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 PUBLIC LAW 85-429-MAY 29, 1958

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Public Law 85-429 May 29, 1958 [S. 728]

S e n a t e Office Building Commls•lon. Property acquisition.

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45 Stat. 1415.

Capitol P o l i c e.

AN ACT To authorize the acquisition of certain property in square 724 in the District of Columbia for the purpose of extension of the site of the additional oflSce building for the United States Senate or for the purpose of addition to the United States Capitol Grounds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the real property contained in square 725 in the District of Columbia heretofore acquired as a site for an additional office building for the United States Senate under the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, approved June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1028), the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, is hereby authorized to acquire, on behalf of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, for purposes of extension of such site or for additions to the United States Capitol Grounds, all publicly or privately owned real property contained in lots 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 800, 801, 802, 803. 804, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, and 824, m square 724 in the District of Columbia, and the portion of the alley or alleys in such square bounded on the west by lots 87, 48, and 803, except so much of such portion as abuts lots 839 and 80: Provided, That upon the acquisition of any such real property by the Architect of the Capitol on behalf of the United States, such property shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of July 31, 1946 (60 Stat. 718). SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act and of such Act of June 25, 1948, the lots, alleys, and parts of alleys heretofore acquired in square 725, and the lots m square 724 authorized to be acquired hereunder, shall be deemed to extend to the outer face of the curbs of such squares. SEC. 3. Any proceeding for condemnation brought under this Act shall be conducted in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia for the use of the United States", approved March 1, 1929 (16 D. C. Code, secs. 619-644). SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned by the United States and contained in square 724 shall, upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, made with the approval of the Senate Office Building Commission, be transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol, and the portion of the alley or alleys authorized to be acquired hereunder shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of such Commission. SEC. 5. Upon acquisition of any real property pursuant to this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, when directed by the Senate Office Building Commission to so act, is authorized to provide for the demolition of any buildings or other structures on, or constituting a part of, such property and, pending demolition, to lease any or all of such property for such periods and under such terms and conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the United States and to provide for the maintenance and protection of such property. SEC. 6. The jurisdiction of the Capitol Police shall extend over any real property acquired under this Act, including the property in square 72^ referred to in section 2.

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