The Washington times., 1902-01-29
DISTRICT BILL AGREED UPON.
Continued from First Pase.)

several improvements hereinbefore named
| as follows:
For constructing said filtration reser-
voir. 81, 1856 277.50.
For completing said sewage disposal,
For completing said sewerage disposal
/ system. 81, $50. .097.
For bridging the Eastern Branch and
other necessary places. and completing
Rock Creek bridge. s1000.6O0. M
For improving streets. roads and high
ways s., 600, 000
For reclaimirg the Anacostia Flats,
| s976,O95
Provided further, That the moneys
herein appropriated for improving said
streets. roads and highways shall be ex-
pended within the said District. in the
extension of Thirteenth. Fourteenth and
Fifth Streets northwest to the District
line. and of Twelfth Street and New York,
Rhode Island and Michigan Avenues. and
NJ Street or Maryland Avenue, in the
northeast, to the Eastern Branch the bal
ance of said money to be expended in the
extension of such other streets as may
be deemed necessary in reasonable pro-
portion throughout the entire District ac-
cording to the needs of each section
thereof said requirements may be
manifested by schedules and recommenda-
tions submitted to the Commissioners of
the said District by the citizens of the
several sections and said expenditure
shall be as nearly contemporaneous as
possible in said sections.
For Opening Highways.
provided further. That the Commits
sioners of the said District. when in their
judgment a street. road. or highway with
in said District is CT sufficient utility
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open, widen, regulate, and improve the
same. but none of the moneys herein ap-
propriated shall be used for the purchase
OF land for the extension of streets. roads.
or highways, excepting where at least
10 per centum Of the street area to be
improved has been donated, and when SO
donated no assessments for benefits shall
be levied upon any land adjacent to and
owned by the party donating the street
area, and all parts or tracts necessary to
be condemned shall be taken and paid
for according to the provisions set out
in an act providing for the extension OF
Sixteenth Street. as amended
Estimate to Be Submitted.
Provided further. That the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia shall
submit to the Secretary of the Treasury
an estimate of the amount to be expended
under the provisions of this act prior to
the beginning OF each and every year,
from and after the fiscal year nineteen t
hundred and three. until the works men, %
toned in the several purposes of this act
are completed
How Funds Are to he Paid.
Provided. further. That until and in
cluding June 30. 1892 the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized and directed to
advance on the requisition of the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia,
made in the manner now prescribed by
law, out of any moneys in the Treasury of
the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, such sums as may be necessary
from time to time to meet the expenses OF
each of the several improvements mem
toned in the purposes OF this act: and
one-half OF the amount thus advanced
shall be annually computed and stated by
the Treasurer of the United States and
charged to a capital account on the books
OF the Treasury. and interest at the rate
of 2 per centum per annum thereon shall
be annually computed from the dates
upon which such sums were advanced, and
charged to said account; and hereafter it
shall be the duty of the Commissioners Of
the District of Columbia to include in
their annual estimates for the expenses
of the said District an estimate, to be
made by the Treasurer of the United
States, of the sum necessary to refund, in
not less than thirty annual installments,
one-half of the amount advanced by the
United States under the provisions OF this
act, including interest on said sum at the
rate of per cent per annum, computed
on the principal sum remaining
unpaid; and the amount due the United
States shall be wholly payable out of the
general revenues of the District of Column
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