244 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 1415-1417. 190-1.
- ’°Y“*°'** *°' im` ments or his assi ns, than the u raised value of the improvements
p shall nic id to s1§ch party, or higgzssigns, and the remainder to the United gates, and the Secretary of the Interior must be satisfied that the improvements shall have been paid for, as herein provided, before bent is issued to the purchaser of any of said lands: Prwided also, ‘·*¤"* °¤°°P'°d- {Phat. this Act shall not affect the lands in the existing Fort YV2z11a Walla Military Reservation, area six hundred and nineteen acres and fifty-seven 0ue—hundredtahs of an acre. Approved, April 22, 190-1. Am-1122. II)4. CHAP. 1416.—-·A11 Act To change the name of Madison, Sampson, and Samson ¥S· mi streets m church mm. [mbuc, No. 139.] Be it enacted by Me Senate and House of Rqp·re.smtatévea of the United mgffwllimmlm- States of glmerica &nO'ongresa assembled, That from and after the passage s•¤pm,»mas•m¤¤i of this Act the minor street in through squares numbered one §f,'€,‘§,,",, '° hundred and fifty-six, one hundred 1115 eighty, one hundred and ninety- four and two hundred and nine, lying between P and Qand Fourteenth and Eighteenth streets, in the District of Columbia., and known by the the names of Madison, Samson, and Sampson, shall hereafter be known and designated as Church street. Approved, April 22, 1904. a AM122. 1904- CHAI'. 1417.-—An Act Authorizing the laying of water mains and service sewers [S" 2S7B"] in the District of Columbia, the lcvying of assessments therefor, and for other [mum, N¤.14o.3 purpnscs.
Be it enacted by Ma Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United
'}fS§§§f¤‘§¤Cg*?;‘$§Q; States of America in Cbngrecs assembled, Tgut the Commissioners of ¢er¤¤¤i¤¤. egc. the District of Columbia bc, and thov are hereby, authorized and P"' "1°°‘ directed, whenever in their judgment {hc same may be necessary for the public safety, health, comfort, or convenience, to construct water mains und service sewers in any street, avenue, road, or ullcy in the District of Columbia: and the assessor of said District shall levy assessments for the same against abutting property in the amount and manner hereinafter prescribed. W··¤<·r ¤¤+¤i¤~» Sm. 2. That for laying or constructing water mains in the District ¤<=·¢·*···f·~·~¤~•r¤¤¤¤- of Columbia assvssnncnts shall be levied at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five ccnts per linear front foot uguinst all lots or land abutting upon that part of the street, avenue, road. or alley in which n water mn-r`. main shall be laid. and that for laying or vonstructing service sewers xm-·.:..N¤m¤¤¢. in the District of Columbia assessments shall be lened at the rate of one dollar per linear front foot. against all lots or land abutting u ll that part of the street, avenue, road. or alley in which :1 sewer smll pw-:»». be land: Pmwided. That assessments for water mains and service sew- "`"°°l°°‘"‘ ers in the case of lots or parcels of land not more than one hundred feet in depth shall be levied upon the fronts or rears of such lots or parcels of land, and not upon both the fronts and rears of such lots or parcels of land: but lots or parcels of land more than one hundred feet in depth, except corner lots, shall be assessed upon both their fronts and rears when water mains or service sewers are laid abutting comm- wes. the same: Prewided, That corner lots shall be assessed for water mains and service sewers only on their short fronts with a depth of not exceeding one hundred feet: any excess of the other front over one
hundred feet shall be subject to assessment, as hereinbefore provided:
m§,f§ ‘ "’“" ”—°°°“‘ hmdded, That the areas of all lots or pm·c0l»= of land which have been assessed for water mains by the square foot under any previous
