Chapter 142.
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CHAP. 142.— An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell certain real estate belonging to the United States, and vesting the title to certain other lands in the city of Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes.March 3, 1881. Whereas, the United States heretofore through the intervention ofPreamble.Sale of government lands in Vincennes, Indiana; vesting title of certain lands in the city of Vincennes. trustees acquired title for debt to certain real estate situate in and near the city of Vincennes, in the county of Knox, and State of Indiana, described as follows :
The southeast half of lot number one and the whole of lot number eight in Harrison’s addition to the borough, now city, of Vincennes, and also survey number five in upper prairie surveys, in township three north, range ten west, containing eighty-two acres and eighty-one hundredths of an acre, known as the “ Steam Mill Tract ”, and situate in Knox County, Indiana ; and Whereas the said eighty-two and eighty-one hundredths acre tract ofDescription. land consists of a strip of about twenty-six rods in width commencing on the Wabash River, thence running in a southerly direction through said city of Vincennes and far beyond its limits; that said city has been built up on both sides of said land and its streets abut thereon, said city not having the legal right to lay out and improve her streets through the same; inconsequence whereof that part of said city through which said land is located has been greatly hindered and obstructed in its growth; and 506 FORTY SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 142, 143. 1881. Whereas said city is in great need of a public park, and as the portion of said survey which lies between the northern line of the extension of Fourth street through said land, and the Wabash River, can be improved and made suitable for such public park : Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Survey authorized. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, as soon practicable, after the passage of this act, cause a survey to be made extending said Fourth street of said city of Vincennes through said survey or tract of land, and shall establish the boundaries thereof on said land.
And he shall then cause a survey to be made of all that part of said survey or land which lies between the. southern boundary of said Fourth street, established as aforesaid, and the southern boundary or limit of said city ; except so much thereof as is now occupied by the Rights of railroads preserved.Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, the Evansville and Terre Haute, and the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Companies, with their respective roadbeds and tracks, and shall cause the same to be laid off into streets, alleys, blocks, and lots, so as to conform to the streets, alleys, blocks, and lots of said city as near as practicable ; and shall cause a plat of said streets, alleys, blocks, and lots to be made, and cause a duly certified copy of the same to be filed in the office of the clerk of said city, and cause the same to be appraised at its fair cash value.
And he shall cause that part of said survey or land lying south of the southern boundary or limits of said city to be laid oil into five acre lots as near as may be ; and after giving three weeks’ Notice of time of sale; terms.notice of the time, place, and terms of sale in the public newspapers, one of which shall be published in said city, be shall on the premises, offer each of said lots, including said five-acre lots and the southeast half of lot number one and the whole of lot number eight in said Harrison’s addition to said city, for sale separately at public auction, and shall sell the same to the highest and best bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value; and he shall on payment of the purchase-money, execute Proceeds of sale covered into United States Treasury.Land set apart for public park in city of Vincennes.to the purchasers all needful conveyances for the same, and after deducting all the necessary expenses incurred in making said surveys and sales the remainder of the proceeds shall be covered into the Treasury.
Sec. 2. That the title to all that part of said survey number five which lies between the northern boundary of said Fourth street and the Wabash River is hereby vested in the city of Vincennes for a public park, to be used for that purpose and none other. Approved, March 3, 1881.