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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 76 STAT. · May 31, 1962 · Private Law 87–385

Private Law 87–385.

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76 Stat. 1300 Private Law 87–385 AN ACT To exempt from taxation certain property of the Army Distaff Foundation. May 31, 1962[[H. R. 2838](/us/bill/87/hr/2838)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army Distaff Foundation.That parts of the tract of land known as “Poor Tom’s Last Shift” described as follows: Beginning for the same at the intersection of the westerly line of Oregon Avenue, formerly Daniels Road, and southerly line of Tennyson Street, both as dedicated and shown on plat recorded in liber 103, folio 157, of the records of the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia and running thence southwesterly along said westerly line of Oregon Avenue as shown on said plat, and as shown on plat record in liber 88, folio 34, of said surveyor’s office records to a point of curve; thence southwesterly still along the said westerly line of Oregon Avenue and the northwesterly line of Nebraska Avenue, both as shown on said plat recorded in liber 88, folio 34, of said surveyor’s office records, on the arc of a circle deflecting to the right, the radius of which is 440 feet, an arc distance 370.23 feet to a point of tangent; thence southwesterly along said northwesterly line of Nebraska Avenue to the northerly line of Stephenson Lane, as dedicated and shown on plat recorded in liber 116, folio 175, of said surveyor’s office records; thence along said northerly line of Stephenson Lane, north 65 degrees 55 minutes 50 seconds west 176.66 feet to a point of curve; thence northwesterly on the arc of a circle deflecting to the left, the radius of which is 460 feet, an arc distance of 144.87 feet to a point of tangent: thence north 83 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west 159.38 feet to a point of a curve; thence westerly on the arc of a circle deflecting to the right, an arc distance of 237.18 feet to the most southerly corner of the land conveyed to George L.
Quinn and wife by deed dated May 28, 1941, and recorded June 3, 1941, in liber 7622, folio 349, among the land records of the District of Columbia; thence northeasterly and parallel with Twenty-ninth Street 400 feet to the most easterly corner of the land conveyed to Edwin S. Hoffman and wife by deed dated June 9, 1937, and recorded July 22, 1937, in liber 7133, folio 233. among the land records of the District of Columbia; thence north-westerly along the northeasterly line of said conveyance to Hoffman, 125 feet to the southeasterly line of Twenty-ninth Street as dedicated and shown on plat recorded in liber 102, folio 59, of said surveyor’s office records; thence along the said line of Twenty-ninth Street north 44 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds east 373.83 feet to the said southerly line of Tennyson Street, and thence east along said southerly line of Tennyson Street 726.83 feet to the place of beginning, situated at 6200 Nebraska Avenue Northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, owned by the Army Distaff Foundation, is hereby exempt from all real property taxation so long as the same is owned and occupied by the Army Distaff Foundation, and is not used for commercial purposes, subject to the provisions of sections 2, 3, and 5 of the Act entitled “An Act to define the real property exempt from taxation in the District of Columbia”, approved December 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1091;
D.C. Code, secs. 47–801b, 47–801 c, 47–801e). Sec. 2. The tax exemption authorized by this Act shall become effective on the first day of the fiscal year next following the completion of construction by the Army Distaff Foundation of facilities necessary to carry out the purposes of the foundation as described in its certificate of incorporation: *Provided*, That such exemption shall, in no event, be applicable to any fiscal year prior to the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1962, and ending June 30, 1963.
Approved May 31, 1962. Private Law 87–386: For the relief of Sister Mary Aurelia (Chiara Di Gesu). Private Law 386 Private Law 87–386 76 Stat. 1301 1962-05-31 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 2025-12-02 87 2 private
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