Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-04

order of said board. as made by the board
or as modified by the court, into effect: and
the court may appoint a committee Of
award, consisting Of three persons. each Of
whom shall have the qualifications Of
Jurors in the District Of Columbia, who,
after taking the oath required OF Jurors
In the trial of civil causes. shall proceed to
hear and receive evidence respecting the
amount of damages to be awarded to the
owner or owners of such condemned build
Ing or part of building aforesaid. and said
committee may issue subpoenas requiring
the attendance of witnesses before them
and may administer oaths to such wit
nesses. Witnesses may be compelled to ap-
pear and testify before said committee in
the same manner as witnesses may be COM
PEELED to appear and testify in the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia: and. II
need be. said committee shall be entitled,
upon application. to the aid Of said court TO
compel such attendance and giving OF tes-
timony. Unless the court shall order other
wise, the hearing of evidence before said
committee need not be in the presence Of
the court. but they may meet in any room
shall for the District of Columbia. who
shall in person or by deputy, attend such
hearings.
The Evidence Required.
In such proceedings evidence shall be re-
as aforesaid to prove
was enhanced by reason of the same being
used for Illegal purposes or being so over
crowded as to be dangerous or injurious to
the health of the inmates: or
Second. That the building is in state of
defective sanitation, or Is not in reasonably
good repair: or
Third. That the building is unfit and not
reasonably capable of being made fit for
human habitation; and If the committee. or
a majority Of the members thereof, Is sat-
isffed by such evidence that compensation
should bs awarded then the compensation
(a) Shall in the first case, so far as it Is
based on rental, be on the rental of the
building as distinct from the ground rent,
which would have been obtainable IL the
building was occupied for legal purposes
and only by the number of persons whom
the building was. under all the circum-
stances of the case, fitted to accommodate
without such overcrowding as is dangerous
or injurious to the health of the inmates:
and
(b) Shall in the second case be the
amount estimated as the value OF the build
ing If 1t had been put into a sanitary con-
dition. or into reasonably good repair, after
deducting the estimated expense of putting
1t into such condition or repair: and
(c) Shall I'm the third case be the value
Of the materials of the building.
Report of Committee Of Award.
That after hearing and considering the
testimony offered by the owner and offered
In Deialf or the District of Columbia, the
committee of award shall report to the
court In writing the compensation allowed
by them to the owner according to the pro-
visions OF this section. Unless cause be
shown to the court within ten days from
the filing of said report why the same
should not be confirmed, the court shall
confirm the same. and judgment be entered
thereon accordingly: but from the damages
awarded in any case the cost Of removing
the building. including the cost Of making
good such damage to adjoining premises as
may have resulted from such removal, and
the cost OF publication. II any. authorised
by section ten Of this act, shall be deducted,
unless the owner shall. at his own expense,
remove the same within such time as may
be fixed by the court in the order con-
frming the report of the said committee
as heretofore provided.
That each member Of the committee of
award appointed by the court as aforesaid
shall receive for each days attendance the
sum OF IS. and any vacancy caused by
death, sickness or disqualification may be
filled by appointment by the court.
Section 10. That except as herein other
wise authorized all expenses incident to
the enforcement of this act shall be paid
from appropriations made from time to
time for that purpose.