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 836 7 .3d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CIIS. 375-377 . JUNE 4, 1934 . [CHAPTER 375 .] June 4, 1934. AN ACT is .2508.1 Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National ]Public, No. 2i1 .] Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Attorney General of the United States, to ma ke equitable adjustm ents of conflicting c laims between the United States and other claimants of lands along the shores of the Potomac River, Anacostia River, and Rock Creek in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Columbia. United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- Equitabl e adjust- ment of conflicting land pose of establishing and making clear the title of the United States clai ms a long the shore s of the Potomac and in and to any part or parcel of land or water in, under, and adjacent Anacostia Rivers, etc ., to the Potomac River the Anacostia River or Eastern Branch and authorized. f I I Rock Creek, including the shores and submerged or partly submerged land, a s well as the banks of said waterways, a nd also the up land immedia tely adjacent thereto, incl uding made la nd, flat lands and mar sh lan ds, in which pers ons an d corp orati ons an d othe rs may have or pretend to have any right, title, claim, or interest adverse to the complete title of the United States as set forth in an Act entitled "An Act providing for the protection of the interest of the United States in lands and water comprising any part of the Potomac River, the Anacostia River, Eastern Branch and Rock Creek, and adjacen t lands there to ", approved April 27, 1912 (37 Stat . 93), and in order to facilitate the same, by making equitable adjustments of such c laims and co ntrov ersies betwe en th e Unit ed Sta tes of America and such adv erse claimants, the Secreta ry of the Inte rior is auth orized to mak e and accept, on behalf of the United Sta tes, Conveyances by way by way of compromise when deemed to be in the public interest such of compromise. conveyances, including deeds of quit-claim and restrictive and col- Approval required, lateral covenants, of the lands in dispute as shall be also approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Attorney General of the United States. Approved, June 4, 1934. [CHAPTER 376 .] AN ACT June 4, 1934 . [S. 2580.1 To exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society United States -[Public, No. 272 .1 Daughters of 1812 in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the prope rty situated in square numbered 210 in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, described as lot 811, occupied and used by the National Society United States Daughters of 1812, is hereby exempt from all taxation so long as the same is so occupied and used, subject to the provisions of section 8 of the Act of March 3, 1877, as amended and supplemented (D.C. Code, title 20, sec . 712), providing for exemp tions of chur ch and school property. Approved, Ju ne 4, 1934. Vol.37,p.93. District of Columbia. National Society United States Daugh- ters of 18 12. Cert ain real prop erty of, exempt from taxa- tion. Vol.19,p.399. [CHAPTER 377 .] June 4, 1934. AN ACT [S. 3257.] To change the designation of Four-and-a-half Street southwest to Fourth Street. [P ubli c, No . 273.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr esen tati ves of t he District of Columbia . United States of America in Congress assembled, That the street Designati on of Four- and-a-half Street south- des ignate d as " Four-a nd-a- half S treet" runn ing so uth fr om the west changed to Fourth Street. center of the Mall to P Street south be, and the same is hereby, changed to Fourth Street, thereby giving this street for its entire length from Pennsylvania Avenue northwest to P Street south the designation of Fourth Street. Approved, Ju ne 4, 1934.