An Act to authorize an exchange of lands at Acadia National Park, Maine
PL 90-262 (S.269), enacted 03/04/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-262-MAR. 4, 1968 
[82 STAT, 
Public Law 90-262 
March 4, 1968 
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To authorize an exchange of lands at Acadia National Park, Maine. 
Acadia National 
Park, Maine 
Be if enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
LandTxchange. of the Interior may, in his discretion, accept title to certain land in the 
town of Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, held by the Jackson 
Laboratory, a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the 
laws of the State of Maine, said land being more particularly described 
as follows: 
Beginning at a stone bound set in the ground in the southerly side 
of State Highway Numbered 3 leading from Bar Harbor to Seal Har-
bor, said stone bound also marking the northeasterly corner of land of 
the United States of America and the northwesterly corner of land of 
the Jackson Laboratory; 
thence north 72 degrees 58 minutes east and following the 
southerly side of State Highway Numbered 3, 80 feet to a stone 
bound set in the ground; 
thence south 32 degrees 13 minutes east 762.5 feet to an iron 
pin set in the ledge; 
thence north 88 degrees 16 minutes east 270.54 feet to a stone 
bound set in the ground in the southerly side of the old Morrell 
Park Racetrack; 
thence north 61 degrees 56 minutes east 673.2 feet to an iron 
pipe driven in the ground, said iron pipe also being in a north-
westerly line of land of the United States of America; 
thence south 24 degrees 30 minutes west and always following 
a northwesterly line of land of the United States of America, 
149 feet to an iron pipe driven in the ground; 
thence south 64 degrees 05 minutes west and always following 
a northwesterly line of land of the United States of America, 
577 feet to a stone bound set in the ground; 
thence south 78 degrees 50 minutes west and always following 
a northerly line of land of the United States of America, 115 
feet to an iron pin in a large boulder; 
thence north 84 degrees 00 minutes west and always following 
a northerly line of land of the United States of America, 357 
feet to an iron pin in the ledge; 
thence north 22 degrees 40 minutes west and always following 
a northeasterly line of land of the United States of America, 460 
feet to an iron pin in the ledge; 
thence north 14 degrees 05 minutes west and always following 
an easterly line of land of the United States of America, 281.7 
feet to the point of beginning, and containing 4.828 acres. 
Said land, upon acceptance of title thereto, shall become a part of the 
Acadia National Park. 
SEC. 2. In exchange for the conveyance to the United States of the 
land described in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may convey to the Jackson Laboratory all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to the following described land in the town of 
Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, more particularly described as 
follows: 
Beginning at a stone bound set in the ground in the southeasterly side 
line of State Highway Numbered 3 leading from Bar Harbor to Seal 
Harbor, said stone lK)und marking the northeasterly corner of lot 
formerly belonging to the trustees of Louise D. Morrell, now owned by 
the Jackson Laboratory; said stone bound also marking the north-
westerly corner of land belonging to the United States of America; 
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thence in a northeasterly direction but always following the 
southeasterly side line of State Highway Numbered 3, 31.0 feet to 
a point which marks the northwesterly corner of land belonging to 
the Jackson Laboratory; 
thence south 23 degrees 40 minutes east and always following a 
southwesterly line of land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 
603 feet, more or less, to a point in the old road originally leading 
to the Bear Brook Campground; 
thence south 71 degrees 04 minutes east 20 feet, more or less, to a 
stone bound set in the ground in a southwesterly line of land 
belonging to the Jackson Laboratory; 
thence following the same course; namely, south 71 degrees 
04 minutes east and always following a southwesterly line of land 
belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 183.2 feet to a stone bound 
set in the ground; 
thence north 84 degrees 46 minutes east and always following 
a southeasterly line of land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 
89.9 feet to a stone bound set in the ground in the northwesterly 
side of an old crossroad leading from the old Campground Road 
to State Highway Numbered 3; 
thence north 23 degrees 16 minutes east and following a south-
easterly line of land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 160.0 
feet to an angle in said line; 
thence north 9 degrees 16 minutes east and following a south-
easterly line of land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 79 
feet to an angle point in said line; 
thence north 20 degrees 31 minutes east and following a south-
