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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 75-77. 1909. 597 CHAP. 75.-An Act Authorizing the extension of New York avenue from its F¢b1‘¤¤1‘>’6·1909· present terminus near Fourth street northeast to the Bladensburg road. [H· R· __ Public,N0.211. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep1esentatt/¢·es of the United [ 1 States of America in Congress assembled, That under and in accord- D§§;{§°‘,fjf,§°‘;‘£§{;’é ance with the iprovisions of subcha ter one of chapter fifteen of the NE- . Code of Law or the District of Cblumbia, within ninety days after n>(i°!£i¤°£l:§:i0¤£§”,ntg the pgssage of this Act, the Commissioners of the District of Colum- B§§f“§}_";,‘Fm · bia , and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute a pro- ’ ceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of New York avenue from its resent eastern terminus near Fourth street northeast to the roposed line of Montanahaveuue, and from Montana avenue to the Bladensburg road, upon such lines as the Commissioners may deem best for the public interests, with a width of one hundred and thirty feet: Provided, howevm; That the entire u amount_found to be due and awarded by the jury in said proceeding 1>¤¤e¤¢¤- · as damages for and in respect of the land to be condemned for said extension shall be assessed by the juryas beneutsz And omfded jar- Restriction. ther, That nothing in said subchapter one of chapter iffteen of said Code shall be construed to authorize the jury to assess less than the aggregate amount of the damages awarded for and in respect of the land to be condemned and the costs and expenses of the proceeding hereunder. _ Sec. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be e nded from the e,’},§${,‘Q§*Q'{L{°" '°' revenues of the District of Columbia an amount snxzient to pay the necessary costs and expenses of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto and for the payment of amounts awarded as damages, R¤P·Y¤¤¤¤*· to be repaid to the District of Columbia from the assessments for _ benefits and covered into the Treasury to the credit of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Approved, February 6, 1909. CHAP. 76.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell isolated tracts of land within the Nez Perces Indian Reservation. TQNEE . Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilousgzepzf Representatives of the United _ _ _ States of America in Congress assemb , That the law providing for Rg§€,.§§Yf,$° I"d""‘ the sale of any isolated or disconnected tract or parcel of the public "§g,L°°,°’:`,,{j*gQ,;;g*‘ domain is hereby extended and made applicable to any isolated and` unappropriated public lands embmced within the Nez erces Indian Reservation: Provided, That for agricultural lands purchasers under mrmm this Act shall pay not less than three dollars and seventy-five cents ` per acre, and for lands valuable for stone and timber they shall pay not less than five dollars per acre. Approved, February 6, 1909. CHAP. 77.-An Act Authorizing ·the creation of a land district in the State of F?§}1§j§6gg,g’9' South Dakota, to be known as the Bellefourche land district. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the U nited States of America in Congress assembled, Qat all that part of the §§§‘1[,1},,Y,§§’§"l,,,,d State of South Dakota lying within the following described bounda— di?;;iqg;i•;‘$%;*¤h€d· ries. to wit: Commencing at a point where the township line between` townships eighteen and nineteen north intersects the boundary line between the States of South Dakota and Montana; thence east on the said township line to the northeast corner of township eighteen north, of range nine east; thence south along the range line between ranges nine and ten to a point where the same intersects the third standard parallel north; thence east on said third standard parallel north to the