Chapter 253.
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CHAP. 253.— Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept from the city of Pittsburgh certain lands in exchange for other lands of equal area. July 21, 1916[[S. J. Res. 150](href=/us/bill/64/sjres/150)][[Pub. Res., No. 26](/us/bill/64/pubres/26)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Pittsburgh, Pa.Exchange of lands with, for mining experimental station. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the city of Pittsburgh, State of Pennsylvania, that certain lot or parcel of land bounded and described as follows:
Lands accepted from city.Beginning at a point on the line dividing the properties owned by the city of Pittsburgh and the United States of America, occupied by the Bureau of Mines, at a point north seventy-six degrees forty-five minutes west forty-two and eight-tenths feet from the southeast corner of the said property of the United States of America; thence south fifteen degrees twenty-four minutes fifty-five seconds west eighteen and forty-four one-hundredths feet to a point; thence north seventy-four degrees thirty-six minutes fifty-five seconds west four hundred and fifty-seven and six one-hundredths feet to a point; thence south fifteen degrees twenty-eight minutes forty-five seconds west thirty-seven and eighty-seven one-thousandths feet to a point; thence north seventy-four degrees thirty-six minutes fifty-five seconds west four hundred and forty-nine and sixty-six” one-hundredths feet to a point; thence north fifteen degrees twenty-eight minutes forty-five seconds east twenty-one and seven hundred and twenty-seven one-thousandths feet to a point on the said line dividing the properties of the city of Pittsburgh and the United States of America; thence south seventy-six degrees forty-five minutes east nine hundred and seven and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet to the place of beginning, containing eighteen thousand square feet, more or less, for the use of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior, and to transfer to the city of Pittsburgh in exchange therefor that certain lot or parcel of land now constituting a part of the grounds of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior bounded and described as follows:
Lands transferred to City.Beginning at a point on the line dividing the properties owned by the city of Pittsburgh and the United States of America, occupied by the Bureau of Mines, at a point north seventy-six degrees forty-389five minutes west forty-two and eight-tenths feet from the southeast corner of said property of the United States of America; thence north fifteen degrees twenty-four minutes fifty-five seconds east three hundred and forty-seven and eight-tenths feet to a point on the dividing line between the properties of the United States of America and the Carnegie Institute of Technology, a Pennsylvania corporation; thence along said dividing line south fifty degrees forty-one minutes fifteen seconds east forty-seven and eighteen one-hundredths feet to a point; thence along the line dividing the property of the United States of America from the property of the said Carnegie Institute of Technology and the city of Pittsburgh south fifteen degrees twenty-eight minutes forty-five seconds west three hundred and twenty-seven and eight one-hundredths feet to a point; thence north seventy-six degrees forty-five minutes west forty-two and eight-tenths feet to the place of beginning; together with that part of a circular tract lying west of the above-described tract of land and included within an arc struck with a radius of fifty-one feet from a point five feet east of a point on the westerly fine two hundred and fifty-seven feet from the southwest corner of the above-described tract; said lot or parcel of ground comprising eighteen thousand square feet, more or less.
Approved, July 21, 1916.