easterly line of land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 445 
feet to a stone bound set in the ground; 
thence following the same course; namely, north 20 degrees 31 
minutes east and following a southeasterly line of land belonging 
to the Jackson Laboratory, 888.38 feet to a stone bound set in the 
ground; said stone bound marking the northeasterly corner of 
land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory and the southeasterly 
corner of a lot of land belonging to the United States of America; 
thence in a general easterly direction 38 feet more or less to a 
point in the westerly side Ime of the Schooner Head Road so 
called; 
thence in a general southerly direction and always following 
the westerly side line of the Schooner Head Road, 202 feet more 
or less to a stone bound set in the ground; 
thence south 20 degrees 31 minutes west across the land of the 
United States of America, 1,164 feet to a point in said line, said 
last described line being 100 feet distant from and parallel with the 
southeasterly line of land of the Jackson Laboratory; 
thence following the same course; namely, south 20 degrees 31 
minutes west across the land belonging to the United States 
of America, 137.3 feet to a stone bound set in the ground; 
thence south 61 degrees 56 minutes west across the land 
belonging to the United States of America, 617.6 feet to an iron 
pipe driven in the ground, said iron pipe being in a southeasterly 
line of land formerly belonging to the trustees of Louise D. Morrell 
and now belonging to the Jackson Laboratory; 
thence north 24 degrees 30 minutes east and following a south-
easterly line of last mentioned land, 277 feet to an iron pipe driven 
in the ground; 
thence following an easterly line of land belonging to the Jack-
son Laboratory along a curve to the left, 111 feet, the radius of 
said curve being 373 feet; 
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thence north 23 degrees 40 minutes west and always following a 
northeasterly line of land belonging to the Jackson Laboratory, 
said land belonging formerly to the trustees of Louise D. Morrell, 
492 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 4.632 acres. 
The conveyance of title to the lands described in this section shall elimi-
nate them from the Acadia National Park. 
Approved March 4, 1968. 
Public Law 90-263 
March 11, 1968 
AN ACT 
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To provide that a judgment or decree of the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia shall not constitute a lien until filed and recorded in the 
office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes'. 
D.Cj recording 
of liens. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen-
tence of subsection (a) of section 15-101 of the District of Columbia 
o J I ^*°V,ti^' 
Code is amended to read as follows: 
80 Stst 1 1 77 
"Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, every final 
judgment or final decree for the payment of money rendered in the— 
" (1) United States District Court for the District of Columbia; 
or 
" (2) District of Columbia Court of General Sessions— 
when filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the 
District of Columbia, is enforceable, by execution issued thereon, for 
the period of twelve years only from the date when an execution might 
first be issued thereon, or from the date of the last order of revival 
thereof." 
SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (a) of section 15-102 of the District of 
Columbia Code is amended to read as follows: 
«(a) Each— 
"(1) final judgment or decree for the payment of money ren-
dered in the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia, or the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 
from the date such judgment or decree is filed and recorded in the 
office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and 
"(2) recognizance taken by the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia, or the District of Columbia Court 
of General Sessions, from the date the entry or order of forfeiture 
of such recognizance is filed and recorded in the office of the 
Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, 
shall constitute a lien on all the freehold and leasehold estates, legal 
and equitable, of the defendants bound by such judgment, decree, or 
recognizance, in any land, tenements, or hereditaments in the District 
of Columbia, whether the estates are in possession or are reversions or 
remainders, vested or contingent. Such liens on equitable interests may 
be enforced only by an action to foreclose." 
.^I.^^^V.126; 
SEC. 3. Section i5-311 of the District of Columbia Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§15-311. Property subject to levy 
"The writ of fieri facias may be levied on all goods and chattels of 
the debtor not exempt from execution, and upon money, bills, checks, 
promissory notes, or bonds, or certificates of stock in corporations 
owned by the debtor, and upon his money in the hands of the marshal 
or his deputy or other officer or person charged with the execution of 
the writ. A writ of fieri facias issued from the United States District 
80 Stat. 1178.