Chapter 251. To authorize the transfer to the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of a certain portion of the Anacostia Park for use as a tree nursery
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CHAP. 251.— An Act To authorize the transfer to the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of a certain portion of the Anacostia Park for use as a tree nursery.May 7, 1926.[[S. 2853](/us/bill/69/s/2853).][[Public, No. 187](/us/pl/69/187).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Portion of Anacostia Park transferred to, for a tree nursery. That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia the following-described United States land, being a part of Anacostia Park, forDescription. use as a tree nursery, viz:
Beginning at the northeast corner of parcel 239/1 (sewage disposal plant), thence running with the northern line of said parcel, south eighty-eight degrees twenty-five minutes thirty seconds west, one hundred and fifty-two and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet to the southeast corner of that part of section B assigned to the Army Air Service, and shown by man on file in the United States Engineer Department designated “File B-38–66,” and dated March 14, 1921; thence running with the eastern line of said portion of section B north zero degrees five minutes twenty-nine seconds east one thousand two hundred and thirty-four and twenty-five one-hundredths feet to intersect the outer face of the sea wall on the left bank of the Anacostia River, said point of intersection being the northeast corner of the aforementioned portion of section B as assigned to the Army Air Service; thence leaving said portion and running with the outer face of the said sea wall, and deflecting to the right with the arc of a circle the radius of which is six hundred and ninety-six and two-tenths feet, northeasterly five hundred and eighty-one and ninety-six one-hundredths feet to a point of tangency; thence still with said outer face south seventy-one degrees fifty minutes fifty-four seconds east five hundred and twenty-one and fifty-two one-hundredths feet, more or less; thence leaving the said sea wall and running due south one thousand five hundred and ninety-eight feet, more or less, to intersect the original high water line of the Anacostia River; thence with said line north sixty-three degrees eleven minutes west one hundred and sixty-seven and sixty-one one-hundredths feet, north fifty-six degrees nine minutes west one hundred and nine and thirteen one-hundred the feet, north fifty-seven degrees fifty-six minutes west ninety-five and eighty-six one-hundredths feet, north forty-six degrees thirty-eight minutes west one hundred and seventy-three and forty-seven one-hundredths feet, north forty-seven degrees thirty-one minutes west one hundred and thirty-nine and fifty-seven 406 one-hundredths feet, north sixty-three degrees forty-seven minutes west eighty-three and eighty-two one-hundredths feet, south eighty-nine degrees fifty-six minutes west one hundred and fifty-five and five one-hundredths feet, north eighty-two degrees thirty-one minutes west one hundred and twenty-seven and fifty-six one-hundredths feet to the eastern line of the above-mentioned parcel 239/1; thence with said eastern line north eighteen degrees two minutes east nineteen and ninety-nine one-hundredths feet to the beginning, containing thirty-four and five-tenths acres, more or less, all as shown by survey book fifty-nine, page 152, of the records of the office of the surveyor, District of Columbia.
Approved, May 7, 1926.