Chapter 40. Authorizing the sale of land at margin of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway for construction of a church and provision for proper ingress and egress to said church building
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CHAP. 40.— An Act Authorizing the sale of land at margin of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway for construction of a church and provision for proper ingress and egress to said church building.January 20, 1927.[[S. 5231](/us/bill/69/s/5231).][[Public, No. 533](/us/pl/69/533).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway.Land in, convoyed to Church of the Pilgrims.
That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, for and in behalf of the United States of America be, and is hereby, authorized to convey the title of United States of America in and to the land and premises lying south of and adjacent to lot numbered 25, in square 2510, in the District of Columbia, described as follows:Description. Beginning at the southeast corner of said lot numbered 25; thence northwesterly along the south line of said lot numbered 25 one hundred and fifty feet to the southwest corner of said lot; thence southwesterly on the projection of the east line of a public alley and at right angles to the said south line of lot numbered 25 seventeen feet; thence southeasterly and parallel to said south line of lot 25, one hundred and fifty feet to the west line of Florida Avenue; thence northeasterly on the west line of Florida Avenue seventeen feet to the point of beginning, containing two thousand five hundred and fifty square feet, more or less, upon the payment to the United StatesPayment required. of America, in consideration thereof of a sum not less than the price paid for said land by the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission.
And the Director of Public Buildings and Public ParksDriveway to be constructed. of the National Capital is authorized and directed to permit the trustees of the Church of the Pilgrims, Incorporated, to construct and utilize on the property acquired for the Rock Creek and Potomac 1008Parkway in square 2510 a driveway for proper access to and egress from the church, this driveway to be located and constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Director of Public Buildings Expense of maintaining.and Public Parks of the National Capital and to be maintained at the expense of said Church of the Pilgrims until such time as the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital may deem it advisable to make the same available for general use.
Approved, January 20, 1927.