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 SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sues. III. Cas. 110,111. 1913. 729 CHAP. 110.-An Act To rotect the m umen alread ended hm, Inch ur!. Held: of Bull Run, Virginia, aiid other monrihaeuts tlfst may be there em _ il uh] ' _ b No.n2. Whereas United States troops belonging to the Department of Wash- £:”l§•· I mgton, in the month of June eighteen hundred and sixt ·five, took possession of certain lands on the battle fields of Bull Run and_ erected thereon two monuments, about one mile apart, and dedicated the same in memory of the patriots who fell July twenty- first, eighteen hundred and sixt —one, and An ist twenty-eighth, twenty-mnth, and thirtieth, eigiiteen hundrerfl and sixty-two, in the battles known as the first and second Bull Run; and Whereas the_said monuments still stand on private roperty, the title to which has never been acquired by the United States; and Whereas many mrhtary orgamzations which took part in said battles desire to suitably commemorate the same; and Whereas the State of Virginia has ceded to the United States their Lurrsdrctron over land that may be acquired for the piuposes erem named, not to exceed two hundred acres: Therefore · Be1?tenactedb4;theSenateandHmcs;(¢;fReprese1rtatives of the United States eg Antmca in Congress assembl, That the Secretary of War §_?’q‘”·¤¤{n‘;g U rs here y directed to inquire into the practieability of purchasing cnwuii meauinmi the  upon which the aforesaid monuments stand, the advisability ll.°f§’. °°°" °" ""°°’ of making the purchase thereof, and the price which will have to be paid therefor. Approved, March 3, 1913. CHAP. 111.-An Act To rovide for the 8!i£l@l0!l' of New Hampshire Avenue, in ¥*'°h ”1$· the District of Columbia, on Bstraight line, and for other purposes.  G. Ho. 413. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I States ¢yAmerica in Ooniress assembled, That within six months after §:$¢*g¤¤¤¤¤g>¤¤ the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia sum., mp" i" be, and they are hsrelgg authorized and directed to institute in the ,,,$‘;';‘§§,,'],'{,*};$ '•¤° Supreme Court of the trict of Columbia, sittin? as a district court, vol ul m un er and in accordance with the provisions 0 subchsglter one of °‘ ‘ chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of lumbia, a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of New Hampshire Avenue on a str%ht extension of the lines thereof as now established in the city of ashington from its present terminus north of Buchanan Street to the District line, with a uniform width of one hundred and twenty feet: Provided, however, §"§,,','§§;,,,,,,¤_ That the entire amount fonmd to be due and awarded by the jury °°¤¤¤'* in said proceedings as damages, for and in respect of the and to be condemned for said extension, plus the costs and expenses of said proceedigghshall he assessed by the jury as benefits: And provided “°'*"*°“°’* further, t nothing in said subchapter one of chapter fifteen of said code shall be construed to authorize the jury to assess less than the aggregate amount of the damages awarded or and in respect of the llpnd todbe condemned and the costs and expenses of the proceedings ereun er. Sno, 2. That there is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of s$€K.'Y.Z"‘°°“ '°" the District of Columbia, an amount sufficient to pay the necessary costs and e§pens& of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant P. hereto and or the payment of amounts awarded as damages, to be ”‘°'“°""""‘ repaid to the District of Columbia from amessrnents for benefits and covered into the Treasury to the credit of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are .,Elf¤'2]'T" ""°"‘ hereby directed to chanfe the plans for a permanent system of highwa outside the citv 0 Washington so as to abandon the extension of §ew  Avenue from Buchanan Street northward to the District line, as at present laid down on said plans. Approved, March 3, 1913.