If by the extension of any of the present streets or avenues or the opening of any public way it becomes necessary to traverse any grounds now used as a cemetery or place of burial, the Mayor is empowered to secure a right-of-way through the same by stipulation with the proprietors thereof.
D.C. Code § 1-1315
Right-of-way through cemeteries
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1428, ch. 854, § 1603
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.