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 396 THIRTY—NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 46, 47. 1867. Feb. 18, 1867. CHAP. XLVI. ·-— 41: Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to accent League Island, 3-; in the Delazrzare Rtzerhfor-Mnamf,h{’urposes, and to alcspense wzlh and dzspose of the Siu 0 £'L'l l dT. f the sing Y atP kzdel za Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The $¤¤¤‘¢¤¤‘y States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy toLeague island ties of the city of Philadelphia, the title to League island, m the Dela- 3* °l}°&D€l=*3":*`° ware river, and adjacent marsh land, including the whole of the creek gg3g c,;,,;;,; known as the Back channel, from the Schuilkill to the Delaware river, undiudefeusible, and all the riparian rivhts and privileges of said Leavue island adjacent
 * g;Q°t}{j‘°Y.m“Y be, and is hereby, authorized to receive and accept from the city authorip 16 tntle _ ____ _ _
 * gdb$‘:",;:;Y;%;. marsh, and Back chamnel, together with so much of the opposite shore of

nmeers. the Back channel from the League island shore as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, be ample to enable the government to have the sole and exclusive use of said Back channel and both shores thereof; Islsmd and ap- the said island and appurtenances to be held for naval purposes by the £“"*“”"°°* *° government of the United States: Provided, That the said League island, cheld fornnvul. . . _ . — Rurgoses exch,- marsh adjacent, and B30k chanlnel, {nth li short? as altoresaxd, shall} not sive y. e receive or accepte unti the tit e to the w 10 e 0 the same as erein described, is complete and iudefeasible, nor unless the acceptance thereof shall be recommended by a board of officers to be appointed by the Presi- _slxg€¤_;[i°¤%‘:l° dent: Provided further, That if League island be selected, the navy yard the ,,,“;°:$d°,,g at Philadelphia shall be dispensed with and disposed of by the United Pnirqdelphiam States as soon as the public convenience will admit. gggjrggsw APPROVED, February 18, 1867. Feb. 18, 1667. CHAP. XLVII. -An Act to autmize the Trustees of the Foundlrz (lllethodist Epzscopal) Cigurclli to sell and convey Square Number two hundred and irtyjive in the City qf as mgton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 13110 f{‘¤Sl¤%¢S States of America in Congress assembled, That Presley Simpson, James °gh“rz,:°`:: ry W. Barker, Edward Owen, David A. Gardner, Nathaniel Mullikin, WVil- Washingtori, D. liam J. Sibley, Daniel D. T. Leech, Edward F. Simpson, and Richard T. g;n';*;'>{'S’il;r*;”d ]\Iorsell, trustees of the Foundry (Methodist Episcopal) Church, in the ,,umbm,3,,,,0 city of Wasliington, in the District of Columbia, and their successors in hlnnéireéi and office, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and con- “` YT "" m ve a certains uare of ro nd'd 't k d d'=f rvh d mt Lf { y q g u msan cxy, nownan irmunse on 35; ahh, (520 the ground plan thereof as square numbered two hundred audcthirty-five, now held by said trustees in trust for said church, and lately used, in part, as alburial-ground, free and discharged of and from any trust, express or implied, now existing, or which may hereafter, before the execution of a conveyance of said square, exist, in said trustees, or their successors, whether by virtue of the deed originally conveying the same to the trustees0f said church, or by virtue of any deed or deeds, certificate or certificates, or any writing or writings whatever, by said trustees or their predecessors, conveying any lot or lots, site or sites, in the part of said square used as a burial-ground as aforesaid, and free and discharged of and from any and every right, title, and interest, legal and _ equitable, now existing in any lot.-holder in said burial-ground, under any ug; gl??}];?' contract with said trustees or their predecessors: Provided, however, That ground fn be N. the said trustees or their successors shall, out of the proceeds of such sale, ¤¤<>v¢d_¤¤<i remove or cause to be removed the dead that are now interred in said @:;*33: égggggy, ground, and giye them decent sepulture in some public cemetery outside e. the corporate limits of the c1t.y of Washington. APPROVED, February 18, 1867.