Chapter 92. Authorizing the sale of title of the United States to certain tracts of hind in the District of Columbia to Margaret Shugrue, Caroline Lochboebler, and John R

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CHAP. 92.— An Act Authorizing the sale of title of the United States to certain tracts of hind in the District of Columbia to Margaret Shugrue, Caroline Lochboebler, and John R. Scott.April 6, 1896. Whereas*Preamble.* Margaret Shugrue, Caroline Lochboebler, and John R. Scott, of the District of Columbia, and the grantors to them, have been in the peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the tracts of land in said District hereinafter described by metes and bounds for a period of about twenty years, under claims of title and bona fide belief that the same were indefeasible and in them, and under that belief have made valuable improvements thereon; and Whereas under recent surveys ordered by the engineer officer in charge of the Washington Aqueduct it has been discovered that title to said tracts is in the United States:

Now, therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*District of Columbia.Sale of United States title in certain lands to Margaret Shugrue, Caroline Lochboebler, and John R. Scott. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to sell, grant, and convey unto Margaret Shugrue, of the District of Columbia, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and unto all that tract of land in the District, of Columbia hereinafter described: to Caroline Lochboebler, of the District of Columbia, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and unto all that certain other tract of land in said District ofPrice.

Columbia, also hereinafter described; and to John R. Scott, of the District of Columbia, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and unto all that certain other tract of land in said District of Columbia, also hereinafter described, at prices to be determined by the Secretary of War upon consideration of all the circumstances of the cases, which prices shall be exclusive of the values of the improvements on*Proviso.*Decision of Secretary of War as ownership, etc. said tracts of land: *Provided,* That the Secretary of War shall be of the opinion that the said sales will in no wise be detrimental to the Washington Aqueduct, and that the encroachments thereon were not fraudulent, and that the said Margaret Shugrue is the bona fide proprietor of the land adjacent to the tract hereinafter described that is to be sold to her; that Caroline Lochboebler is the bona fide proprietor of the land adjacent to the tract hereinafter described that is to be sold to her; and that John R.

Scott is the bona tide proprietor of the land adjacent to the tract hereinafter described that is to be sold to him. DescriptionLocation.Margaret Shugrue. of land to be sold to Margaret Shugrue: Beginning at a stone marked “W. A. 126,” on the line of the northerly boundary of the United States land, near culvert twenty-four of the Washington Aqueduct, and running thence on said boundary north sixteen degrees and thirty eight minutes east one hundred and twenty-eight and two-tenths feet to boundary stone 28—K. 11; thence south fifty-two degrees and thirty minutes west one hundred and three and nine-tenths feet; thence south thirty-seven degrees and thirty minutes east seventy-five feet to the place of beginning, containing thirty-eight hundred and ninety-six square feet, or about eighty-nine one-thousandths of an acre.

DescriptionCaroline Lochboebler. of land to be sold to Caroline Lochboebler: Beginning at a stone marked “W. A. K.3,” on the southerly side of the United States land, near culvert twenty-six of the Washington Aqueduct, and running south forty degrees and twenty-five minutes east twenty and two-tenths feet; thence south fifty-seven degrees and fifteen minutes westFIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 92, 93. 1896.87 one hundred and forty-five and six-tenths feet; thence north sixty-three degrees west twenty-three and one-tenth feet to a stone marked “W.

A. K. 2;” thence north fifty-seven degrees and fifteen minutes east one hundred and fifty-four and five tenths feet to the place of beginning, containing three thousand and one square feet, or about sixty-nine one-thousandths of an acre. Description of land to be sold to John R. Scott: Beginning at a pointJohn R. Scott. on the easterly boundary line of the United States land pertaining to the Dalecarlia Reservoir, thirty-nine feet from a stone at the intersection of the southerly and easterly boundary lines of said land, and running thence along said easterly boundary line north twelve degrees and forty-two minutes east two hundred and sixty-six and seventy-five hundredths feet; thence leaving said boundary line and running south seventy-five degrees and seventeen minutes west eighty-two and seventy-five hundredths feet; thence south two degrees and thirty-five minutes east two hundred and thirty-four and twenty-four hundredths feet; thence south sixty-four degrees and forty-six minutes east eleven and fifty-eight hundredths feet to the point of beginning, containing one-fourth of an acre, more or less.

Approved, April 6, 1896. Chapter 93: Authorizing the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. 29 Stat. 87 1896-04-06 Chapter 93 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-10-30 54 2 public

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