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Chap. 156: Granting the consent of Congress to the city of New York to enter upon certain United States property for the purpose of constructing a rapid transit railway. 1929-02-05 156 Chapter 45 Stat. 1153 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public 1153 Chapter 156.— Joint Resolution Granting the consent of Congress to the city of New York to enter upon certain United States property for the purpose of constructing a rapid transit railway.
February 5, 1929.[[S. J. Res. 171](href=/us/bill/70/sjres/171).][[Pub. Res., No. 83](/us/bill/70/pubres/83).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the consent of CongressNew York City.Consent granted, to enter upon Government property for rapid transit railway. is hereby granted to the city of New York to enter upon, for the purpose of constructing a rapid transit railway, any and all property of the United States situated within the area described as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of the Subtreasury site, beingLocation designated.*Post*, p. 2388. the intersection of the northerly line of Wall Street with the easterly line of Nassau Street, running thence northwardly with the line of Nassau Street along the westwardly side of the Subtreasury area coping a distance of forty feet to a point in the line of Nassau Street; thence in an eastwardly direction approximately five and seventeen hundredths feet to the westwardly wall of the Subtreasury Building; thence in a southwardly direction with the westwardly line of the Subtreasury Building a distance of forty feet to a point in the north line of Wall Street; thence with the north line of Wall Street along the southerly side of the Subtreasury area coping a distance of five and seventeen hundredths feet to the point or place of beginning.
The subway structure, within the space hereinbefore described,Construction conditions. shall be designed and constructed by the city of New York to carry the highest building that could be constructed on this property of the United States in accordance with the New York Building Code, and in default thereof the authority hereby granted shall cease and be null and void. Approved, February 5, 1929.
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