United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 48
Chap. XLVIII.—An Act granting to the corporation of the city of New Orleans the use and possession of a lot in the said city.
Right of the United States to a certain portion of ground in the city of New Orleans ceded to the city.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right and claim of the United States to the use, possession and occupancy of a space of one hundred and fifty by one hundred and twenty-five feet of a vacant lot of ground, in the city of New Orleans, bounded by Bienville and Custom-house streets, and by Levee street and the high road, be, and the same is hereby vested in the corporation of the said city. And the said corporation is authorized to use, possess and occupy the same, for the purpose of erecting or causing to be erected and kept in operation a steam engine, or engines, for conveying water into the said city, and all buildings necessary to the said purpose:Proviso, that the ground shall be occupied within three years.
Proviso. Provided, that if the said space of ground shall not be occupied for the said purpose, within the term of three years, from and after the passing of this act, or shall at any time thereafter cease to be so occupied, for the term of three years, the right and claim of the United States thereto, shall remain unimpaired: And provided also, that this act shall not affect the claim, or claims of any individual or individuals, if any such there be.
Approved, April 3, 1812.