The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28
ACQUISITION AND TAKING OVER OF BAND BY THE
 UNITED STATES

hE(4 OlSII1ON AND 1Ah1NG OVEL1
 OF HAND BY THE
 UNITED STATES. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, John W. Aber- crombie, Acting Secretary of Labor of the United States of America, act ing for and on behalf of the Presi- dent of the United States, pursuant to an Executive Order, dated June IS, 1918, under which I am directed to have and exercise all power and au- thority conferred upon and vested in the President by the Act of Congress entitled, 'An Act to authorize the President to provide Housing for War Needs" approved May 16, 1918, and by the Act of Congress entitled, "An Act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in ap propriatiohs for the fiscal year end~ ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, on account of War Ex- penses and for other purposes" ap proved June 4, 1918, insofar as the same relates to Housing for War Needs" for the purposes therein ex- pressed and subject to the provisions of the said Acts as to just compensa- tion and otherwise, do hereby, as Of noon of the ninth day of September, 1918, and for and on behalf of the United States, requisition and take immediate possession of and title to all that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and inn provements thereon, hereinafter more particularly described, together with all rights, rights of way, easements, %NY1- ances and, or hereditaments apper- taining or belonging to or enjoyed by it, or to which 1t may be subject, and all and every estate, right, title and interest therein, whether in whole or in part, whether vested or contingent, whether in fee simple or for a lesser estate, whether in posses sion or by way of reversion or re- mainder, whether conditional or ab- solute, whether at law or in equity, to the end and intent that the United States of America shall be seized and possessed of an estate in fee simple in said land, free and clear of all en- cumbrances, restrictions, limitations and, or servitudes therein. The land so requisitioned is situated in the Town of Fairfield and State of Con- necticut, and is bounded and describ- ed as follows: Beginning at a point in the north line of Grasmere Avenue 250' east of the east line of Ash Street; thence easterly in said north line of said Grasmere Avenue 50' to a point; thence northerly at right angles to the north line of said Grasmere Ave nue 134' plus or minus to Ash Creek; thence westerly 52' more or less, to a point in the line of a line drawn at right angles to the north line of Gras- mere Avenue through the point of be- ginning, which point is distant 113' plus or minus, northerly from the north line of said Grasmere Avenue ! thence southerly in line perpendicu- lar to the north line of said Grasmere Avenue 113', more or less, to the point | of beginning.
 All occupants of the premises re- quisitioned and taken shall remove therefrom within ten days from the date of requisition.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal thi! sixth day of September, 1918.
 (Signed)
 l JOHN w. ABERCROMBlE, | (SeaD 1 Acting Secretary of Labor. District of Columbia, ss.,
 City of Washington.
 September 6, 1918.
 Personally appeared John W. Aber crombie, signer and sealer of thu within and foregoing instrument, wht acknowledged the same to be his fre' act and deed, before me.
 | RAYMOND F. CREST,
 Notary Public. (SeaD My commission expires November 1918.
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, tha I, John W. Abercrombie, Acting Sec retary of Labor of the United State of America, am authorized by law t determine and make just compensa tion for the above described property , to the person or persons entitled t receive the same. For the purpos } of such determination, hearings, 0 which due notice will be given, vii be held at Bridgeport in the State o Connecticut at which any persol deeming himself so entitled may b heard in person, and by witness, 0 otherwise may introduce evidenc bearing on tho validity and, or valu of his claim. Until the date of sucl notice, any such person may presen any such evidence in writing. dul sworn, to the Director of Compensa ton for Bridgeport, Connection Care of Bureau of Industrial Hous . ing and Transportation, at SIS Street, N. w. in the City of Washing ton, D. C., such written evidence be ing in addition to and not in bar o testimony at any hearings to be hel | hereafter.
 (Signed)
 JOHN W. ABERCROMBIE,
 (SeaD
 Acting Secretary of Labor. l LI.A-.I! OII I OH csIE!I c!