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 FOR'I`Y—FIRST CONGRESS. Sxss. II. Ch. 110, 111,113. 1870. 139 Sec, 12. And be it further enacted, That Congress shall, at all times, Act !¤¤>' b¤ possess the power to alter, amend, or repeal this act. “R°r°d* &°‘ Armtovmm, May 24, 1870. CHAP. CXI.—-·An Act to incorpomle the Truslees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and May 24, 1870. jbr other Pwposes. ""‘"’_—;` Be it enacted by the Senaie and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, T hat James M. Carlisle, James T¤`¤S*°€$ °f C. Heil, George W. Riggs, Anthony Hyde, James G. Berret, James C. gxcgiagrgi: Kennedy, Henry D. Cooke, and James C. McGuire, of the city of `Wash- corpomted. ingmn, and of Georgetown, District of Columbia, and William T. Walters, of the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, created and constituted a body politic and corporate in law, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and by that name muy sue and be sued, implcad and be im- Powers ofc0r» pleaded, have perpetual succession, and shall and may take, hold, manage, P°¤**i°¤- and dispose of} at all times, real and personal estate, and shall and may do and perform all other acts and things necessary or appropriate for the execution of the trusts created and conferred on them in and by zt certain deed from William W. Corcoran, to them, the said parties hereinbefore named, which is dated the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty- nine, and was recorded 0n the eighte cnth of the same month in liber D, number eight, folio two hundred and ninety-four, et sequitur, one of the land records of Washington county, District of Columbia, to which reference is hereby made for greater certainty; the intent of this charter of Intentofchurincorporation being that the same shall bein execution of the trusts in the m" said deed declared and set forth, and not to any other intent or purpose whatever. SEO. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of \Vnr, the Pay tonne Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State be, and they are "$§u°rfd°:;’g““ hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain und settle, upon principles of giliidings to be justice, a fair and just compensation for the use of the ground and build- d¤¤¢¤‘¤¤i¤¤¤d and ings described in the before-mentioned deed, while the same were oecu- igiggnggrzzffjd pied by the United States {br the public service; and that the sum so tion. ascertained and settled by them, or at majority of them, shall, upon their certificate and award thereof, be paid to the corporation hereinbeforc created, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any mx which may be claimed Tax remitted. or due to the United States, by reason of the transfer of the property above mentioned, or the execution and delivery of the said deed from the said Williann W. Corcoran to the above-named trustees, be, and the same is hereby, remitted and released. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid buildings and Buildings, &e. grounds connected therewith, together with all the works of art that may €X**mP* {mm be contained therein, shall be free from all taxes and assessments by the °x°s` municipal authorities, or by the United States, so long as the same shall be held and used for the purpose hcreinbefore set forth. Armtovnn, May 24, 1870. CHAP. CXIII. ·- An Act creating an addztional Land District in the Dwitozy of May 27, 1g7g_ ¢‘<·’<>#··¤’<>· s`€.?p0,e, p. m. Be il enacted by t/20 Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the Arkansas Vai, Territory of Colorado embraced in the following described limits, to wit: ley land district commencing at the eastern boundary of the Territory at the intersection ggfggziiéd ‘“ of the second correction line south and running thence west on that line Boundaries. to the line dividing ranges numbered seventy-five and seventy-six west of the sixth principal meridian; thence south with the range line to the