Public Law 72–180

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to close upper Water Street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third Streets, northwest, lying north of Potomac Park and south of square 62: Provided, That the consent in writing of the owners of three-fourths

Provisos.

Consent of property owners to be obtained.

of all private property on the south side of square 62 is first had and obtained; and upon the closing of said street between the limits named the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to transfer the land contained in the bed of said street to the Director

Part transferred to park system.

of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, as part of the park system of the District of Columbia: Provided further,

Maintenance of existing sewers.

That the said commissioners be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter upon said closed area at all times for the purpose of maintenance and repair of all existing sewers and sewer appurtenances.

Sec. 2.

The Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the

Adjacent area transferred to American Pharmaceutical Association.

National Capital is authorized to transfer to the American Pharmaceutical Association such an area adjacent to the land owned by the said association, as shall be agreed upon between the association and the two commissions hereinafter named, so that the location and the

Location and setting of building to conform to plan of Fine Arts Commission.

setting of the association’s building will conform to the plan prepared by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts for the treatment of that area, and in the construction of said building the said

Sewer protection.

association shall take such steps as are necessary to insure the safety of existing sewers and sewer appurtenances: Provided, That the

Provisos.

Land of the Association in exchange.

American Pharmaceutical Association agrees, contemporaneously with the above transfer to it, to transfer to the United States of America title to a strip of land owned by said association seventeen feet in depth along Twenty-third Street, for the purpose of widening said street as an approach to the Lincoln Memorial: Provided

Approval of building design.

further, That the design of the said association’s building shall be such as to be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts, and its use shall be limited to organizations and institutions serving

Restriction on use.

American pharmacy on a nonprofit basis.