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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 12 STAT. · February 16, 1861 · Chapter XXXVI

Chapter XXXVI. for the Relief of the Parish of Saint Matthew’s Church, of the City of Washington

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Chap. XXXVI.— An Act for the Relief of the Parish of Saint Matthew’s Church, of the City of Washington.February 16, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Charles J. White, parishParish priest of St. Matthew’s Church may sell certain lots in Washington. priest of Saint Matthew’s Church, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to sell certain lots of ground deeded to the priest of said parish by the late William Easby, Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, and known in the plat of said Washington city as lots numbered five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen, in square numbered two hundred and thirty-six; the proceeds of such sale to be applied to the uses and benefit of the said parish.
Approved, February 16, 1861.
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