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 72d CONG RESS. SESS. I. CHS. 250, 251 . JUNE 14, 1932. 305 su rveyor of the Dist rict of C olumbia, the titl e to the land comp rised District,tersce ti gg to within said parcels designated B and E to revert to the District of Columbi a for school purpo ses, a nd the title to the land compri sed p Other transfers, for within said parcel designated C to be transferred to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital for park purposes. And the said commissioners are further authorized and First street north. directed to close that portion of First Street northeast lying between Designated portion the south line of Riggs Road and the north line of Ingraham Street, closed for park. and to tr ansfer ti tle to th e portion of First Street s o closed to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital for park purposes. SEC. 2 . That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks inT a sin embraced of the Na tional Ca pital is hereby au thorized and direc ted to tr ansfer school purposes. to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia all of the land comprised within the parcels designated A and F, as shown on said map numbered 1672, the title to the land comprised within said par- cel designated A to revert to the District of Columbia for school purposes, and the title to the land comprised within said parcel hig bWayp land for desig nated F to rev ert t o,the Dis trict of C olumb ia f or hi ghway purposes. t SEC. 3 . The land comprised within the parcel designated D as ertyertain sch dtoFed shown o n said map n umbere d 1672 is he reby au thoriz ed and direc ted eral Government for to be abandoned as school property, and the said commissioners shall park purposes. transfer said parc el design ated D to the Dire ctor of P ublic Bui ldings and Public Parks of the National Capital for park purposes. S E C. 4 . The su rveyor of the Dist rict of C olumbia is hereby author- prepared eaby lets t obe ized to prepare the necessary plat or plats showing all parcels of land to be transferred, and portions of streets to be osed and trans- ferred, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, with a certifi- cate affixed thereon to be signed by the authorized officials represent- ing the Government agencies designated, after which said plat or plats shall be recorded upon the order of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia ; and said plat or plats, when duly recorded in said office eonstieute recorde sing, of the s urveyor o f the Dis trict of Columbia, shall c onstitute a legal etc g closing of streets and transfer of property for the purposes as set forth in the provisions of this Act. Approved, June 14, 1932. [CHAPTER 251 .1 AN ACT June 14, 1931 To provide a~ preliminary examination of the Edisto River and its branches, 	[R • R •5951.1 South and North Edisto, South Carolina, with a view to the control of its [Public, No. 176.) floods . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Preliminary Edi sto eaami- tary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause nation of, aut ho r ize d- a preliminary examination to be made of the Edisto River and its Vol. 39, p . 950; Vol. branches, South and North Edisto, South Carolina, with a view 45, p . 534. to contr ol of its floods i n accorda nce with the prov isions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River ; and of the Sacramento River, California, Payment of costs . and for other purposes, approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors . Approved, June 14, 1932 . 30 51 „- 33- 20