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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 48 STAT. · June 4, 1934 · Public Law 271

Public Law 271. to incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company in the District of Columbia”, approved on the 10th day of June 1862 (12 Stat

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(/us/pl/72/270)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the ActDistrict of Columbia.Mount Olivet Cemetery Company.Vol. 12, p. 426, amended. entitled “An Act to incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company in the District of Columbia”, approved on the 10th day of June 1862 (12 Stat. L. 426) be, and the same hereby is, amended by adding at the end of section 2 of the said Act of the 10th day of June 1862 the following:
" “The said corporation may use for burial purposes the tracts ofAdditional tracts set aside for burial purposes.Description. land now owned by it and known, respectively, as the ‘Hoover tract’, designated for purposes of assessment and taxation as parcel 153/23, fronting on Bladensburg Road and the ‘Merten’s tract’, designated for purposes of assessment and taxation as parcel 153/42, fronting on West Virginia Avenue, the said two tracts having an aggregate area of approximately twelve and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, and all of the provisions of the aforesaid Act of the 10th day of June 1862 shall apply to both of the said tracts with like effect as if the provisions of this Act had been included therein at the time of its enactment:
Provided, That no part of parcel 153/23*Proviso*.Area excluded. lying within one hundred and twenty feet of Bladensburg Road shall be used for burial purposes; the strip of land hereby exempted from use for burial purposes being the easterly one hundred and twenty feet by full width of said parcel 153/23 fronting on Bladensburg Road.” " Approved, June 4, 1934. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Attorney General of the United States, to make equitable adjustments of conflicting claims between the United States and other claimants of lands along the shores of the Potomac River, Anacostia River, and Rock Creek in the District of Columbia. 1934-06-04 375 Chapter 48 Stat. 836 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 2024-12-11 73 2 public 836 [CHAPTER 375.] AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Attorney General of the United States, to make equitable adjustments of conflicting claims between the United States and other claimants of lands along the shores of the Potomac River, Anacostia River, and Rock Creek in the District of Columbia.June 4, 1934.[[S. 2508](/us/bill/72/s/2508)][[Public, No. 271](/us/pl/72/271)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* District of Columbia.Equitable adjustment of conflicting land claims along the shores of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, etc., authorized.
That for the purpose of establishing and making clear the title of the United States in and to any part or parcel of land or water in, under, and adjacent to the Potomac River, the Anacostia River, or Eastern Branch, and Rock Creek, including the shores and submerged or partly submerged land, as well as the banks of said waterways, and also the upland immediately adjacent thereto, including made land, flat lands and marsh lands, in which persons and corporations and others may have or pretend to have any right, title, claim, or interest adverse to the complete title of the United States as set forth in an Act Vol. 37, p. 93.entitled “An Act providing for the protection of the interest of the United States in lands and water comprising any part of the Potomac River, the Anacostia River, Eastern Branch, and Rock Creek, and adjacent lands thereto”, approved April 27, 1912 (37 Stat. 93), and in order to facilitate the same, by making equitable adjustments of such claims and controversies between the United States of America and such adverse claimants, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make and accept, on behalf of the United States, Conveyances by way of compromise.by way of compromise when deemed to be in the public interest such conveyances, including deeds of quit-claim and restrictive and collateral Approval required.covenants, of the lands in dispute as shall be also approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Attorney General of the United States.
Approved, June 4, 1934. To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 in the District of Columbia. 1934-06-04 376 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 836 73 2 public [CHAPTER 376.] AN ACT To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 in the District of Columbia.June 4, 1934.[[S. 2580.](/us/bill/73/s/2580)][[Public, No. 272.](/us/pl/73/272)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.National Society United States Daughters of 1812.Certain real property of, exempt from taxation.Vol. 19. p. 399.
That the property situated in square numbered 210 in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, described as lot 811, occupied and used by the National Society United States Daughters of 1812, is hereby exempt from all taxation so long as the same is so occupied and used, subject to the provisions of section 8 of the Act of March 3, 1877, as amended and supplemented (D.C. Code, title 20, sec. 712), providing for exemptions of church and school property. Approved, June 4, 1934.
To change the designation of Four-and-a-half Street southwest to Fourth Street. 1934-06-04 377 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 836 73 2 public [CHAPTER 377.] AN ACT To change the designation of Four-and-a-half Street southwest to Fourth Street.June 4, 1934.[[S. 3257.](/us/bill/73/s/3257)][[Public, No. 273.](/us/pl/73/273)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Designation of Four-and-a-half Street south-west changed to Fourth Street.
That the street designated as “ Four-and-a-half Street ” running south from the center of the Mail to P Street south be, and the same is hereby, changed to Fourth Street, thereby giving this street for its entire length from Pennsylvania Avenue northwest to P Street south the designation of Fourth Street. Approved, June 4, 1934. To dissolve the Ellen Wilson Memorial Homes. 1934-06-04 378 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 837 73 2 public 837 [CHAPTER 378.] AN ACT To dissolve the Ellen Wilson Memorial Homes.June 4, 1934.[[S. 3442](/us/bill/73/s/3442).][
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