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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 439, 443-OCT. 29, 31 ,1945 Real-estate hold- ings. October 31, 1945 [H. R. 3220] [Public Law 208] Establishment. Territory ceded to Virginia. Right,title, orinter- est of U. S. to desig- nated lands. Jurisdiction of Fed- eral courts. Adjustment of eon- flicting claims. D. C. Code I 8-10. "Present" mean high-water mark SEC. 3. The provision contained in the Act incorporating Provi- dence Hospital approved April 8, 1864, limiting the value of the real estate which may be held by the corporation is hereby repealed. Approved October 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 443] AN ACT To establish a boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Common- wealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congressassembled, TITLE I-BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIR- GINIA SEC. 101. The boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia is hereby established as follows: Said boundary line shall begin at a point where the northwest boundary of the District of Columbia intercepts the high-water mark on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River and following the present mean high-water mark; thence in a southeasterly direc- tion along the Virginia shore of the Potomac River to Little River, along the Virginia shore of Little River to Boundary Channel, along the Virginia side of Boundary Channel to the main body of the Potomac River, along the Virginia side of the Potomac River across the mouths of all tributaries affected by the tides of the river to Second Street, Alexandria, Virginia, from Second Street to the present established pierhead line, and following said pierhead line to its connection with the District of Columbia-Maryland boundary line; that whenever said mean high-water mark on the Virginia shore is altered by artificial fills and excavations made by the United States, or by alluvion or erosion, then the boundary shall follow the new mean high-water mark on the Virginia shore as altered, or whenever the location of the pierhead line along the Alexandria water front is altered, then the boundary shall follow the new location of the pierhead line. SEC. 102. All that part of the territory situated on the Virginia side of the Potomac River lying between the boundary line as described in section 101 and the mean high-water marl as'it existed January 24, 1791, is hereby ceded to and declared to be henceforth within the territorial boundaries, jurisdiction, and sovereignty of the State of Virginia: Provided, however, That concurrent jurisdic- tion over the said area is hereby reserved to the United States. SEC. 103. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as relinquishing any right, title, or interest of the United States to the lands lying between the mean high-water mark as it existed January 24, 1791, and the boundary line as described in section 101; or to limit the right of the United States to establish its title to any of said lands as provided by Act of Congress of April 27, 1912 (37 Stat. 93); or the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States for the District of Columbia to hear and determine suits to establish the title of the United States in all lands in the bed, marshes, and lowlands of the Potomac River, and other lands as described by said Act below the mean high-water mark of January 24, 1791; or to limit the authority to make equitable adjustments of conflicting claims as provided for in the Act approved June 4, 1934 (48 Stat. 836). SEC. 104. The "present" mean high-water mark shall be construed as the mean high-water mark existing on the effective date of this Act. [59 STAT.

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