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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cue. 126, 127. 1927. 109l in the easteiély line of Nichols Avenue, sixty feet wide, as new publicly own , and running thence with said easterly line of Nichols Avenue, north nineteen degrees fifteen minutes fifteen seconds east nine and thirtygnine one-hundredths feet; thence leaving said easterly line of Niche Avenue ¥and running with the northwesterly line of said lot numbewi north thn·ty·nine degrees twenty·eight ‘ minutes east seventeen and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet; thence with the northerly line of said lotnumbered 833 south seventy-six degrees thirtfy-six minutes thirty‘ seconds east one and no 'one· hundredths ect; thence leavinr said northerly line of said lot numbered 833, and south nineteen degrees fifteen minutes fifteen seconds west twentydive and thirteen one-hundredths feet to the southerly line of lot numbered 838; thence with said southerly line, north seventy-six dem thirty·six minutes thirty seconds west seven and four one·hun " ‘ the feet to the 3 int of as shown on the plat booksjorf the surveyor’s ogbe of the ' 'ot of Columbia, for the wid "ng of Nichols Avenue between Good Hope Rciagdtplnd S Street be d b th P ‘ e entireamount oun to ue an awa e ° ·Y¤¤¤¤¢ f¤¤¤¤ Dir in such proceeding as damages for and in respect ofythe im i>ii°i1iiX.:ii:°°4?»is°ix°°?;? condemned for the widening of Nichols Avenue between Good Ho '°'°°‘"’°"°°‘“‘ Road and S Street Southeast, plus- the costs and expenses of tg; proceeding hereunder, is greaterthan the amount of benefits assessed, then the amount of such excess shall be paideut of the revenues of the District of Columbia, but it shall with the Com- C,?m°m“°,,';“m n,{‘,¤*§s gg missieriers of the District’iif,’Coiumbia to abide by the’ verdict oi vwdictcriury. the gory, or at any time before the final ratification and confirmation of t e verdict, to enter a voluntary dismissal of the cause. Sno. 2. That the beneite, when collected, shall be covered into C°“°°‘*°”°"’°¤°°”· the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. _That‘ the ,,,§,§’,‘j,Q’}""““°“ °“‘ money necessaryto carry out this Act that is in the Treasury not otherwise a propriated is hereby authorized to be appropriated. Sno. 3. 'lgiat the Act approved January 15, 1925, entitled “An m{',°;‘;’0*g·g§,§_’:s¤gg)’g; Act to rovide for the wi ening of Niche s Avenue between Good dogg- Q °m Hope Igoad and S Street Sout _ ,” be and; the same ishereby penis, a' p' '"' repealed, and the Cemmissionersj of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to discontinue and abandon the proceeding heretofore instituted by them under this Act, known as District court cause numbered 1 21. _ Approved, February 14, 1927. CHAP. 127.-—An Act.To establish a national military mparki at and near F°[H.R. Fredericksburg, Viriixneia, and to mark and preserve historl points connected [Public, N0.wD.l with the battles of dericksburg Spotsylvania Court House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, including Salem Church, Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate amd Home of Representatives of the United States df America in Congress assembled, That in order to Smhgggggigbqouggd commemorate. the Civil War battles·of`Freder1cksburg Sinotsylvania emit mm us.}; Court House, Wilderness, and Chancellorsville, inclu mg Salem °‘*§Q{,{;,,,,d ,_., , ,,,_ Church, all located at or near Fredericksburg Virginia, and to gg1g;¤u,gg1t{q_*§d·ggc=¤ markand preserve for historical purppses the breastworks, earth- mum. " works, gun emplacements, walls or ot er defenses or shelters used by the armies in said battlw so iar as the marking and preservation e the same are practicable, the land herein authorized to be acquired, or so muc thereof as may be taken, and the hi hways and appgiachcs herein authorized; to be constructed, are hereiy declared to a national military park to be known as the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial whenever the