An Act to provide for the exchange of certain lands owned by the United States of America for certain privately owned lands
PL 82-184 (S.1450), enacted 10/20/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 184—OCT. 20, 1951 
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63 Stat. 4. 
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2U. S. C. §31b. 
60 Stat. 850. 
2U. S. C. §31a. 
(b) EXPENSE AXLOWANCE OF THE VICE PREsroENT.—Section HI of 
title 3 of the United States Code is amended by striking out "for which 
no tax liability shall occur or accounting be made by him" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "for which no accounting, other than for income tax 
purposes, shall be made by him". 
(c) EXPENSE AULOWANCE OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OP 
REPRESENTATFVES.—Subsection (e) of the first section of the Act 
entitled "An Act to increase rates of compensation of the President, 
Vice President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives", 
approved January 19,1949 (Public Law 2,81st Congress), is amended 
by striking out "for which no tax liability shall occur or accounting 
be made by him" and inserting in lieu thereof "for which no account-
ing, other than for income tax purposes, shall be made by him". 
(d) 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Section 601 
(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 is amended by 
striking out "for which no tax liability shall incur, or accounting be 
made" and inserting in lieu thereof "for which no accounting, other 
than for income tax purposes, shall be made". 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.—^The amendments made by subsections (a) 
and (b) of this section shall become effective at noon on January 20, 
1953, and the amendments made by subsections (c) and (d) shall 
become effective at noon on January 3,1953. 
Approved October 20, 1951, 2:07 p. m., E.S.T. 
October 20,1951 
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Public Law 184 
CHAPTER 
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AN ACT 
To provide for the exchange of certain lands owned by the United States of 
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America for certain privately owned lands. 
Be it eTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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^ C^nxi^efi? States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to 
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f certain adjust the boundary of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in 
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connection with plans for providing a park-like treatment at the 
entrance to Georgetown, and in connection with the future widening 
of Pennsylvania Avenue, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to accept on behalf of and without cost to the United States of 
America, from the owner thereof, unencumbered fee-simple title to the 
following-described parcel of land situated in the District of Columbia 
and more particularly described as follows: 
Part of lot 14, square 1194, as per plat recorded in the Office of the 
Surveyor of the District of Columbia in book 29, page 72, described 
as follows: 
Beginning for the same at the intersection of the easterly line of 
Twenty-eighth Street and the south line of M Street, said point of 
beginning being also the northwest corner of said lot 14; thence along 
the south line of M Street east seventy and ninety-five one-hundredths 
feet to the northeast corner of said lot 14; thence in a southwesterly 
direction along the arc of the circle, the radius of which is two hundred 
and no tenths feet, deflecting to the right an arc distance of seventy-
one and two one-hundredths feet to the northerly line of Pennsylvania 
Avenue; thence along said northerly line of Pennsylvania Avenue 
north sixty-five degrees twenty minutes west forty-four and fifty one-
hundredths feet to the easterly line of Twenty-eighth Street and the 
southwest corner of said lot 14; thence along said easterly line of 
Twenty-eighth Street north no degrees three minutes west forty-five 
and seventeen one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning, contain-
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ing three thousand three hundred twenty-two and forty-three one-
hundredths square feet. 
And upon acceptance of such title to such parcel of land, the Secre-
tary of the Interior, acting for and on behalf of the United States 
of America, is authorized and directed to convey, without cost to 
the United States of America, to the grantor of the above-described 
tract of land, all right, title, and interest of the United States of 
America in and to the following-described tract of land owned by 
the United States of America and located in the District of Columbia, 
more particularly described as follows: 
Parts of lots 9 and 10, square 1194, as per plat recorded in the Office 
of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia in Book G. T. 2, at page 
23, described as follows: 
Beginning for the same at a point on the south line of M Street, 
said point of beginning being the northwest comer of lot 9 and running 
thence along the south line of M Street east thirty-nine and fifty-five 
one-hundredths feet to the northeast corner of lot 10; thence along 
the east line of said lot 10 south twenty-four feet; thence south twenty-
eight degrees sixteen minutes fifty seconds west eighty-three and 
forty-seven one-hundredths feet to a point in the northerly line of 
Pennsylvania Avenue, said point being the southwest comer of said 
lot 9; thence along the west line of said lot 9 north ninety-seven and 
fifty-one one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning, containing 
two thousand four hundred two and eighty-six one-hundredths square 
feet. 
The deeds of conveyance from the United States of America shall 
contain such conditions, covenants, or restrictions as the Secretary of 
the Interior, after consultation with the National Capital Park and 
Planning Commission, shall see fit to impose in connection with the 
future widening of Pennsylvania Avenue. 
All land descriptions set forth in this Act are in accordance with a 
plat of computation recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the 
District of Columbia in survey book 161, page 309. 
Approved October 20, 1951. 
Deeds of convey-
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CHAPTER 523 
AN ACT 
To provide for the sale, transfer, or quitclaim of title to certain lands in Florida. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall, as soon as reasonably possible, make an investi-
gation to determine whether or not certain lands between the shore line 
of the Gulf of Mexico and township G south, range 12 west, Tallahassee 
meridian, Florida, as represented on the official plat approved in 
April 1834 are unsurveyed public lands. The Secretary shall promptly 
notify all interested persons of his determination in such manner as 
he may find appropriate. 
SEC. 2. If the Secretary finds any such unsurveyed public lands, he 
shall cause them to be surveyed. If such lands have not been appro-
priated under the public-land laws, the Secretary shall appraise such 
lands and oifer them for sale for a period of thirty days at their 
appraised price to the owners of the adjoining uplands in such 
township. 
SEC. 3. If the Secretary determines that the areas investigated under 
this Act are not unsurveyed public lands, he shall, upon request of 
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Florida. 
Sale, etc., of certaui 
lands.