854 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Cris. 303, 384, 385. 1907. be repaid to the District of Columbia from the assessment for benefits P“"‘“°“‘°‘ '“"'"d'* when the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of ap judgments and (inwards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues 0 the District of olumbia. Approved, January 21, 1907. J¤¤¤¤'y22.19W· CHAP. 384.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the lS· 6678*] a pointment of a sealer and amistant sealer of weights and measures in the District [Public, 1%.24.] o¥Columbia, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and epgpnetly-Hiéeieaixiélu 30 smend an Act amendatory thereof approved June twentieth, mn uu . _ Be it enacted by the Senate and .%use of Rqzresentatives of the United ”,t*f,",_,°,},‘g‘,{§j’_§“,“,}L?,‘;·_ States of America in Cbngress assembled, That section ten of the Act ¤r$¤-I 28 m entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of a sealer and Aga, fiis. assistant sealer of weig ts and measures in the District of Columbia and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the Act amendatogy thereof approved June twentieth, ninetgen hpripred and six, be, an the same are hereby, amended soastorea as o ows: °t_§¤l;:t¤{0P¤;;**`j;$=:; "Sr·:c. 10. No person shall sell or otfer for sale anywhere_ in the uzeiiniweigmxw. District of Columbia, any provisions or produce or commodities of ‘ ,,,;_"""* P·"*‘5·""°"°' any kind for a weight or measure greater than the actual or true weight or measure thereof; and all provisions, produce, or commodities of any kind shall when sold by weight or measure, be weighed by scales, weights, or balances, or measured in measures duly tested and sealed by the sealer or an assistant sealer of weights and measures:
_ mu, That berries, when offered for sale in an original package or
packagee: dllruiilibela. basket containin a standard measure, may be sold in said package or basket without the same having been iirst tested and sealed; but in no case shall said basket be refilled for use in the sale of berries or produce m;‘:¤l¤‘¥ ¤¤d vesm- of any kind whatsoever: And provided fart/¢ev·, That poultry and ' vegetables, usually sold by the head or bunch, may be offered for sale and sold in other manner than by weight or measure; but in all cases where the person intending to purchase shall so desire and request poultry shall be weighed, as hereinbefore prescribed: And provided m’°u;“”¥ °°•*°" "°‘ further-, That scales reported not in use shall be sealed down, and said ` seal shall not be broken except by authority of the sealer of weights and measures." Approved, January 22., 1907.
CHAP. 385.-An Act Authorizing the extension of Seventeenth street northwest.
[P¤b!ic. Nc.25·1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Disrricwfvvlumbis- States of America in Congress assembled, That, under and in accord- · ,,3'{Y,${’§f"m '"°°° ance with the provisions of sections four hundred and ninety-one a to {cfg?;,?,?;;? '°'“* four hundred and ninety-one n, both inclusive, of subchapter one of Ame, p. isi. chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, within sixty days after the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension ofl Seventeenph street from Kenyon street to Irving street, with a widt of ninety eet. Assmmene. Sec. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as ‘"‘“* P" 15* contemplated in section four hundred and ninety-one of the sub- {revise. t W chapter of the Code hereinbefore referred to: Provided, That the ,,,,,§{,°Q§$;‘é,,§,,‘fg,j total amount found to be due and awarded as damages, plus the cost
