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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 134, 135, 141. 1911. 925 north of Rittenhouse street, west of Thirty-third street, and southeast of the District line, under the provisions contained in the Act of Con- V°‘· *"·P· **82- gress slpproved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled " n Act to provide a permanent s stem of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outsidse of `cities,’ and an amendment Vol-30. pr 619. to said Act approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight; that upon the completion and recording of said new highway plan it shall take the place of and stand for any previous plan for said _ portion of the District of Columbia. Approved, February 20, 1911. CHAP. 185.-—An Act To authorize the extension of Thirteenth street northwest 1"°b'¤*¤'! 7*0-1911- fmm its present terminus north of Madison street to Piney Branch road. . [H‘ R‘ 12688*] [Public, No.406.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatv}vea of the United _ Stateso/'Ameriea in Oonggess assembled, That under and in accordance D.§f{,‘§§e‘§,§°Q‘§'§§Q“, with the provisions of su hapter one of chapter fifteen of the Code of ¤<g_j1¤g¤¤f— I d Law for the District of Columbia, within six months after the ge for J§a°¤`fa¥.g °° of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia g, and V°’· ’“· l’· I- they are hereby, authorized and directed to institutein the supreme court of the District of Columbia a proceedingrin rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the otpening of hirteenth street northwest from its terminus north of Ma ison street to Piney Branch road, with a width of one hundred and ten feet accordin to the plan for a _ rmaueut system of highways in the District of CoIumbia: Provided, Damakesamesed I/zweoer, That the entire amount found to be due and awarded by the “"°“°““· 'ury in said proceeding as damages, for and in respect of the land to be condemned for said extension, plus the costs and expenses of said proceedingl, shall be assessed by the jury as benefits. A mu I Sec. 2. hat there is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the sxptliiéi, snfm °’ District of Columbia an amount su `cient to pa the necessary costs and expenses of the said condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, and for the payment of the amounts awarde as damages, to be ’•Y'°°°‘°**"*“'¤· re id to the District of Columbia from the assessments for benefits angucovered into the Treasury to the credit of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Approved, February 20, 1911. CHAP. 141.-An Act To authorize the Government to contract for impounding, l"°b¥°¤*Y 21- 1911- storing, and carriage of water, and to cooperate in the construction and use of reser- voirs and canals under reclamation projects, and for other purposes. . [Public, No.406.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever in carrying ,,,,§_°°"‘“‘°"°" *“'°" out the provisions of the reclamation law, storage or carrying capacity néygggy =;>$¢;l¤:¤ has been or may be provided in excess of the requirements of the lands contract mr exec; to be irrigated under any dgroject, the Secretary of the Interior, pre- "§,°§{?h8_ ,,_ m servings iirst right to lan and entrymen under the project, is hereby authorized, upon such terms as he may determine to be just and equitable, to contract for the impounding, storage, and carriage of water to an extent not exceeding such excess capacity with irrigation systems operating under the Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, known as the Carey Act, and individuals, corporations, associations, and irrigation districts organized for or engaged in furnishing or in distributing water for irrigation. Water so impounded, ,,,£,,"°’,°}`l,l’,‘Z,",?,,‘f“ t° im"` stored, or carried under any such contract shall be for the pu of distribution to individual water users by the party with whom me con-