Chapter 145.
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CHAP. 145.— An act confirming and vesting the title to a certain tract of land in Burlington, Iowa, in the independent school district of said city.March 3, 1881. Whereas, it is claimed that the word “west” after the words “ValleyPreamble. street “in the act confirming the title to a tract of land in the city of Burlington Iowa”, approved July fourth, eighteen and sixty-eight (volume fifteen, page eighty two, United States Statutes at Large), is a clerical error, and that the word “ east ” should be inserted in lieu thereof :
Therefore in order to properly confirm the title to the lot which was intended to be confirmed by such act, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,1868 ch. 131,15 Stat., 82, amended. That the act entitled “An act confirming the title to a tract of land in Burlington Iowa” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, be, and the same is hereby,Title of land in Burlington, Iowa, vested in the independent school district for school purposes. amended so as to read as follows:
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 number nine hundred and seventy eight in said city, south of Valley street, east of Boundary street, and north of Market street, as laid down on the plat of said city certified under the act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, by William W. Conell and George Cabbage, commissioners, and now on file in the General Land Office, and which was originally reserved from sale by the United States and dedicated to public 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 purpose whatsoever.
Approved, March 3, 1881.