The title to all that parcel of land lying between the west boundary of West Virginia Avenue, as said avenue was laid on July 1, 1916, with a width of 66 feet, and the east boundary of the grounds of Gallaudet University, said parcel of land fronting on Florida Avenue about ten and one-half feet and containing one-tenth of an acre, more or less, and being formerly part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad right-of-way, shall be vested in Gallaudet University, United States of America, trustee, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue a patent for the said parcel of land to the said Gallaudet College.
(July 1, 1916, 39 Stat. 310, ch. 209.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 31-1802.
1973 Ed., § 31-1021.
References in Text“Gallaudet University” was substituted for “Gallaudet College” pursuant to § 38-2401.01. “Gallaudet College” had previously been substituted for “the Columbia Institution for the Deaf” throughout this section, pursuant to former § 38-2305.
Editor's NotesAdjustment of boundaries: See Act of August 3, 1939, 53 Stat. 1179, ch. 414,§§ 1 to 3.