Public Law 87–458

That in order

Antietam National Battlefield site.

Exchange of certain lands.

to effect changes in land ownership made necessary by the widening and relocation of Maryland State Route 34 at Antietam National Battlefield site, the Secretary of the Interior may accept for the United States title to the following described lands, or interests in lands:

Beginning at the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line of Maryland Route Numbered 34 leading from Sharpsburg to Boonsboro with the northerly right-of-way line of the relocation of Richardson Avenue said point of intersection being 34.00 feet measured radially from station 17 + 00 of the base line of right-of-way as said base line of right-of-way is delineated on State Roads Commission’s plat numbered 16968, Thence binding along the aforementioned northerly right-of-way line of Richardson Avenue the two following course and distances, namely: north 38 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds east, 71.78 feet and north 69 degrees 10 minutes 55 seconds east, 333.04 feet to intersect the westerly right-of-way line of Richardson Avenue, Thence binding thereon south 12 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds west, 31.12 feet to intersect the base line of right-of-way of the relocation of Richardson Avenue at station 3+33.73, Thence continuing along the aforementioned westerly right-of-way line of Richardson Avenue south 12 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds west, 116.03 feet to intersect the aforementioned northerly right-of-way line of Maryland Route Numbered 34, Thence binding thereon the two following courses and distances, namely: south 84 degrees 45 minutes 55 seconds west, 213.83 feet, and by a curve to the left having a radius of 5,763.58 feet for a distance of 111.84 feet, said curve being subtended by a chord south 84 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds west, 111.83 feet to the place of beginning. Said parcel containing 0.66 acre, more or less, and being a part or parts of that tract of land which was conveyed from Henry Piper to Samuel D. Piper by deed dated March 7, 1890, and recorded among land records of Washington County in liber numbered 94, folio 449.

Sec. 2.

In exchange for the conveyance of the lands described in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may convey the following described lands: An approximate 0.05-acre parcel of United States land comprising the southerly portion of Richardson Avenue located in Antietam National Battlefield site, extending from the northerly right-of-way line of the widened and relocated Maryland State Route 34 southwestward about 65 feet into the said Maryland State Route 34 right-of-way at station 20+40.