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[S. 2498]

AN ACT

To authorize the transfer of jurisdiction over public land in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Federal and District authorities administering properties within the District of Columbia owned by the United States or by the said District are hereby authorized to transfer jurisdiction over parts or all of such properties among or between themselves for purposes of administration and maintenance under such conditions as may be mutually agreed upon: Provided, That prior to the consummation of any transfer hereunder such proposed transfer shall be recommended by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission: Provided further, That all such transfers and agreements shall be reported to Congress by the authorities concerned.

SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of any existing law or laws authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction of certain lands between and among Federal and District authorities, but all such laws shall remain in full force and effect.

Approved, May 20, 1932.

(312)

[S. 4689]

AN ACT

To authorize the closing of certain streets in the District of Columbia rendered useless or unnecessary, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to close, upon the recommendation of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, that portion of U Street southwest, lying between First Street and Half Street southwest, as may be rendered useless or unnecessary by reason of the construction of an electric light and power plant on squares 665 and 667 adjoining said street: Provided, That the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall sell to the abutting property owners the land contained within the portion of said street to be closed for cash at a price not less than the assessed value of contiguous lots, and the money received there from paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia, and that such lands shall thereafter be assessed on the books of the assessor of the District of Columbia the same in all respects as other private properties in the District.

SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby further authorized to close, upon the recommendation of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, that portion of Water Street between U and V Streets southwest; and said commissioners are hereby authorized to give title to the owners of square 667 abutting on Water Street that portion of Water Street so closed lying west of the direct southerly projection of the west line of Half Street as now existing north of U Street southwest, upon notification from the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital of the receipt from all claimants in absolute quitclaim deeds to the United States of all land in square east of 667, east of the direct southerly projection of the west line of Half Street, as now existing north of U Street southwest, and such other land as may be acquired by the owners of square 667 in square east of south of 667, subject to the right of said owners to construct and operate any pipe lines and intake and discharge tunnels in or under the same to the Anacostia River, and provided that all of said lands deeded to private owners by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia under this section shall thereafter be assessed on the books of the assessor of the District of Columbia the same in all respects as other private properties in the District of Columbia.

SEC. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to grant any and all permits for the construction and operation of any pipe lines and intake and discharge tunnels in or under the public streets, roads, and highways.

south of T Street southwest and east of Second Street southwest to the Anacostia River as may become necessary in the construction, installation, and operation of any electric lighting and power plant, provided the same will not interfere with the development of other property located within this area.

SEC. 4. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit the construction and operation of any intake and discharge tunnels and/or other structures in the Anacostia River in so far as they affect navigable waters of the United States; and that the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital is hereby authorized, in consideration of the above-mentioned quitclaims to the United States, to convey, on behalf of the United States, to the owners of square 667 that portion of square east of 667 lying west of the direct southerly projection of the west line of Half Street as now existing north of U Street southwest; and that said Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital is hereby authorized to permit the construction and operation of any pipe lines and intake and discharge tunnels, upon such terms and conditions as shall be fair and reasonable, under and on any lands owned or claimed by the Government of the United States lying in the above area and/or between the east line of Water Street, or other streets, and the Anacostia River. All areas conveyed by the United States to the owners of square 667 shall thereafter be assessed on the books of the assessor of the District of Columbia the same in all respect as other private properties in the District of Columbia. Approved, June 15, 1932.

[H. R. 10372]

AN ACT

To authorize the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks to employ landscape architects, architects, engineers, artists, or other expert consultants.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be, and hereby is, authorized to employ in his discretion by contract or otherwise landscape architects, architects, engineers, artists, or other expert consultants, or firms, partnerships, or associations thereof, including the facilities, service, travel, and other expenses of their respective organizations so far as employed upon work for the said director, in accordance with the usual customs of the several professions and at the prevailing rates for such services, without reference to the civil-service requirements or to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and without regard to the restrictions of law governing the employment or salaries of regular employees of the United States, which said employment shall in no instance be for a longer period than one year; and that expenditures for such employment shall be construed to be included in any appropriation heretofore or hereafter authorized or appropriated for any work of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Approved, July 19, 1932.

(315)

81504-51-21

[S. 4712]

AN ACT

Authorizing the sale of certain lands no longer required for public purposes in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, for the best interests of the United States, to sell and convey, in whole or in part, to the highest bidder at private sale, the hereinafterdescribed lands in his custody no longer required for public purposes, in the District of Columbia, for cash for such price for each parcel sold as shall be not less than the price paid therefor by the Government plus 6 per centum per annum since the date such parcel was acquired by the United States, and also not less than the appraised value after an appraisal of its value is first made.

SEC. 2. That said director, in making any such sale, is authorized, first, to sell any such parcel of land to the owner of lands abutting the lands hereby authorized to be sold; provided that the price bid and payable by any owner shall be equal to the highest price bid and payable by any other bidder.

SEC. 3. That said director is further authorized to pay the reasonable and necessary expenses of sale of each parcel of land sold, and shall deposit the net proceeds thereof in the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in the proportion that each paid the appropriations from which the parcels of land were acquired, and shall include in his annual report a full report of the sales hereby authorized.

SEC. 4. That the lands hereby authorized to be sold and conveyed are situate in the District of Columbia and are generally described as follows:

Parcel 1. Part of lot 188 in square 103, in Beatty and Hawkins's addition to Georgetown, now known as lot 801 in square 1273, survey book numbered 91, page 363 thereof, containing two thousand one hundred square feet, more or less, and known as numbers 3305 and 3307 Volta Place northwest, Washington, District of Columbia. Parcel 4. A piece of land containing one hundred and sixty-four thousand square feet, more or less, at or near Parkside Drive and Western Avenue, Rock Creek Park, Washington, District of Columbia, and being a part of United States reservation numbered 339.

Parcel 5. Lot 803, square 49, Washington, District of Columbia, containing one thousand and fifty square feet, more or less, at or near Twenty-second and O Streets northwest, Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, in said city and being a part of United States reservation numbered 360.

Parcel 6. A piece of land containing one thousand six hundred and eighty square feet, more or less, being a part of a large parcel

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