Volume 29 · 129
Public Law 54–215
To authorize the sale of the title of the United States in lot five, square eleven hundred and thirteen, in the city of Washington.
Approved May 21, 1896
Statutory text
An Act
To authorize the sale of the title of the United States in lot five, square eleven hundred and thirteen, in the city of Washington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
District of Columbia.
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Interior
Sale of lot to Frank D. Orme.
be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to grant and convey unto Frank D. Orme, of the city of Washington, and his heirs and FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 215–218. 1896. assigns, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain lot of land in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, known upon the plat or plan of said city as lot numbered five, in square eleven hundred and thirteen, upon the payment by the said Frank D. Orme into the Treasury of the United States of the sum of one thousand dollars, the assessed value of the said lot: Provided, That
Proviso.
Taxes, etc.
before the said conveyance is made the said Frank D. Orme shall satisfy the Secretary of the Interior that all taxes and assessments against such lot have been paid.
Approved, May 21, 1896.