ated: Provided, however, That all assessments collected under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation herein made, and shall form a continuous fund for the purpose of complying with the provisions of said sections four and six.
Sec. 8. That all prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police court of the District of Columbia, in the name of said District, and by its attorney or one of is assistants.
Sec. 9. That the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks, cross walks, and gutters in the District of Columbia" be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 10, 1904.
February 16, 1904.
[H.R. 7023.]
[Public, No. 20.]
Chap. 158.—An Act To amend an Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia.
Height of nonfireproof residence buildings etc., limited.
Vol. 30, p. 922, amended.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia," approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and, the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word hotel, in the fourth line thereof, the words "or as a hospital or dormitory," so that said section will read as follows:
Hospitals and dormitories.
Maximum height."That from and after the date of the approval of this Act no combustible or nonfireproof building intend to be used or occupied as a residence, or as an apartment house or hotel, or as a hospital or dormitory in the Districtof Columbia shall be erected to a height of more than five stories or raised to a height exceeding sixty feet above the sidewalk, the measurement to be made as hereinafter prescribed."
Approved, February 16, 1904.
February 16, 1904.
[H.R. 7024.]
[Public, No. 21.]
Chap. 159.—An Act To name streets, avenues, alleys, highways, and reservations in that part of the District of Columbia outside of the city of Washington, and for other purposes.
District of Columbia.
Commissioners to name streets outside of city limits.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to name or rename streets, avenues, alleys, highways, and reservations in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of the city of Washington, under such system of naming as they shall see fit to adopt, and such names when recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia shall thereafter be the official names of such streets, avenues, alleys, highways, and reservations.
Sec. 2. That upon the abandonment of any street, avenue, road, or highway, or part thereof, under the provisions of “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the title to the land contained in such abandoned portion shall revert to the owners of the land abutting thereon.
Sec. 3. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.
Approved, February 16, 1904.
