86 STAT.]
PUBLIC LAW 9 2 - 4 9 1 - O C T. 13, 1972
809
Public Law 92-491 AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of certain real property in the District of Columbia to the National Flreflghting Museum and Center for Fire Prevention, Incorporated.
October 13, 1972
[H. R. 2895]—
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- ^^^.- ^^ ^^^^^ sioner of the District of Columbia (hereafter in this Act referred to fighungMuseLm as the "Commissioner") shall convey (in accordance with section 2 and center for of this Act) to the National Firefighting Museum and Center for Fire iZ^, P^«vention, Prevention, Incorporated, a corporation organized under the District Land conveyof Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act, all right, title, and interest ^"yStat. 265. of the District of Columbia in and to the real property described in D.C. code 29section 3 of this Act. For purposes of this Actj the term "corporation" ^°°^means the corporation described in this section, and the term "real property" means the real property described in section 3 of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The Commissioner shall not make the conveyance ' provided for in the first section of this Act until the Corporation has provided reasonable assurances satisfactory to the Commissioner ., _ "l;,'^' ' that— (1) adequate financial support will be available to the Corporation to restore and maintain the real property for the purposes set forth in clause (1) of subsection (b) of this section; and (2) a sufficient amount of apparatus, equipment, and other artifacts relating to firefighting will be available to provide a suitable display on the real property. (b) The conveyance provided for in the first section of this Act shall be made witnout the payment of monetary consideration by the Corporation. Such conveyance shall be made subject to the following: (1) The Corporation shall use the real property (A) for the purposes of the Corporation stated in its articles of incorporation and bylaws as of February 28, 1969, and (B) for the purpose of maintaining and displaying such apparatus, equipment, or other artifacts relating to firefighting as may be loaned or otherwise transferred to the Corporation by the District of Columbia or the United States . ^ i.<••-, or other sources acceptable to the Corporation for display on the real property. (2) If the real property shall ever cease to be used for such purposes, or if the corporation is unable prior to the expiration of the five year period immediately following the date of enactment of this Act to obtain adequate financial support to restore such property and equipment for display, all right, title, and interest in and to the real property shall, at the option of the Commissioner, revert to and become the property of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia shall nave the immediate right of entry thereon. SEC. 3. The real property referred to in the first section of this Act is part of Record Lot 47 in Square 1200 and is more particularly .n^ je v 51 ? described as follows: Beginning for the same at a point on the south line of M Street, said point of beginning being 127.50 feet west of the west line of Wisconsin Avenue; and running thence east along the south line of M Street 38.38 leet to the centerline of the west wall of the premises 3208 M Street Northwest; thence in a southerly direction along the centerline of said wall and a continuation thereof 90.0 feet;
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