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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 115, 116. 1925. 799 Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are Dyk ·=¤¤¤¤b£ err authorized and required, on the approval of this Act by the Presi- %i·i:u`iS'°i°"°° pm dent, to provide a death chamber and necessary apparatus for P°"°"" lm" inflicting the death penalty by electrocution, to pay the cost thereof out of any funds hereafter appropriated, to designate an executioner and necessary assistants, not exceeding three in number and to fix the fees thereof for services, which shall be paid out of any funds hereafter a propriated. _ Sec. 3. 'Fhat upon the conviction of any erson in the District wfi°¤'{§’}‘°° °° °° "' of Columbia of a crime the punishment of wlhich is death, it shall be‘the duty of the presiding ]udge to sentence such convicted person to death according to the terms of this Act, and to make such sentence in writing, which shall be filed with the papers in the case _ against such convicted person, and a certified copy thereof shall be ,,,,,. ‘},‘},'§,Q,,;‘!,}j transmitted, by the clerk of the court in which such sentence is pronounced, to the superintendent of the District Jail, not less than ten days prior to the time fixed in the sentence of the court for the execution of the same. _ _ Sec. 4. That at the execution of the death penalty as herein pre- ¤0LbuZ1`°;iii3f¤i“i°i”iiliZ icribed there shall be present the following persons, and no more, °‘°°““°”· o wit: The executioner and his assistant; the physician of the prison and one other physician if the condemned person so desires; the condemned person’s counsel and relatives, not exceeding three, if the so desire; the prison chaplain and such other ministers of the Gospel; not exceeding two, as may attend by desire of the condemned; the superintendent of the prison, or, in the event of his disability, a deputy desi ated by him; and not fewer than three nor more than five respect:§e citizens whom the superintendent of the prison shaH _ designate, and, if necessary to insure their attendance, shall subpoena to be present. The fact of execution shall be certified by the prison °°"“°°“‘°°°°°°'°°· physician and the executioner to the clerk of the court in which sentpnizle was pronounced, which certificate shall be filed by the clerk wit the a rsin the case. Sec. 5.p'Il:it all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act pe§l1§dimmnHaws N. are hereby repealed. pexilgiiéli p` mm r°” Approved, January 30, 1925. ' sai . ‘ CHAP. 118.·——An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to close certain streets, roads, or highways in the District of Columbia IP¤¤¤i¢- N°· 3*9-] rendered useless or unnecessary by reason of the opening, extension, widening, or straightening, in accordance with the highway plan of other streets, roads, or highways in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes., Be it enacted by the Senate and H ouse of Representatives of the oasgamzcoxumtis. United States of Amemku in Congress assembled, That the Com- ,&§'§{‘,,*ff°,‘,},,_,§,',,';‘;§fg missioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to close Broad Branch Road between Jocelyn and Thirty- first Streets, Pine Branch Road between Spring Road and Blair Road, Pierce Mill Road between Tilden Street and Visconsin Avenue, Belt Road between Wisconsin Avenue and Chevy Chase Circle, Colfax Street through square 712, Queen’s Chape Road between Bladensburg Road and Irving Street, Grant Road between Wis- other mem mq consin Avenue and Connecticut Avenue, and such other streets, aways: wml msnroads, or highways or parts of streets, roads, or highways, as may, "YS ° 1n the judgment of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, l>€C0me useless or unnecessary by reason of the oplemng, exteuslou, widening, or straightening, in accordance with the highway (Elan of a street, road, or highway in the District of Columbia by de ca- 45822“—25`l’—-53