Chapter 354. To authorize the exchange of certain land between the United States and the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 354.— An Act To authorize the exchange of certain land between the United States and the District of Columbia.March 3, 1927.[[H. R. 15541](/us/bill/69/hr/15541).][[Public, No. 757](/us/pl/69/757).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia. Exchange of portion of Naval Observatory grounds for portion of Industrial Home School site. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and empowered to convey to the District of Columbia, free from all encumbrances and without cost to the District of Columbia, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America to that portion of the Naval Observatory grounds, with the improvements thereon, lying outside of Naval Observatory Circle and east of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, containing fourteen and four hundred and forty-nine one-thousandths acres, more or less, and also that other portion lying outside of and adjoining said Naval Observatory Circle on the south, containing one and seven hundred and six one-thousandths acres, more or less, in consideration of which the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and empowered to convey to the United States of America, free from all encumbrances and without cost to the United States of America, all right, title, and interest of the District of Columbia to that portion of the Industrial Home School site, with the improvements thereon, lying within said Naval Observatory Circle, containing approximately six and seventy-six one-hundredths acres: *Provided*, That the said board of commissioners are further authorized and *Provisos*.Sale, etc., of remainder of Industrial Horne site, and the acquired observatory lands.empowered on behalf of the District of Columbia to utilize or sell, as they see fit, all of that remaining portion of the said Industrial Home School site with the improvements thereon lying outside of the said Observatory (one-thousand-foot radius) Circle, and also all of the land and improvements thereon east of Massachusetts Avenue and south of said Naval Observatory Circle, hereunder authorized to be acquired from the United States of America: *Provided further*, Use of land if not sold.That if utilized the land shall be used for school, playground, or highway purposes or transferred to the Director of Public Buildings and Parks to become part of the park system of the District of Proceeds from sale of school property and half of Observatory lands, deposited to credit of District.Columbia: *Provided further*, That all of the proceeds from the sale of the aforesaid Industrial Home School property and one-half of the proceeds from the sale of any of said lands mentioned as lying east of Massachusetts Avenue and south of said Naval Observatory Circle shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States Available for site and new Industrial Home School.to the credit of the District of Columbia and are made available for the purchase of a site and the erection thereon of suitable buildings for a new Industrial Home School: *Provided further*, That Remainder of proceeds of sale of Observatory lands, for improving property.the remaining half of the proceeds from the sale of any of said land lying east of Massachusetts Avenue and south of said Naval Observatory Circle shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Naval Observatory, and is made available, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for improving the property within said Naval Observatory Circle:
Use of school property until new site acquired, etc.*And provided further*, That the said Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be permitted to continue to use all of the Industrial Home School property herein mentioned until such time as it may have acquired another site and constructed suitable buildings thereon in which to house the inmates of said Industrial Home School. Sec. 2.Authority to execute conveyances, etc. The Secretary of the Navy, on behalf of the United States, and the board of commissioners, on behalf of the District of Columbia, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver all instruments necessary to accomplish the aforesaid purposes.
Approved, March 3, 1927.