Chapter 292. Directing the Secretary of War to convey the outstanding legal title of the United States to lot numbered twenty, square numbered two hundred and fifty-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia
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CHAP. 292.— An Act Directing the Secretary of War to convey the outstanding legal title of the United States to lot numbered twenty, square numbered two hundred and fifty-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. March 4, 1911.[[S. 10536](/us/bill/61/s/10536).][[Private, No. 260](/us/pvtl/61/260).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* District of Columbia.Title of United States to lot 20, square 253, released.
That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to grant to the present occupants of lot numbered twenty, square numbered two hundred and fifty-three, a quit-claim deed of the legal title of the United States to the said lot, it having appeared that the United States has no interest therein or claim thereto other than a record title arising from a failure to comply with the requirements of the Act of the Maryland Legislature of December nineteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, relative to the recording *Proviso*.Proof of title.of deeds in the original city of Washington: *Provided,* That the occupants of said lot shall establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War their title to the said premises, saving only the aforesaid outstanding legal title of the United States.
Approved, March 4, 1911.