FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 810. 1900. 669 cient land shall be acquired at the northwesterly corner of Columbia road and Sixteenth street so as to allow the street-railway tracks to be laid wholly without the roadway of Sixteenth street as extended according to the highway extension plans; all in accordance with plans to be prepared by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; and the d isggitjgjgy M ¢<>¤· said Commissioners shall institute in the supreme court of the District E a` ` of Columbia, sitting as a district court, by petition, particularly describing the lands to be taken, a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of Columbia road and the present Sixteenth -street as herein provided, with a width of one hundred feet: Provided, That the said Commissioners are authorized and empowered Pwnc;. to locate the lines of the railroad of said company within the area so ;li‘§§$‘{,,',,‘Z§_ °“ “°` to be acquired as aforesaid: Ami )’I’O’U?:(.Z¢3(.Z_](:l&7‘¢]?.67", That the operation C§)*{*g{‘é{0$1§1£*'S in of the cars of the Metropolitan Railroad within the Capitol grounds " shall be under the control of the Architect of the Capitol: Ami provideelfurther, That no tracks shall be laid on any portion of the road- tTmck¤<>¤ Sixteenth vspay of Sixteenth street as extended according to the highway extension S mh ans. p Sec. 3. That the extensions of the lines of the Metropolitan Rail- t€g§¤¤g>1¢ti¤¤ ¤f sxroad Company herein provided for shall be completed and ut in ° ` operation within one dyear from the date of the widening of saidp highways as herein provided, and said company shall deposit with the col- _ Dvvggit wr ·=<>¤¤ of lector of taxes of the District of Columbia such sums as are necessary mSp°° gm to énay the cost of inspection of said work. . _ Ec. 4. That of the amount found to be due and awarded as dam- bei ggsgagiipttsbgg a es for and in respect of the land condemned for the extension of ting pmpd·¤y,em. Cilumbia road and the present Sixteenth street, as herein provided, such proportional amounts thereof as the jury hereinafter provided shall determine shall be assessed by said jury as benefits, and to the extent of such benefits, a ainst respectively the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company, and c<§lected as special assessments are collected, and against those pieces O1' parcels of and on each side of said Columbia road and the present Sixteenth street northwest along those portions of said streets that are to be widened, and also on any or all pieces or parcels of land which will be benefited by the extension of said Columbia road and the present Sixteenth street northwest as said jury may find said pieces or parcels of land will be beneiited; and in \·;;;>;>¤id¤*¤¢i¤¤¤ ¤f determining the amounts to be assessed against said pieces or parcels ' of land the jury shall take into consideration the respective situations of such pieces or parcels of land and the beneits they may severally receive from the extension of Columbia road as afo1esaid: .P1·0mIde , mm- That if the aggregate amount of the benefits to be assessed against €t§§°$°°*i°¤ °f*¤mdthose pieces or parcels of land on each side of said Columbia road and the present Sixteenth street northwest along those portions_ of said streets that are to be widened, and also on any or all pieces or parcels of land which will be benefited by the extension of sa1d Columbia road and the present Sixteenth street northwest as said jury may End said pieces or parcels of land will be beneited, as determined by said jury pursuant to the provisions hereof, is less than one-half of the amount of the damages awarded for and in respect of the land condemned, the C0mmissioners of the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, within thirty days after the filing of said award, reject the award and assessment of said jury, and all proceedings hereunder shall be null and void. . Sec. 5. That the said court shall cause public notice of not less than p1_§gg;$,§u‘é; ming °f ten days to be given of the filing of said, proceedingls, by advertise- . ' ment in such mamer as the court shall prescribe, w ich notice shall warn all persons having any interest in the proceedings to attend court at a day to be named in said notice and to continue in attendance until the court shall have made its iinal order ratifying and confirming the
