Chapter CCXC. amending an Act entitled “An Act directing the Conveyance of a Lot of Ground for the Use of the public Schools of the City of Washington.”June 4, 1872.1860, ch. 77
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CHAP. CCXC.— An Act amending an Act entitled “An Act directing the Conveyance of a Lot of Ground for the Use of the public Schools of the City of Washington.”June 4, 1872.1860, ch. 77.Vol. xii. p. 27. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the governor of the DistrictPart of a lot of land in Washington, D. C., may be sold, and the proceeds applied to the use of the public schools in that city. of Columbia be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell and convey part of lot numbered fourteen, in square numbered two hundred and fifty-three, being particularly described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at northwest corner of said lot, and thence running south thirty-six feet nine inches, thence east fifty-five feet four inches to east line of said lot, thence north thirty-six feet nine inches, thence west to place of beginning; the proceeds of said sale to be invested by the authorities aforesaid in another lot or part of lot in the city of Washington, and in improvements thereon, the said property so purchased to be used for the purpose of the public schools and for no other purpose; and the conveyance of the authorities aforesaid of the property hereinbefore described shall vest in the purchaser thereof an absolute and perfect title: *Provided,* That said saleMode of sale. shall be made at public auction, in the daytime, to the highest bidder, upon notice of the time, place, and terms of sale, published in the National Republican and Daily Patriot, newspapers published in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, once in each day successively of their respective issues for thirty days immediately preceding such sale.
And the governor may, if in his opinion the said lot will bring a higher price, give time for payment of a part of the purchase-money, taking the usual security upon said lot, which he is authorized hereby to take and discharge when full payment shall be made. Approved, June 4, 1872.