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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 27 STAT. · May 25, 1892 · Chapter 78

Chapter 78. to vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, west 01 Back street, and extend Y street in Burleith, in the District of Columbia

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CHAP. 78.— An Act to vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, west 01 Back street, and extend Y street in Burleith, in the District of Columbia.May 25, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed 40 to abandon and vacate that part of Madison street, Georgetown, fromMadison street vacated. the west line of Back street, westwardly to the west line of Beattie and Y street opened.Hawkins addition to Georgetown; and to open and dedicate Y street at its present width eastwardly from the west line of said addition to Back *Provisos*.street; *Provided however*, That the ground in the street so abandoned Reversion.and vacated shall accrue and belong to the, abutting property: *And provided also*, That the ground needed to extend Y street, as aforesaid, Donation.shall be donated to the District for that purpose.
Approved, May 25, 1892.
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