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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 247, 248. J UNE 14, 1932 . 303 map numbered 1595, filed in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbi a : Provided, That the S tate of Vir ginia, or the c ounty Proviso. ts of Fairfax in said State, shall convey to the District of Columbia change. for private use as part of the workhouse property a portion of Tele- graph Road running southwesterly for a distance of approximately nine hundred feet from the Fairfax Courthouse Road to the fifty- foot strip herein authorized to be conveyed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as shown on map numbered 1595, filed in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia. Approved, Ju ne 14, 1932. [CHAPTER 248 .] AN ACT June 14,1932. To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to close certain	[8 .39 29 .)	alleys and to set aside land owned by the District of Columbia for alley [ Pub lic, No- 173 .1 pur poses . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America !in Congress assembled, That the Com - missioners of the District 'of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to close the alley in square 2740, abutting lots 9 to 14, both inclu sive, and e xtend ing e ast fr om th e six teen-f oot a lley in said square ; to close the alleys in square 3268 extending south from Sher idan Str eet to the twen ty-f oot alley running east and west through said square, and to close all that portion of the alley ten feet wide in square 4541 abutting lots 803 and 804, and extending northerly from Rosedale Street to the ten-foot alley running east and west in said square, the District of Columbia being the owner of all the property abutting on said alleys herein authorized to be closed in said squares 2740, 3268, and 4541 ; and the said commis- sioners are fur ther auth orized t o close any alle ys or pa rts of a lleys in th e Dis trict of Co lumbi a whe n, in their judg ment, such alley s, or parts of alleys, are rendered useless and unnecessary by reason of the acquisition of abutting land for municipal purposes Pro- vide d, That the District of Columbia, prior to the closing of any such alley or part of alley, has acquired title to all the land abutting on the alley or part of alley proposed to be closed Provided fur- ther, That the title to the land comprised in the alleys or parts of alleys so closed shall revert to the District of Columbia : And pro- vided f urther, Th at no property owner within the block where such alleys or parts of alleys are closed shall be deprived of the right of access to his property by alleys or parts of alleys, unless adequate access to such property be subst ituted t herefor. SEC. 2. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby furth er au thoriz ed to set aside for a lley purpo ses an y lan d own ed by th e Dis trict of Co lumbi a whe never it be comes neces sary to pr o- vide ad ditional area for alleys by reaso n of the closing of any alley or part of any alley : Provided, That in each case the area set aside for alley purposes shall not exceed the area of the alley or part of alley closed. SEC. 3. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall cause public notice to be given, by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia, of any order to be made by the said commissioners under the authority granted them by the provisions of this Act : Provided, Th at su ch public notice shall be given not less than thirty days prior to the effective date of such order : And provided further, That if any interested prop- in ex. Districtof Columbia. Cl os ing certain alleys in, authorized. Provisos. Acqui sition of all abuttingland required. Title to alleys to revert to the District . Right of access. Autho rity con ferred to set asi de any District owned land for alley purpo ses, whe n neces- sary. Proviso. Area limited . Public notice to be given. Provisos. Time provision.