An Act to cancel a deed of trust to the United States from the predecessor in name of Gallaudet College and any evidences of indebtedness related to the same transaction, to quiet the colleges title to property belonging to it, and for other purposes
PL 86-776 (H.R.12699), enacted 09/13/1960

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within the authorized boundaries of the Shenandoah National Park, 
said land fronting on United States Highway Numbered 211 and being 
more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at park monument H-8, thence with the park boundary 
line the following courses and distances: north 51 degrees 57 minutes, 
east 2,242.0 feet to park monument H-9; south 26 degrees 40 minutes, 
east 51.0 feet to park monument H-10; south 32 degrees 40 minutes, 
east 340.0 feet to park monument H-11; south 11 degrees 35 minutes, 
east 190.0 feet to park monument H-12; south 41 degrees 26 minutes, 
east 329.0 feet to park monument H-13; thence crossing Pass Run 
south 57 degrees 00 minutes 36 seconds, west 1,871.32 feet to a marked 
white oak tree near the northeast edge of the fire road on top of Piney 
Mountain, thence north 58 degrees 36 minutes, west 771.16 feet to the 
point of beginning. 
In exchange for the aforesaid land the Secretary is authorized to 
convey on the basis of approximately equal values a parcel of park 
land containing approximately 38.58 acres, being more particularly 
described as follows: 
Beginning at park monument P-153, a point in the center of Route 
666, Virginia Department of Highways, thence with the park bound-
ary line the following courses and distances: north 66 degrees 27 
minutes, west 345.0 feet to park monument P-152; north 41 degrees 
08 minutes, east 705.0 feet to park monument P-151; north 63 degrees 
01 minutes, west 302.0 feet to park monument P-150; north 30 degrees 
38 minutes, east 1,110.0 feet to park monument P-149; south 74 degrees 
36 minutes, east 443.0 feet to park monument P-148; north 41 degrees 
33 minutes, east 109.0 feet to park monument P-147; south 69 degrees 
50 minutes, east 668.0 feet to the center of the said Route 666; thence 
leaving the courses of the park boundary line and following the aline-
ment of said Route 666 for the following courses and distances; south 
36 degrees 26 minutes, west 436.0 feet; south 33 degrees 45 minutes, 
west 398.0 feet; south 29 degrees 39 minutes, west 388.0 feet; south 13 
degrees, 55 minutes, west 100.0 feet; south 04 degrees 16 minutes, west 
70.0 feet; south 32 degrees 37 minutes, west 49.0 feet; north 89 degrees 
45 minutes, west 43.0 feet; north 66 degrees 43 minutes, west 50.0 feet; 
Inorth 89 degrees 26 minutes, west 100.0 feet; north 73 degrees 39 
minutes, west 78.0 feet; north 84 degrees 11 minutes, west 45.0 feet; 
•south 72 degrees 08 minutes, west 100.0 feet; south 43 degrees 17 
minutes, west 50.0 feet; south 30 degrees 57 minutes, west 73.0 feet; 
south 47 degrees 22 minutes, west 70.0 feet; south 65 degrees 32 
minutes, west 68.0 feet; south 80 degrees 05 minutes, west 130.0 feet; 
south 51 degrees 40 minutes, west 118.0 feet; south 66 degrees 51 
minutes, west 36.0 feet; to the point of beginning. 
Approved September 13, 1960. 
September 13,1960 
[H. R. 12699] 
Gallaudet c o 1-
lege. 
Deed of trust. 
Public Law 86-776 
AN ACT 
To cancel a deed of trust to the United States from the predecessor in name of 
Gallaudet College and any evidences of indebtedness related to the same 
transaction, to quiet the college's title to property belonging to it, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it emacted hy the Senate and Rouse of Rem-esentatives 
of the 
United States of ATuerica in Congress assembled^ That (a) as used 
in this Act, 'the term "Institution" means the Columbia Institution for 
the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (also known as Columbia 
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Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and, later, as the Cohimbia Insti-
tution for the Deaf), which was continued as a body corporate under 
the name of Gallaudet College by the Act approved June 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 265, Public Law 420, 83d Cong. ch. 324). 
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(b) All property conveyed by the Institution to the United States, 
as trustee, pursuant to certain provisos under the heading "Columbia 
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb" in the Act of June 10,1872, Forty-
second Congress, second session (17 Stat. L. 347, at 360), by deed dated 
June 20,1872, and recorded in liber 752, folio 272, of the land records 
for the District of Columbia, and all property otherwise made subject 
to such deed of trust, is hereby given, granted, remised, released, and 
quitclaimed unto Gallaudet College, free and clear of any trust, lien, 
encumbrance, or indebtedness arising out of said deed or under the 
said Act of June 10, 1872, and the college is forever discharged from 
the obligation of repayment, to the United States, of the sum referred 
to in said Act and in said deed, or in any note or other evidence of 
indebtedness executed in connection therewith. 
SEC. 2. The said deed, and any note or other evidence of indebted-
ness executed in connection therewith, and all original papers with 
respect thereto, shall be delivered by the Administrator of General 
Services (or any other officer of the United States having custody 
thereof) to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (or his 
designee) and shall by the Secretary (or his designee) be canceled 
and returned to Gallaudet College for its historical records. 
SEC. 3. Section 9(a) of the said Act of June 18, 1954 (repealing p,^e.^iwo2Y°**^ 
various statutes), is amended by inserting, immediately after the 
second paragraph following the first colon, the following new para-
graph : 
"The first and second provisos at the end of the third paragraph 
under the heading 'Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb' in 
the Act approved June 10, 1872, chapter 415, volume 17, Statutes 
at Large, page 347, which appear at page 360 and read as follows: 
''Provided^ That before the expenditure of any part of this appro-
priation, by proper deeds of conveyance, to be approved by the At-
torney General of the United States, all the real estate now owned 
by the said Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb shall be 
vested in the United States, as trustee, for the sole use and purpose 
provided in the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Columbia 
Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind," ap-
proved February 16, 1857, and the several Acts amendatory thereof: 
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Provided^ That, whenever Congress shall so determine, any part of 
said estate may be sold, and so much of the proceeds thereof as shall 
be needful for the purpose shall be applied to reimburse the United 
States for the expenditure herein provided.' ". 
SEC. 4. (a) Subsection (a) of section 3 of the said Act of June 18, 
1954, is amended by inserting at the beginning of such subsection, im- yR'^^' 
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mediately before "Gallaudet College", the following: "Subject to the 
provisions of subsection (b),". 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1954, 
is amended by inserting "real" immediately before "property" and 
by striking out "the United States, as trustee, for the sole use of". 
SEC. 5. All Acts in conflict with this Act are repealed. 
Approved September 13, 1960.