570 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 543. 1898. July 1. 1898- lxct To vesg B1 pho tCommissioners of the District of Columbia ""’l’”;' conuo 0 e e par 'ng in said is ric . Be it enacted Ire; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Dgsgisgvggvggppisé States of America in Congress assembled, Sec. 1. The jurisdiction and imc control tc mm control of the street parking in the streets and avenues of the District g;;f;g_i¤ ¤°*°°'* *1*** o? gplusmbtia is htexgby transferred to and vested in the Commissioners 0 e 1sr1c o oum 1a. ‘ rmx system. Sec. 2. That the park system of the District of Columbia. is hereby j{?,,§°_,,.“({}‘§§,S,‘i{’,§‘,,‘},’;’,} placed under the exclusive charge and control of the Chief of Engi- U. s. A. neers of the United States Army, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the United States, through the Secretary of War. wrwmtmmmpnu. The said park system shall be held to comprise: (a) All public spaces laid down as reservations on the map of eighteen hundred axéd nirgatyiour accompanying the annual report for eighteen hundr an ninety-four of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds; _ · (b) All portions of the space in the streets and avenues of the said District, after the same shall have been set aside by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for park purposes. mn. mM__ Provided, That no areas less than two hundred and fifty square feet su- for suei-mtu in between sidewalk lines hall be included within the said park system, P" °Y°°°”*~ °*”· and no improvements shall be made in unimproved public spaces in' streets between building lines or building lines prolonged until the outlines of such portions as are to be improved as parks shall have been laid out by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: And pro- Qffxxgggsg vided further, That the Chief of Engineers is authorized temporarily to turn over the care of any of the parking spaces included in Class “B" above,to private owners of adjoining lands under such regulations as he . may prescribe and with the condition that the said private owners shall pay special assessments for improvements contiguous to such parking, under the same regulations as are or may be prescribed for private B°*i°°°°°°'°°*?* lands: And provided further, That where in an portion of a street 11S1D€BBpI1fp0 S. - u . g°°·°f Sidcwds? M more than one half of the front is occupied and hsed for business r poses, the Commissioners are authorized and directed to denomigate such portion of the street as a business street and shall authorize the use fog business! purposes by abutting property owners of so much of the si ewalk an parking as may not be needed. in the judgment of the said Commissioners, by the general public, under such eueral re ulations as the said Commissioners may prescribe. g g m};;*]1:;;“fg{)£jgi;; Sec. 3. This Act shall not affect in any manner the provisions in the nm. special apps.-it Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An °**¢‘g,fg{,; ;f‘g,,8_ Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the gsical year ending June thirtsleth, eighteen hundred and ninety- one, an or prior years, and for other purposes/’ that no permits for projections beyond the building line on the streets and avenues of the city of Yalshington shall be grants1d (sxcept upon special application an wit the concurrence of all said ommissioners and the approval
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` _ _ extended to the entire District of Columbia. B,§_’;QY0,}‘;p,;‘;’g'{f}j,§j Sec. 4. That when, in the judgment of the Commissioners of the g;1¤e·¤ ty Chief or District of Columbia, the public necessity or convenience requires them g‘“°°"" to enter upon any of the spaces or reservations under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Engineers, for the purpose of widening the roadway of alpy street Y slvlpnitie adjacent thereto or to establish sidewalks along t e same, the ie of Engineers, with the approval of the Secretary of \Var, is authorized to grant the necessary rmission n n the a lication of the Commissioners. pc po pp h_Tr¤¤¤f¤¤ of ;r=··=¤¤ Sec. 5. That when in accordance with law or mutual legal agree- Dm GYN) _]llX'1S( lClIlOl1 . , . _ _ , mautum. ment, spaces or portions ot public land are transferred from the jurisdiction of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, as established by this Act to that of the Commissioners of the District of
