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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 11, 1856 · Chapter XCIV

Chapter XCIV. for the Relief of the “Columbian Harmony Society,” of the City of Washington

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Chap. XCIV.— An Act for the Relief of the “Columbian Harmony Society,” of the City of Washington.August 11, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatColumbia Harmony Society authorized to sell a certain square in Washington City and invest proceeds in a lot outside the corporate limits. the association of free persons of color in the City of Washington, commonly known as the “ Columbia Harmony Society,” be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell a certain square of ground, deeded to them on the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, by J.
Elgar, Commissioner of Public Buildings, and known in the plat of Washington City as square number four hundred and seventy-five, and to reinvest the proceeds of such sale in other grounds in the District of Columbia, outside of the corporate limits of the City of Washington: *Provided,*Sale and investment to be approved by Secretary of the Interior. That no contract for the sale of said square shall be binding until first approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and that the reinvestment of the funds arising from such sale, shall in like manner be subject to the approval of the Secretary aforesaid.
Approved, August 11, 1856. Chapter XCV: for the Relief of Daniel. Doland. 11 Stat. 461 1856-08-13 Chapter XCV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 1 private
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