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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 15 STAT. · July 4, 1868 · Chapter CXXXI

Chapter CXXXI. *confirming the Title to a Tract of Land in Burlington, Iowa.*July 4, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Title of the United States to certain land in Burlington, Iowa, confirmed to the “Independent School District.

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CHAP. CXXXI.— An Act *confirming the Title to a Tract of Land in Burlington, Iowa.*July 4, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Title of the United States to certain land in Burlington, Iowa, confirmed to the “Independent School District.” That all of the title of the United States in and to a certain tract of land in the city of Burlington, Des Moines county, in the State of Iowa, described as being west of lot num-ber nine hundred and seventy-eight in said city, south of Valley Street, west of Boundary Street, and north of Market Street, and which was originally reserved from sale by the United States and dedicated to pub-lic burial purposes, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to and vested in the “ Independent School District ” of said city, to be forever dedicated to and used by said school district for public school purposes and for no other use or purpose whatever.
Approved, July 4, 1868.
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