364 F ORTY -NlN'1‘H CONGRESS. SEs . IL Gus. 41-44. 1887. Jan. 26, 1887. CHAP. 41.-An act relating to sales for taxes in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Idepreeentatives of the United Rein esme, Dis- States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter sales of real esffict <>f C¢>\¤¤¤l¤i¤· tate, atter advertisement as required by law, by the collector of taxes mg **;,13*:,;**2) °,f;“Eg for the District of Columbia, for taxes or assessments that have been or ,,,1,,; mk, arte, may be levied by the Commissioners of said District, or by other lawtwo years. · ful authority, shall entitle the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, if the prop- _ Deed *0 i¤¤¤°· erty be not redeemed within two years from the date of such sale, to a. deed from the Commissioners of the District, which deed shall vest in the grantee a good and valid title, andshall be presumptive evidence in all controversies in relation thereto that the property so conveyed was subject to the taxes for which the property was sold, that such taxes were not paid, and that the property was not redeemed before the execution of the deed, and that the manner of levy, notice, sale, and all ‘ the other prerequisites of law were complied with necessary and proper to make such deed and title valid. _ Approved, January 26, 1887. ‘ J an. 26, 1887. CHAP. 42.-49.11 act for the relief of Francis Denmead. , Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Fmueis Den- States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States of mud- _ Y _ America hereby quitclaims and releases to Francis Denmead, his heirs St'£;;“tg*,;;_’A;";g and assign s, any title or interest which the United States have, by Dismc, of 00mm_ reason of any escheat or supposed eschent, in and to the followingbin released m. described real estate situnte, being, and lying in the city of Washington and District of Columbia, known and des' ted on the public plat or plan of said city as lots numbered ouem, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, in square numbered nine hundred and twenty-four Approved, January 26, 1887, _ JM- 26, 1997- CHAP. 43.-An not toexempt hom taxation all property held by the trustees of the `°i"‘_ Corcoran Gallery of Art, and for other purposes. Bo il enacted by the Senate and House of R resentatives of the United €¤¤><>¤‘¤¤ Aft States of America in Congress assembled, The? all property held as en- G‘g;‘;"Y·n Mm as dowment fund by the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in the endo,?,:,,,;,, mud city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of revenue mr, inWashin§t;>n to support said institution, shall be, and the same is hereby, declared
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"“°°· or by the United States so long us the same shall be so held; and an taxes and assessments made or imposed upon any of the property of said trustees subsequent to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, whether real, personal, or mixed, be, and the same are here- Pmmo. by, released: Provided, That real estate heretofore purchased by said 1****** ““*'·*°· trustees in the management of the endowment fund shall be exempt from taxnttiononly while so held, and not to exceed live years from the passage 0 t IS Rct. Approved, January 26, 1887. Jon. 96, 1887. CHAP. 44.-Au act to exempt the property of the Young M•n’s Christian Associa- """***""—‘ tion of Washington, District of Columbia, from taxation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representation of the United Young Men'; States of America in (Jongrcas assembled, That the property known as lot Eg::¤$;hA¤°:¤· three, square two hundred and twenty-two, being house numbered tour-
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