[CHAPTER 449—1ST SESSION] AN ACT Authorizing the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia no longer required for public 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, with the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered in their discretion, for the best interests of the District of Columbia, to sell and convey, in whole or in part, to the highest bidder at public or private sale, real estate now or hereafter owned in fee simple by the District of Columbia for municipal use, in the District of Columbia, which the Commissioners and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission find to be no longer required for public purposes. SEC. 2. That the said Commissioners are 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 of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. SEC. 3. That the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to execute proper deeds of conveyance for real estate sold under the provisions of this Act, which shall contain a full description of the Íand sold, either by metes and bounds, or otherwise, according to law. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is hereby authorized, in his discretion, for the best interests of the United States, to sell and convey, in whole or in part, by proper deed or instrument, any real estate held by the United States in the District of Columbia and under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, which may be no longer needed for public purposes, for cash, or on such deferred-payment plan as the Secretary of the Interior may approve, at a price not less than that paid for it by the Government and not less than its present appraised value as determined by him. SEC. 5. That in selling any parcel of land hereunder, said Secretary shall cause such public or private solicitation for bids or offers to be made as he may deem appropriate, and shall sell the parcel to the party agreeing to pay the highest price therefor if such price is otherwise satisfactory: Provided, That in the event the price offered or bid by the owner of any lands abutting the lands to be sold equals the highest price offered or bid by any other party, the parcel may be sold to such abutting owner. SEC. 6 That said Secretary 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 or were obligated to pay the same, at the time of acquisition, by reimbursement. SEC. 7. That all Acts and parts of Acts which may be inconsistent or in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency or conflict. Approved, August 5, 1939. [CHAPTER 105—2D SESSION] [S. 1133] AN ACT To authorize the transfer of lands from the United States to the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission under certain conditions, and to accept title to another tract to be transferred to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer and convey to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a body corporate, created by chapter 448 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1927, as amended, under such conditions as may be approved by the said Secretary, without cost to the United States, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following parcels of land, situated in Montgomery County, Maryland, metes and bounds, descriptions of which are on file in the Navy Department and with the said Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission : Parcels designated "A" and "B" of a plat entitled "Plan Showing Park Lands To Be Required For Rock Creek Park, Unit No. 3, Montgomery County, Maryland (Part of U. S. Naval Medical Center)" as filed among the records of said Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, plan 2217-R 2, said parcels being more particularly described as follows: Parcel "A": Eighteen and three hundred and eighty-seven thousandths acres, more or less, acquired by the United States of America from Paul Henderson and wife by deed dated November 8, 1938, recorded among the land records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in liber 719, folio 49. Parcel "B": One thousand two hundred and seventy-four ten-thousandths of an acre, more or less, being part of a tract containing forty-two and five-tenths acres, conveyed to the United States of America by the Columbia Park Company by deed dated December 14, 1938, recorded among the land records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in liber 721, folio 331. Parcels designated "A", "B", and "C" as shown on plan 2269–1, entitled "Right-of-Way Plan of Jones Bridge Road (United States Naval Medical Center, Montgomery County, Maryland)" of the records of said commission, said parcels being more particularly described as follows: Parcel "A": Three and five one-thousandths acres, more or less, being a strip of land fifty feet wide at the southern edge of the parcel acquired by the United States of America from George E. Hamilton and wife by deed dated November 9, 1938, recorded among the land records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in liber 719, folio 53. Parcel "B": One and five hundred and twenty-seven one-thousandths acres, more or less, being a strip of land comprising the southern edges of the parcels acquired by the United States of America from the Columbia Park Company and Ellen MacPherson Legg by deeds dated December 14, 1938, and January 27, 1939, recorded among the land records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in liber 721, folio 331, and liber 723, folio 477, respectively. Parcel "C": Nine hundred and ninety-five one-thousandths of an acre, more or less, being an irregular strip of land near the southern edges of the lands acquired by the United States of America from George E. Hamilton and wife, Margaret Coolidge, and Ellen MacPherson Legg by deeds dated November 9, 1938, December 8, 1938, and January 27, 1939, recorded among the land records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in liber 719, folio 53, liber 724, folio 404, and liber 723, folio 477, respectively; Provided, That when and in the event the aforesaid parcels "A", "B", and "C", as shown on said plan 2269-1, are no longer used as a roadway the title to said parcels shall revert to the United States: Provided further, That in consideration of the foregoing transfer by the Secretary of the Navy, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall construct and maintain an adequate roadway leading from the proposed Beach Drive to a road to be constructed by the United States Government on the Naval Medical Center site at a suitable point on the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission taking line as shown on Bureau of Yards and Docks Drawing Numbered 130349, dated December 6, 1938: And provided further, That the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall, upon completion of the relocation of the Jones Bridge Road, cause the necessary action to be taken to vest title to the old right-of-way of the Jones Bridge Road within the boundaries of the Naval Medical Center in the United States of America. The Secretary of the Navy is further authorized to accept on behalf of the United States, without cost to the United States, all right, title, and interest in and to said right-of-way. Approved, February 21, 1942. 1. ARCHITECTS, REGULATING PRACTICE OF, IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 2. FIVE-YEAR SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 3. DISTRICT JAIL, CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL WING. 4. NURSES' HOME, TO CONSTRUCT AT COLUMBIA HOSPITAL, 5. FARMERS' PRODUCE MARKET SITE, TO ACQUIRE. 6. WAREHOUSE FOR GENERAL SUPPLY COMMITTEE. 7. CHILDREN'S TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM. 8. INCINERATORS FOR GARBAGE AND REFUSE, TO CONSTRUCT. 9. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, CONSTRUCT NATURAL HISTORY BUILDING. 10. BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE FOR CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE. 11. ENLARGE POST OFFICE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 12. NAVAL HOSPITAL, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS AT. 13. FIRE ESCAPE ACT. 14. ALLEY DWELLING ACT. 15. PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION ACT. 16. PATRIOTIC TAXES. ORGANIZATIONS PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM 17. THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL COMMISSION. 18. HISTORIC AMERICAN SITES AND BUILDINGS, PRESERVATION. 19. MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY PUBLIC WORKS LOANS. 20. DangerouS AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO REMOVE. 21. REAL-ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESMEN ACT 22. NATIONAL ART GALLERY ACT. 23. SMITHSONIAN ART GALLERY ACT. 24. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES GARDEN. 25. EGRESS FOR BUILDINGS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 26. HOSPITAL CENTER FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 81504-51- -22 (331) |