Chapter LXXIII. in addition to, and in alteration of, an act entitled “An act vesting in the corporation of the city of Washington all the rights of the Washington Canal Company,” and for other purposes
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Chap. LXXIII.— An Act in addition to, and in alteration of, an act entitled “An act vesting in the corporation of the city of Washington all the rights of the Washington Canal Company,” and for other purposes. March 2, 1833. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Secretary of the Treasury to pay $150,000 to city of Washington. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, unto the mayor, aldermen, and common council of the city of Washington, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to aid them in fulfilling the objects and requirements of an act entitled “An act vesting in the corporation of the city of Washington allAct of May 31, 1832, ch. 113. the rights of the Washington Canal Company, and for other purposes; approved May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two: *Provided*, That the said mayor, aldermen, and common council, relinquishProviso. all title to the land vested in them by the eighth section of the act above named, and, also, relinquish all rights and privileges granted by the eighth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth sections of said act: *And provided, also*, That the sum herein granted shall be applied toProviso. pay and extinguish any debt which has been, or may be contracted in the purchase either of the Washington City Canal, or in the completion of the same, and shall not be applicable to any other object or purpose until said debts be extinguished.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the commissioner of the publicPublic walks to be enclosed and improved. buildings is hereby authorized to cause all the open grounds belonging to the United States which, in the original plan of the city, were reserved for public walks, lying between the Maryland and Pennsylvania Avenues, to be enclosed with a wooden fence, and to lay down the same, according to such plan for the improvement thereof as the President of the United States may approve, in grass, and intersect it by suitable paths and roads for intercourse and recreation: *Provided*, That thereProviso. shall not be more than three streets or roads across the same to connect the streets on the north and south sides of said public grounds.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That there be paid out of any unappropriatedAppropriation. money in the treasury, for the purposes of the second section of this act, the sum of five thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1833.