An Act to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey certain land in Prince Georges County, Md., to the American National Red Cross.
PL 88-179 (S.876), enacted 11/13/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-180-NOV. 19, 1963 
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Public Law 88-179 
AN ACT 
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November 13, 1963 
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey certain land in 
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Prince Georges County, Maryland, to the American National Red Cross. 
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, should such 
American Na-
land become surplus property pursuant to the Federal Property and *'°(^o^nveylice°^^' 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, the Administrator 
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of General Services is authorized to convey, within a period of two 
years following the date of enactment of this Act, not to exceed two 
and one-half acres of land located at the northeast comer of the 
intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and Sunnyside Road in Prince 
Georges County, Maryland, to the American National Red Cross upon 
the payment to the United States of the fair market value of the 
property as determined by the Administrator: Provided^ That the 
instrument of conveyance authorized by this Act shall provide that 
upon determination by the Administrator of General Services that 
the American National Red Cross has failed to begin construction of 
a chapter house on said property within two years after the conveyance 
or to complete construction thereof within a reasonable time after such 
construction has begun, all right, title, and interest to the property 
shall revert to the United States in the then existing condition of that 
property, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized upon such 
reverter to pay from the general funds of the Treasury to the American 
National Red Cross the amount, without interest and less any damage 
to the land as determined by the Administrator, paid by the American 
National Red Cross to the United States for such property. 
SEC. 2. The cost of any survey required in connection with the 
conveyance of this property shall be at the expense of the American 
National Red Cross. 
Approved November 13, 1963. ' 
Public Law 88-180 
A N A C T 
November 19, 1963 
To authorize the government of the Virgin Islands to issue general obligation 
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bonds. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subsection 
(b) of section 8 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, 
as amended (68 Stat. 497, 500; 48 U.S.C. 1574(b)), is redesignated 
as paragraph (i) of such subsection (b), and is amended by deleting 
the last sentence thereof and by striking out the word "subsection'-
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "paragraph (i)". 
(b) Subsection (b) is further amended by adding the following 
new paragraph (ii) : 
"(ii)(A) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph (ii), the 
legislature of the government of the Virgin Islands may cause to be 
issued such negotiable general obligation bonds or other evidence of 
indebtedness as it may deem necessary and advisable to construct, 
improve, extend, better, repair, reconstruct, acquire, and equip hos-
pitals, schools, libraries, gymnasia, athletic fields, sewers, sewage-
disposal plants, and water systems: Provided^ That no public indebt-
edness of the Virgin Islands shall be incurred in excess of 10 per 
centum of the aggregate assessed valuation of the taxable real prop-
erty in the Virgin Islands. 
Bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph 
Virgin Islands. 
Bonds.