Chapter CXCVIII. for the benefit of [the] Columbian Institute
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Chap. CXCVIII.— An Act for the benefit of [the] Columbian Institute. May 26, 1824. *Be it enacted, &c., * A tract of ground granted to the Columbian Institute. That there be granted, during the pleasure of Congress, to the Columbian Institute, for the promotion of the arts and sciences, the use and improvement of the tract of public ground in Washington City, which is bounded, on the east, by the Botanical Garden, in the occupancy of the said Columbian Institute; on the north, by the Pennsylvania Avenue; on the west, by the Tiber and Proviso.Canal; and on the south, by the Maryland Avenue; *Provided,* That, whenever the said Columbian Institute shall be dissolved, or cease to exist, or to employ the said tract of land, for the purposes aforesaid, all right, title, and interest, hereby granted to the same, shall revert to, and vest in, the United States.
Approved, May 26, 1824.