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continue under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and said Commissioners shall continue to be responsible for the maintenance and improvement thereof, except that the Capitol Police Board shall have exclusive charge and control over the parking and impounding of vehicles on such streets and the Capitol Police shall be responsible for the enforcement of such parking regulations as may be promulgated by the Capitol Police Board.

SEC. 7. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, is authorized to enter into con72 Stat. 496. tracts and to make such other expenditures, including expenditures 72 Stat, 497 for personal and other services, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Appropri ation.

SEC. 8. The appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act is hereby authorized.

Approved August 6, 1958.

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To further amend the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended by the Act of October 25, 1951 (65 Stat. 657), as the same are amended, to provide for an increase in the authorization for funds to be granted for the construction of hospital facilities in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of D.C. Hospital the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, Center.

adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, Ante, p. 15. to authorize the making of grants for hospital facilities to private agencies in the District of Columbia, to provide a basis for repayment to the Government by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, is amended by striking out $39,710,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$40,730,000".

SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the District of Columbia Hospital Center Act in order to extend the time and increase the authorization for appropriations for the purposes of such Act, and to provide that grants under such Act may be made to certain organizations organized to construct and operate hospital facilities in the District of Columbia", approved February 15, 1958 (72 Stat. 15), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. The amendment made by this Act to section 5 of such Act Applicability. of August 7, 1946, shall apply only with respect to grants from funds authorized by amendments made by this Act and by Acts approved

subsequent to the approval of this Act."

Approved August 21, 1958.

(522)

85th Congress, H. J. Res. 630

August 28, 1958

JOINT RESOLUTION

72 Stat. 983.

To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to use certain real property in the District of Columbia for the proposed Southwest Freeway and for the redevelopment of the Southwest area in the District of Columbia.

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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of D. C. Souththe District of Columbia are hereby authorized to use the land in Freeway. squares 354 and 355 in the District of Columbia, and the water frontage on the Washington Channel of the Potomac River lying south of Maine Avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, including the buildings and wharves thereon, for the proposed Southwest Freeway and Washington Channel approaches thereto, and for the redevelopment of the Southwest area of the District of Columbia pursuant to authority contained in the District of Columbia Redevelopment D. C. Code Act of 1945 (60 Stat. 790), as amended.

Approved August 28, 1958.

(523)

5-701 note.

85th Congress, H. R. 13406
August 28, 1958

AN ACT

To amend the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District D. C. Redevelopof Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, as amended, is hereby ment Act of 1945,

amended

amendments. 60 Stat. 790.

note.

(1) by striking section 3 (g) thereof and inserting a new sec- D. C. Code 5-701 tion 3 (g) as follows: "SEC. 3. (g) Lessee' means an individual, partnership, corporation, D. C. Code 5-702. religious organization, institution, or any other legal entity including, but not limited to, a redevelopment company, which has the power to conform to the applicable provisions of this Act and to comply with the terms of the lease of a project area or part thereof, and includes the successors or assigns and successors in title of any lessee.";

(2) by striking "after public hearing" in the first sentence of section 3 (j) thereof;

(3) by striking section 3 (1) thereof and inserting a new section D. C. Code 5-702. 3 (1) as follows:

"SEC. 3. (1) 'Purchaser' means an individual, partnership, corpora

tion, religious organization, institution, or any other legal entity

including, but not limited to, a redevelopment company, which has the

power to conform to the applicable provisions of this Act and to com- 72 Stat. 1102. ply with the terms of the sale of a project area or part thereof and 72 Stat. 1103. includes the successors or assigns and successors in title of any

purchaser.";

(4) by striking the word "the" where it first appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word "any" and by striking the word “assembled” and inserting in lieu thereof the word "acquired" in the first sentence of section 7 (a) thereof;

D. C. Code 5-706.

(5) by striking the first sentence of section 7 (b) and inserting a D. C. Code 5-706. new first sentence as follows: "The Agency, after it has acquired any or all of the real property in the project area, shall have the power to lease or sell so much thereof as is not to be devoted to public use, as an entirety or parts thereof separately to lessees or purchasers.";

(6) by striking the word "remainder" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "real property" in the second sentence of section 7 (b) thereof;

(7) by substituting the following sentence for the second sen

tence in section 7 (d): "Every such lease and every contract of D. C. Code 5-706. sale and deed shall provide that the lessee or purchaser shall (1) devote the real property to the uses specified in the approved project area redevelopment plan or approved modifications thereof; (2) begin within a reasonable time any improvements on the real property required by the plan; and (3) comply with such other conditions as the Agency may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That clause (2) of this sentence shall not apply to a mortgagee or trustee under deed of trust or others who acquire an interest in such real property as the result of the enforcement of any lien or claim thereon.";

(8) by inserting "(except to a mortgagee or trustee under a deed of trust)" after the words "no power to convey" and by striking "or mortgagee" in section 7 (e) thereof;

D. C. Code 5-706.

(9) by striking section 7 (f) thereof and redesignating sub- D. C. Code 5-706. sections (g), (h), and (i) of section 7 as subsections (f), (g), and (h) respectively;

D. C. Code 5-706.

D. C. Code 5-706.

D. C. Code 5706.

72 Stat. 1103. 72 Stat. 1104.

D. C. Code 5710.

D. C. Code 5711.

Public hearing.

(10) by striking "redevelopment company, individual, or partnership" in the second sentence of section 7 (f) as redesignated by paragraph 9 of this amendatory Act and inserting in lieu thereof "lessee or purchaser";

(11) by inserting the following new subsection (i) at the end of section 7-thereof:

"(i) In the lease or sale of a project area or part thereof which is designated for commercial or industrial use under the project area redevelopment plan, the Agency shall establish a policy which in its judgment will provide, to business concerns which are displaced from a project area, a priority of opportunity to relocate in commercial or industrial facilities provided in connection with such development.";

(12) (a) by striking in the first paragraph of section 10, "After the Agency shall have assembled and acquired the real property of a project area, it" and inserting "Before leasing or selling any piece or tract of land in the project area which is to be used for private uses or for low rent housing, the Agency"; (b) by striking "each piece or tract of land within the area which, in accordance with the plan, is to be used for private uses or for low rent housing" and inserting "such piece or tract of land"; and (c) by striking the second paragraph of section 10 and inserting a new second paragraph as follows:

"The aggregate use-values placed by the Agency upon pieces or tracts of land within a particular project area leased or sold by the Agency for private uses and for low-rent housing, shall not be less than one-third of the aggregate cost to the Agency of acquiring such land (excluding the cost of old buildings destroyed and the demolition and clearance thereof).";

(13) by amending section 11 (c) thereof to read as follows: "The Agency may require that any lessee or purchaser to which any project area or part thereof is leased or sold under this Act shall keep books of account of its operations of or transactions relating to such area or part thereof entirely separate and distinct from its or his accounts of and for any other project area or part thereof or any other real property or enterprise; and the Agency may, in its discretion, require, for such period as it may specify, that no lien or other interest shall be placed upon any real property in said area to secure any indebtedness or obligation of the lessee or purchaser incurred for or in relation to any property or enterprise outside of said area."; and

(14) by striking the second sentence of section 12 thereof and inserting the following new sentence:

"Before approval, the District Commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the proposed modification after ten days' public notice".

Approved August 28, 1958.

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