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72d CONGRES S . SESS. I . CHS. 180, 183. MAY 13, 14,1932 . [CHAPTER 180.] JOINT RESOLUTION May 13, 1932. [s.a . Res. SO .)

To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to close upper [Pub . Res., No.18.1

Water Street between Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Colum- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners bi U pper Wat er Stree t, of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to close upper b etw een Twenty-sec- ond and Twenty-third Water Street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets, Streets to be closed. northwest, lying north of Potomac Park and south of square 62 Provisos.

Provided, That the consent in writing of the owners of three-fourths o C ons ent to be property a of all private property on the south side of square 62 is first had and obtained; and upon the closing of said street between the limits named the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized Part transferred to to transfer the land contained in the bed of said street to the Director park system'

of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, as part of the park system of the District of Columbia : Provided fur- M aintena nce of ex- ther, That the said commissioners be, and they are hereby, authorized ,sting sewers .

to enter upon said closed area at all times for the purpose of main- tenance and repair of all existing sewers and sewer appurtenances . Adjacent area trans- SEC . 2 . The Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the ferred to American Pharmaceutical Asso- National Capital is authorized to transfer to the American Pharma- ciat ion . ceutical Association such an area adjacent to the land owned by the sa id ass ociati on, as shal l be a greed upon b etwee n the associ ation and the two commissions hereinafter named, so that the location and the setting of the association's building will conform to the plan pre- pared by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and approve d by the National Commission of Fine Arts for the treat- ment of that area, and in the construction of said building the said association shall take such steps as are necessary to insure the safety of exis ting sewers and sewer appurtenances : Provided, That the American Pharmaceutical Association agrees, contemporaneously with the above transfer to it, to transfer to the United States of America title to a strip of land owned by said association seventeen feet in depth along Twenty-third Street, for the purpose of widen- ing said street as an approach to the Lincoln Memorial : Provided further, That the design of the said association's building shall be such as to be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts, and its use shall be limited to organizations and institutions serving American pharmacy on a nonprofit basis . Approved, May 13, 1932 . Loc atio n and se tti ng of building to con fo rm to plan of Fine Arts Commission . Sew er protection . Provisos. Lan d of the Associa- tion in exch ange . Approval of building design . Restriction on use . May 14, 1932 . [S . 2775 .1 [Public, No . 132.1 Masonic Mutual Re- lief Association of the Dist rict of Colu mbia . Charter amended . Vol . 15,p~ 334; Vol. 32, p. 923; VoL 42, p. 1020. Name changed to "Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company." Ame ndm ent s. Powers enlarged . [CHAPTER 183 .] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1869, as amended . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ame rica in Cong ress as semb led, That section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1869, as amended, is amended by striking out the word "As socia- tion " in the name of the organization and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Insurance Company," so that the name of the organiza- tion shall read "Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company ." SEC . 2 . Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of such Act, as amended, are amended to read as follows " SEC. 2 . The company shall have the power to make all and every insurance appertaining to or connected with life or disability risks of whatever kind or nature; and to grant, purchase, or dispose of