Chapter 207. To provide for the conveyance of certain land owned by the District of Columbia near the corner of Thirteenth and Upshur Streets northwest and the acquisition of certain land by the District of Columbia in exchange for said part to be conveyed, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 207.— An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land owned by the District of Columbia near the corner of Thirteenth and Upshur Streets northwest and the acquisition of certain land by the District of Columbia in exchange for said part to be conveyed, and for other purposes.May 1, 1926.[[S. 2982](/us/bill/69/s/2982).][[Public, No. 164](/us/69/pl/164).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Exchange of lands with owners of property in square 2822.
That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to convey to the owner or owners of parcel 84/93, and lot 31, square 2822, or to such party or parties as said owner or owners shall designate in writing, a part of the parcel numbered for purposes of assessment and taxation as parcel 84/134, owned by the District 381of Columbia, said part of said parcel to be conveyed by said commissionersLand conveyed by the District. being described as follows:
Beginning for the same in the south line of Upshur Street, ninety feet wide, at a point distant fifty-six and twenty one-hundredths feet west of the west line of Thirteenth Street, one hundred and ten feet wide, and running thence along the southerly boundary of said parcel 84/131, south seventy-three degrees thirty-eight minutes and forty seconds, west one hundred and eighty-one and fifty one-hundredths feet; thence leaving said southerly boundary and running north fifty-one and eleven one- hundredths feet to the south line of Upshur Street, ninety feet wide; thence with said south line of Upshur Street, east one hundred and seventy-four and fifteen one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning, containing four thousand four hundred and fifty square feet, as shown on map on file in the office of the surveyor, District of Columbia, and numbered as map 1097: *Provided*, That the owner or*Proviso*.Land conveyed by owners. owners of said parcel 84/93 and lot 31, square 2822, shall furnish the District of Columbia with a good and sufficient title, in fee simple, free of all encumbrances, to all of the parcel numbered for purposes of assessment and taxation as parcel 84/93, and part of lot 31, square 2822, described as follows:
Beginning for the same at the most westerly corner of said Jot 31, distant four hundred and twenty-four and ninety-one one-hundredths feet west of the west line of Thirteenth Street, one hundred and ten feet wide, and running thence with the northerly boundary of said lot 31 the following courses and distances: North sixty-two degrees and fifteen minutes, east one hundred and forty-seven and twelve one-hundredths feet; north seventy-three degrees thirty-eight minutes and forty seconds, east sixty-seven and seven one-hundredths feet; thence south eighty-seven and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet to the north line of a public alley twenty feet wide; thence west along the north line of said public alley one hundred and ninety-four and fifty-six one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning; the total area of the two parts or parcels of land to be conveyed to the District of Columbia being nine thou-sand seven hundred and fifteen square feet, as shown on map on file in the office of the surveyor, District of Columbia, and numbered as map 1097.
Approved, May 1, 1926.