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72d CONGR ESS. SESS. I. CHS . 197, 198 . MAY 20,1932 .' Recommendation by agreed upon : Provi ded, That prior to t he consummation of any Natio nal Capit al P ark transfe r here under such p ropose d tran sfer sh all be recom mended by and Planning Com- mission .
the National Capital Park and Planning Commission :
Prov ided
Report to Congress.
further, That all such transfers and agreements shall be reported to
Congress'by the authorities concerned .
SEC. 2.
Nothin g in this Act shal l be cons trued to repeal th e provi-
sions of any existing law or laws authorizing the transfer of juris-
diction of certain lands between and among Federal and District
authorities, but all such laws sh all remain in f ull force and ef fect .
Approved, May 20, 193 2 .
Existing
laws
not
affected.
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20, 1932 .
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[Public, No . 144.]
Lenaweo
Coun ty,
Mich .
Consent
gi ven
to
name
Uni ted
State s
part y
defendant
in
clearing title, etc ., to
certain lands in.
Description .
Service of process.
Notice to
Attorney
General
.
Force and effect of
court decree .
[CHAPTER
198 .1
AN
ACT
To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in certain cases .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the
United States o f America in Congress assembled,
That the consent
of the United States is given to be named a party in any suit which is
now pending, or which may hereafter be brought in the courts of
the State of Michigan having jurisdiction of the subject matter, for
the purpose of clearing the title to, and removing liens from, all those
pieces or parcels of land situate and being in the county of Lenawee
and State of Michi gan, desc ribed as follows, to wit :
j
The west half northwest quarter section 35, township 5 south,
range 4 east, containing eighty acres of land, be the same more or
less . Also that tract beginning at the 'northwest corner of Maumee
and Bou ghton Street s in t he vil lage o f Tecum seh, t hence along the
west line of said Maumee Street north to the corner of Lave Baxter,
unior's, land, thence west along said Baxter's land to the mill pond,
thence southwardly along the east side of said mill pond to said
Boughton Street, thence along the north line of said Boughton Street
to the place of beginning, containing about thirty acres of land, be
the same more or less . Also village lot
130 ;
and also that tra ct of
land beginning at the southwest corner of said village lot
130 and
on
the east line of Mill Street ; thence along the east line of said last-
mention ed str eet so uthwar dly to the l ine bet ween v illage lots
126
and 127, thence along the said line last mentioned eastwardly to the
east line of said lots ; thence eastwardly to the line between village
lots 139 and 140 ; thence along said lots to Maumee Street ; thence
north along the west line of said street to the line between village
lots 133 and
134 ; thence along the south line of said lot
133 and
of
lots 132, 131, and 130 to the place of beginning, containing about ten
acres of land, be the same more or less .
SEC. 2.
Service upon the United States shall be made by serving
the process of the court, with a copy of the bill of complaint, upon
the United States attorney for the eastern district of Michigan, and
by sending copies of the process and bill, b registered mail, to the
Attorne y Gene ral of the U nited States , at Wa shingt on, Di strict of
Columbia . The United States shall have thirty days after service as
above provided, or such further time as the court may allow, within
which t o appe ar and answe r, dis claim, plead, or de mur .
SEC .
3 . The final judgment or decree of the court in any suit
brought under this Act shall have the same effect respecting the
discharge of a purported mortgage given by Joseph W . Brown and
Cornelia T . Brown, his wife, of the first part, to United States of
America of the second part, dated November 21, 1835, and recorded on
December 30, 1835, in the register of deeds' office of Lenawee County,
Michigan, in Liber B of Mortgages, at pane 447, as may be provided
with respect to such matters by the law oFthe State of Michigan .
