If at any time the District of Columbia or the national government shall acquire, by purchase, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, the property of any telegraph company in the District of Columbia, nothing shall then be paid for the rights accorded under §§ 34-1921.01 to 34-1921.07, inclusive, to build and lay such conduits.
(Mar. 3, 1905, 33 Stat. 986, ch. 1415, § 8.)
1981 Ed., § 43-1417.
1973 Ed., § 43-1417.