Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-09-04

VS.. 54.723 ACRES OF
LAND IN MONTGOMERY COUN-
TY, MARYLAND, AND EQUIT-
ABLE LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY. EFT AL. Defendants and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Petitioner VS.. 16.64483 ACRES OF
LAND IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, EFT AL. Defendants.
CIVIL NO. 2519 and CIVIL NO..
3051. IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND.
NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION
l hereby give notice, pursuant to
the Order of the Honorable w. Cal
vim Chestnut, United States Dis
trict Judge, entered in these pro-
ceedings on the 22nd day of Aug
ust, 1947, to the following defend
ants named in the petitions for
condemnation filed herein, to wit:
Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany, VIM. B. Griffith, J. w. Nc
Clurg, County of Montgomery, and
the State of Maryland, to all nom
resident and unknown defendants,
and to any and all of the unknown
owners, tenants, occupants, claim
ants, and other persons interested
in the land and improvements pro-
posed to be condemned in these
proceedings, and any and all of the
unknown heirs, spouses, alienees,
devfsees, claimants, executors, adj
illustrators, assigns, or persons
claiming in the said land and i'm
provements; That the petitions for
Condemnation were filed in the
above entitled causes in the United
States District Court for the Dis
trict of Maryland on March %,
1916 and May "a, 1916, respective
ly, by Wilmer H. Driver, Special
Assistant to the Attorney General,
and Hollis Atkinson, Special At
torney, Department of Justice, and
that said condemnation proceedings
are now pending. further give
notice to all such parties as may
be interested in the land and inn
proyements sought to be con-
demned therein, or any part there
of, to come forward on or be-
fore the 9th day of October, 1947,
and file their objections, if any
they have, to the proposed con-
demnation of said land in fee sim
pie, subject only to existing pub
lie utility easements, as to the
land involved in Civil proceeding
No. 2519, and in fee simple as to
the land involved in Civil proceed
ing No. 3051; and to set forth
their several ownerships, claims,
interests, titles, estates, rights, or
liens, if any, and that they will be
adjudicated and forever determined
by these proceedings, and that the
final award for said lands, when
paid into the Registry of this
Court, will be disposed of as the
Court may direct in these pro-
ceedings. The said petitions for
condemnation recite that pursuant
to certain Acts of Congress, the
Secretary of the Navy as to Civil
No. 2519 and the Acting Execu-
tive Officer of the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion, as to Civil No. 3051, by direc-
ton of the Commission and pur-
suant to it's resolution are author
lied to acquire on behalf of the
United States the land hereinafter
described for public purposes to
wit: as an addition to the David
w. Taylor Model Basin, Carde-
rock, Maryland, as to Civil No.
2519, and for the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway extend
ing along the shore of the Po-
tomac River from the boundary of
the District of Columbia to
point above the Great Falls on the
Maryland side, as to Civil No.
3051, and for other public uses.
That money appropriated for the
purpose and under the terms of
such Acts of Congress has been
allocated to the Navy Department
and the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission respec-
lively for the acquisition of said
land; that under and by virtue of
the provisions of the Act of Con-
gress approved March 81, 1912
Public Law 507, 18th Congress)
as amended by the Act of Con-
gress approved December 20, 1914
Public Law SOC, 10th Congress),
the Act of Congress approved
June %, 1914 public Law BAT,
18th Congress), which Act appro-
priated funds for the Navy De-
partment for such purpose; and
the Act of Congress approved May
20, 1880 GAG Stat. 482) which Act
authorized and directed the acqui-
sition Of land for the George
Washington Memorial Parkway,
the Act of August 1, 1888 (25 Stat.
357), the Act Of February 26, 1881
(46 Stat. 1421), and acts supple
mentary thereto and an1endatory
thereof, and the Act Of Congress
approved April s, 1941 (55 Stat.
115), which act appropriated funds
for the George Washington Me
mortal Parkway, and all other acts
or parts Of acts supplementary to
or amendatory Of the said acts,
the Navy Department and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission have been designated
as the acquiring authorities for
these purposes on behalf Of the
United States, and that pursuant
to law have ascertained that the
hereinafter described land is neces-
sary for said public purposes as
aforesaid; that title TO said land
should be acquired by condemna-
ton under judicial process, and
they have accordingly applied to