FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 288-290. 1872. 221 any right or claim of the United States to control so much of the orig- not atfected. inalline or bridge as is located east of the main channel of the Mississippi river. Sec. 4. That the Davenport and Saint Paul Railroad Company shall Daveuportand have the right to use the approaches to said bridge, and in case the par- g2‘“;’n];““l R' R' . . · . ~ y HSC Bp• mes hereto cannot agree upon the terms for using said approaches to said roaches m bridge, then, and in that case, the same shall be fixed by the Secretary of B¤'id€¤» &°· War, upon such terms and in such manner as he may deem just and proper. Arpnovnn, June 4, 1872. CHAP. CCLXXXIX. —An Act directing the Conveyance ey" certain Lots of Ground, June 4_ 1g7g_ vyith the Improvements thereon, for the Use of the public Schools of the City of Wash- ···········-··—·· tnglon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following described Two ypeces of lands in the city of Washir1gt0n,t0 wit: a parcel of land marked andl”“‘:l“ €“°*éh‘ designated upon the map of the city of Washington as part of lot num- :,]§h°iiQ(, ;}¤_" bered eleven, in square numbered one hundred and forty-one, beginning provements at the northwest corner of said lot, and running thence due south on the g‘fQi‘;“u;?:tl’&`: west line of said` square, fifty feet; thence due east, thirty feet; thence public schools in due north, fifty feet; thence due west on the north line of said square, to WM my- the point. of beginning. Also a certain piece of land, marked and designetted upon the map of the city of Washington as a. public reservation, located between Eighth and Ninth streets and K street and Virginia avenue southeast, known as the Anacostia engine-house; and the build- Anacostia ings and improvements on said lot are hereby set apart and appropriated engine-house. for the use of the public schools in said city of Washington, so long as they shall be occupied for that purpose, and no longer. A1>1>novm>, June 4, 1872. CHAP. CCXC. -— An Act amendin an Act entitled “An Act directing the Conveyance of June 4, 1872. a. Lot of Ground for the Use cg; the public Schools of the City of Washingto¢z." }f"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United v°L X"' l" N States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor of the Dis- 1 13*3* €,** E2? "? trict of Columbia be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell and convey part t:;, 3 of lot numbered fourteen, in square numbered two hundred and fifty- be sold, andthe three, being particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at north- l’;°;h°:‘31;BaB§¥‘,f;i west corner of said lot, and thence running south thirty-six feet nine public sqhqqlgin inches, thence east fifty-five feet four inches to east line of said lot, thence ¢h=¤ my- north thirty-six feet nine inches, thence west to place of beginning; the proceeds of said sale to be invested by the authorities aforesaid in another lot or part of lot in the city of Washington, and in improvements thereon, the said property so purchased to be used for the purpose of the public schools and for no other purpose; and the conveyance of the authorities aforesaid of the property hereinhefore described shall vest in the _ purchaser thereof an absolute and perfect title: Provided, That said sale NW6 ¤f¤¤l¤- shall be made at public auction, in the daytime, to the highest bidder, upon notice of the time, place, and terms of sale, published in the National Republican and Daily Patriot, newspapers published in the city of \Va,shingtAn, in the District of Columbia, once in each day successively of their respective issues for thirty days immediately preceding such sale. And the governor may, if in his opinion the said lot will bring a higher price, give time for payment of a part of the purchase-money, taking the usual security upon said lot, which he is authorized hereby to take and discharge when full payment shall be made. Approved, June 4, 1872.
