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 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Com- District o f Columbia. Sites for two bigh- missioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, temper ature comb us- authorized to acquire, by purchase at such price or prices as in tible refuse incinerators > to be acquired. their judgment, they may deem reasonable and fair, or, in the dis- cretion of the commissioners, by condemnation, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XV of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, under a proceeding or proceedings in rem instituted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, two suitable and properly located sites in the District of Columbia, one in the south- Location. eastern section not exceeding one hundred thousand square feet in area, and one in Georgetown, not exceeding forty-nine thousand square feet in area : Provided, ro That the location of said sites shall Appro a. val of sites. be appro ved by th e Nat iona l Cap ital Park and Plann ing C ommi ssion before purchase or the institution of proceedings for condemna- tion thereof : Provided That if the said sites or any part thereof Immedi ate pesses - sion if site condemned . be condemned the said commissioners shall be entitled to enter immediately into possession of any property for which an award shall have been made by paying the amount of such award into the registry of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia : Use of public bigh- Pro vided fur ther, That authority is hereby granted to occupy in ways and alleys. addition to the site to be acquired in the southeastern section, such public highways and alleys or parts of public highways and alleys as abut or fall w ithin sai d site, b ut the o wners of abutting property shall not be denied the use of such highways or parts of highways for ingress and egress. SEc. 2 . That the said commissioners are authorized to erect upon r n efu se inn igh - temperature each of said sites a modern, high-temperature refuse incinerator and etc ., to be erected on the necessary equipment for its efficient operation, the combined each site, capa city o f such incin erator s to b e suffi cient to con sume t he ent ire prod uction of co mbusti ble re fuse, includi ng str eet sw eeping s, in the Grading sites, storage District of Columbia ; and the said commissioners are further buildings, etc ., author- authorized to do such grading and fencing of the sites as may be ic ed. necessary, and to construct buildings for the storage of equipment. Pub lic notic e of date SEc. 3 . That the said commissioners shall give reasonable public requiring delivery of all notice thereof and shall fix a date after which all combustible refuse refuse to incinerators, collected by public or private agencies in the District of Columbia shall be de livere d at t he inc inerat ors her ein pr ovided for, for di s- posal, except that hotels, apartment houses, business houses, or resi- Exception' dences may dispose of their own refuse in their own incinerators Provided, That such incinerators are inspected and approved for np ios. etc ., of use by the proper agency of the District of Columbia ; and after private incinerators. such date it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or cor- lawful r disposal un- such to dispose of any combustible refuse in any other manner or at any other place than that prescribed by the said commissioners Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall prohibit or material f salvageable prevent the sale of salvageable material by the owners thereof or by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said com- Enforcement regula- missioners are hereby empowered and authorized to make and enforce tion s au thori zed' such regulations as they may deem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEc. 4. That from and after the date when the incinerators herein oth er Disposal than than her refuse ein pre- authorized to be constructed shall be in operation it shall be unlaw- scribed, unlawful. ful for any person, firm, company, or corporation to burn or in any way dispose of combustible refuse in any manner or at any place other than that prescribed by the said commissioners, except as SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 688. 1929. 1549 CHAP. 688.-An Act Authorizing the acquisition of land in the District of March 4,1920. Columbia and the construc tion thereon of two modern, hig h-temperature in cin- [S .55 98 .] erators for the destruction of combustibl e refuse, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 1016 .1

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