Chapter CLXXX. granting certain Privileges to the “Guardian Society” of the District of Columbia
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Chap. CLXXX.— An Act granting certain Privileges to the “Guardian Society” of the District of Columbia.June 30, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatUse of a certain reservation granted to the “Guardian Society.”1862, ch. 125.Vol. xii. p. 499. the use and occupancy of all that part of reservation numbered seventeen, in the city of Washington, lying west of Second street east, and east of the easterly line of New Jersey avenue in said city, be, and the same is hereby, granted for the period of thirty-three years to the “Guardian Society” of the District of Columbia, a corporation duly established by act of congress, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: *Provided,* That the said premises shall be used and occupied exclusively for the proper and legitimate purposes and objects of said Guardian Society: *And provided, further,* That said Guardian Society shall, within three years from and after the approval of this act, expend, in the erection of buildings upon said premises, suitable for a house of industry and a widows’ and orphans’ home, the sum of, twenty thousand dollars, or more, otherwise the said use, as aforesaid, be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPermanent structures, how erected. all permanent buildings and structures upon said premises shall be erected and made in accordance with plans and specifications approved in writing and subscribed by the commissioner of public buildings. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRates of expenses to be approved in writing.1862. ch. 125, § 11.Vol. xii. p. 501. the rates of expenses which are, or shall hereafter be, adopted by the said “Guardian Society,” or the trustees thereof, for the support and maintenance of the several classes of persons described in the eleventh section of their said act of incorporation, shall be approved in writing and subscribed by a majority of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRepealing clause. all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, June 30, 1864.