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[CITE: 40USC72e]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 72e. Execution of deeds to lands

    The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to execute 
proper deeds of conveyance for real estate sold under the provisions of 
sections 72c to 72e and 74a to 74c of this title, which shall contain a 
full description of the land sold, either by metes and bounds, or 
otherwise, according to law.

(Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 449, Sec. 3, 53 Stat. 1211; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 
Sec. 401, eff. Nov. 3, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Pub. L. 93-
198, title IV, Sec. 421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789.)

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 9-403.


                                 Repeals

    Section 7 of act Aug. 5, 1939, repealed all acts and parts of acts 
inconsistent or in conflict therewith.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, functions 
of Board of Commissioners of District of Columbia transferred to 
Commissioner of District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 
of 1967. Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established 
by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. 
L. 93-198, title VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and 
replaced by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of 
Pub. L. 93-198, classified to section 1-241 of the District of Columbia 
Code. Accordingly, ``Mayor'' substituted in text for ``commissioners''.

                  Section Referred to in other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 74b of this title.
