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 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 191. 1914. 525 Assessments levied under the provisions hereof shall be ayable and ,,_};§Ym°¤* md mw collectible in the same manner and under the same penalty for nonpayment as is provided for assessments for improving sidewalks and alleys 111 the District of Columbia, as set forth on age two hundred V<>L %.1>-24& and fortiy-eight of volume twenty-eight, United States Statutes at Large: rmmled, That the cost of publication of the notice of such Prequaassessment upon the failure to o tain personal service upon the t;.,I;,°{§'$‘¤£‘{Q{°bu°* owner of the property to be assessed therein provided for and of the services of such notices shall be paid out of the appropriation for the work, and such assessments, when collected, shallpllie deposited in the Treasiuy of the United States to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in equal parts. Under appropriations contained in this Act no contract shall be pa¥;¥e¤g:u,¤*¤¤’ ¤¤¤¤|* made for  or relaying asphalt pavement at a higher price than ` $1.80 per ware yard or a quality equal to the best laid in the District of lumbia (prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- six, and with same epth of base, nor more than $1.80 per square K3rd_ for lagng standard asp)halt·block avement equal to the best d in the istrict of Colum ia prior to guly first, mneteen hundred and four: Provhicd, That these conditions as to price and depth of ***1 MM- H l base shall not apply to those streets on which, in the judgment of the commissioners, y reason of heavy traffic, poor foundation, or other causes, a pavement of more than ordinary strengthis required, in which case the limit of price may be increased to $2Sper square yard. Repaving with as ha t the granite roadwag of P treet northwest, mlgvinvinz P mast between Rock Creelk and Twenty-eighth treet, forty feet wide, ' $11 500. ' Flor construe a suitable viaduct and bridge to ca Benning B?”¤”‘¤ R°°d·. Road over the iiiigdks of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and 1$ash.iq/gton ¢;;;;dii°vi:°d¤:°nY£ Railroad Company, and of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad om- ' pantglsin accordance with plans approved by the Commissioners of Coudmmtm Pb the trict of Columbia, $110,000. And authority is hereby given memes vv pr¤¢¤¤¤ said commissioners to acquire lay purchase, or to condemn in accord- 1““°‘ ance with existing law, the lan necessary to carry out the construction authorized bi this appropriation, and to construct said viaduct and bridge and the approaches thereto, and to reconstruct, grade, and pave, b day labor or otherwise, the streets, avenues, and ways changed in line or grade or new? created hereunder: Provided, That {.”§§,",§§;,,,, by nn, the cost of constructing said via act and bridgehincluding approaches WM! <>¤¤¤P•¤*¤¤· thereto, shall be borne and paid one-half by said railroad compames in proportion to the widths of their respective rigsts of way and the remaining one·half by the United States and the trict of Columbia ; and said sums shall be aid by said companies_to the Treasurer of the United States one half)to the credit of the District of Columbia and the other half! to the credit of the United States; and the same shall E¤'**°°¤·¤*· be valid and suhsisting liens what the franchise and property of said Philadelphia, Baltimore and ashington Railroad Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, respectively, and shall be a legal indebtedness of said compames in favor of the District of lumbia, joint? for its use and the use of the United States as aforesaid; and the said en or liens may be enforced in the name of the District of Columbia by bill in uity brought by the commissioners of said District in the Supremeegourt of said District or by any other lawful rcceedimés against the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad ompany, or said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, or both; and sqqy relocation in the line or change in the grade of the ,,,§§§’;‘“,E,§’;,‘j‘ “"°°‘ tracks of the ashington Railway and Electric Company necessary to permit the completion in accordance with approved plans of the viaduct and bridge and approaches herein provided for shall be made by and at the cost of said railway com any; and in the event of said railway company failing or refusing to do such work the same shall be