Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-10
PROPOSED CITY OF LINCOLN,
Bill Introduced Providing for Retro
cessiOn of Part Of Alexandria County.

Bill Introduced Providing for Retro.
cessfOn of Part OF Alexandria County
Mr.. Morgan has introduced in the House
by request, a bill Oh. r. 1862 to proyids
for restoring to national Jurisdiction a part
of that portion of the original District OF
Columbia which lies south of the Potomac
river: for founding a city to be called the
City of Lincoln; and for establishing an in,
stitution of learning to be known as Wash.
ington and Lincoln Memorial University.
The bill authorizes the acceptance of the
cession of portion of Alexandria county
Va, to be known hereafter as Lincoln
county, d. c. The Secretary of the In
terror shall appoint five persons of well.
Judgment to be land commissioners, TO be
Known as the land commission of the
county Of Lincoln, IN the District of CO.
lum bia."
This commission shall proceed to ACQUIRE
all the land in the new county, by purchase
or through proceedings of expropriation by
the right of eminent domain, to be vest ed
forever in the United States, in trust for
the city of Lincoln and for Washington and
Lincoln Memorial University.
Bonds of the United States shall be issued
IN sum sufficient TO pay the expenses OF
the project
The President shall then appoint a board
OF five directors of THE Trust of Wash
ington and Lincoln" The board shall set
apart and reserve forever tract of land
to contain not less than 100 or more than
1000 acres, for the exclusive use of and
exclusive occupancy by an institution of
learning to be called Washington and Lin
coin Memorial University. The trust lands
shall be leased, and the proceeds placed in
keeping Of the treasurer of the United
states. There shall be created a commits
sion TO be known as the foundation com
mission OF the City of Lincoln consisting
of the Secretary of War. the Secretary OF
the Interior. the Secretary of Agriculture
the superintendent of the coast and geo.
army. the architect of the Capitol, the
superintendent of the National Botanic
Garden, the president Of the National Geo
graphic Society. the president of the So
ciety of American Artists. the director of
the trust of Washingt IN and Lincoln, and
Fifteen other citizens If the United States
This commission shall prepare a plan of a
city to be located in Lincoln county, to be
Known as the City of Lincoln,
There shall be created also q commission
to be known as the university organization
commission. of which the following per
sons shall be members. namely: The chief
justice Of the Supreme Court, the Secretary
of State. the Attorney General. the commits
s.Oner of education. the secretary of the
Smithsonian institution, the Astronomical al
director of the naval observatory, the
director of the geological survey, the libra
rian of Congress. the director of the Maui
teal Almanac, the chief of the bureau OF
steam engineering of the navy, the chair
man of the National University commit lee
of one hundred, the president of the Ma
tiCnal Academy of Science, the president of
the American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, the president Of the Ma
tional Educational Association and twenty,
one other citizens of the United States en.i
nent for ripe scholarship. This commission
shall prepare a plan for the Washington
and Lincoln Memorial University,
The bill was referred to the District COM
mittee.