled, That the Secretary of War Bv¤j}¤1¢§hiP"§;¤1¤¤-" and the Chief of Engineers are hereby authorized and directed to pro- movleii: mill nfmiii, vide with all convenient speed for the raising or the removal of the H}‘,§§’§,§,,e¤,0,b0d,es wreck of the United States battle ship Maine from the harbor of ew- ' Habana, Cuba, and for the proper interment of the bodies therein, in Arlington Cemetery; and the Secretary of War is authorized and. directed to remove the mast of the wreck of said battle ship Maine and place the same uplon a proper foundation in Arlington National Cemeteryl at or near the spot where the bodies of those who died through suc wreck are interred: Ibnvided, however, That the consent in proper Pwwfvo- f C ba form of the Republic of Cuba shall be first obtained. The sum of one iili>`i»i°bli>i1¤iii!$1¤.u ' hundred thousand dollars is hereby appro(priated, out of any money in P°"· P1’· 789- 1*0* the Treasury not otherwise appropriate, on account of the work herein authorized. Approved, May 9, 1910. . 25.—An A t authoriz the o nin road al n he Anacostia M"-? 1°·‘191°· name Osizoiiiimna. 8 P6 g °f 8 0 g t uf*‘;:· LMT.?] I1 G, 0. . . Be it enacted by the Senate and [base 0_fRe;>rese1ztatr}ves of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That under and in accord— °§¥{§°§$,,(Q°}§'.}';;’L§; ance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act tigiggggning md entitled ‘An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Colum- sm. _ bia,’ regulatirlrg proceedings for condemnation of land for streets," v°I' 3** pp` 1°1’°3°‘ approved Ap thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, known as subc pter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia, except section four hundred and ninety-one g of said subchapter, which section shall not be a plicable to this Act, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia bc, and they are hereb, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court of the Ibistrict of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn and acquire the fee simple and absolute title, including all riparian rights and all other rights per- , taining thereto, to a strip of lan for a public highway and for park 1·°°•¤°¤· urposes along the Anacostia River and bounded by said river, •om Elonroe street extended to the right of way of the outfall sewer at and near Poplar Point and from the southwest corner of the grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane along said Anacostia River to Giesboro Point, near the western terminus of Memphis street, as shown on the rmanent system of highway lans for the District of Columbia. Til; northern and western boum£ry of said strip of land shall be coincident with the high—water line of the said Anacostia River, and the southern and eastern boundary of the said strip of land shall _ be not more than one hundred and sixty feet therefrom: Pz·eca'ded, §f,‘f,'ZKj;0,d,,m,,g,, That of the amount found due and awarded as damages for and in ¤¤¤¢¤¤•¤<1¤¤¤¤¤¤¤*¤· respect of the land condemned under this Act for the said public highway and park not less than one-half thereof, together with all the costs and ex uses of the proceeding or proceedings taken pursuant hereto, shallmbe assessed as benefits by the jury in said proceeding against the lots, pieces, or parcels of ground lying on the side or sides o the extension of the said public highway and park and also on all or any adjacent pieces or arcels of land which will be benefited by the 1),;,,,,,,,,,;,,,,, of said public highway ang park as herein provided: And provided fur- b°¤°“*¤· ther, That the sums to be assessed against each lot, piece, or parcel of ground shall be determined and desi nated by the jury, and in determining what amount shall be assessed against any particular lot, piece,