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 206 7 5TH CO NGR ESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 263, 261 MAY 25, 1937 May 25, 1937 [5 .15861 [Public, No. 1141 Holabird Quarter- master Depot, Md. Sale of part au- thorized. Provisos. Appraisal. Minimum saleprice. (CHAPTER 264] May 25,1937 AN ACT IH . B .69101, To provide for the exchange betwee n the United States and The Union Terminal [Public, No . 115] C ompa ny of certain properties in connection with the Parc el P ost Bui ldin g site at Dallas, Texas . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U n it e d S t a te s o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to convey by the usual quitclaim deed to The Union Terminal Com- pany, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, the following-described piece or parcel of land forming a part of the Dallas (Texas) Parcel Post Building site : Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly line of what was formerly Broadway Street with the center line of what was formerly Jackson Street; thence westerly with the center line of what was formerly Jackson Street forty feet to the center line of what was formerly Broadway Street; thence northerly with the center line of what was formerly Broadway Street one hundred and twenty feet to the point of intersection of the center line of what was for- merly Broadway Street with a straight line extending from the point of intersection of the southerly line of Commerce Street with the westerly line of what was formerly Broadway Street to the point of intersection of the easterly line of what was formerly Broadway Street with the center line of what was formerly Jackson Street; thence in a southeasterly direction one hundred and twenty-six and forty-nine one-hundredths feet along said last-mentioned straight line to the place of beginning; in exchange for the following-described two parcels of land in the city of Dallas, Texas Beginning at the intersection of the westerly line of Houston Street with the center line of what was formerly Jackson Street; thence westerly along the center line of what was formerly Jackson Street Dallas, Tex. Exchange of certain lands in conn ection wi th Parcel Po st Building s ite au- thorized. Parcel conveyed. Land acquired. [CHAPTER 26 3] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the General Motors Corporation a t ract of land comprising part of Holabird Quartermaster Depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell in his discretion to General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation, upon such terms and conditions as he considers advisable, a tract of land con- taining approximately two and seven hundred thirty-four one- thousandths acres, comprising that part of the Holabird Quarter- master Depot, Baltimore, Maryland, lying south of the right-of- way of the Bal timore and Ohio Rail road Comp any and we st of the Broen ing Highw ay, which tract is n o longer needed for military purposes, and to execute and deliver in the name of the United States and in its behalf, any and all contracts, conveyances or other instru- ments necessary to effectuate such sale; the proceeds of the sale of the property hereinbefore designated to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts : Provided, That the Secretary of War shall have the said tract appraised : Provided further, That the Secretary of War shall not sell the said tract of land for a less con sider ation than the a pprais ed va lue th ereof. Approved, May 25, 1 937.