Garden; PROVIDED, That the lands to be acquired for said Botanic Garden be 
paid for wholly from the revenues of the United States. 
H. R. 2166 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
April II, 1921. 
Mr. Langley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. 
A BILL 
To increase the area of the United States Botanic Garden in the city of Washington, 
District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Botanic Garden, 
situated in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, 
increased and enlarged by attaching thereto those two certain parcels of land 
situated, lying, and being between Third Street on the east and Sixth Street on 
the west and Missouri Avenue on the north and Maine Avenue on the south, 
which said parcels are known as East Seaton Park and West Seaton Park. 
SEC. 2. That said two described parcels shall upon the passage of this Act 
become part and parcel of the said United States Botanic Garden and immediately 
available for the purposes thereof: PROVIDED, That the location of conserva- 
tories and other improvements of a permanent character which may be built 
within said parcels shall be confined to areas not intended as the sites for future 
pubUc buildings and driveways in the plan for that vicinity prepared by the Park 
Commission. ^ 
SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with any of the provi- 
sions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 
S. 1560. 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
May 4, 1921. 
Mr. Brandegee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on the Library. 
A BILL 
To enlarge the area of lands authorized to be taken for the reclamation 
of the Anacostia River Flats. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Act Numbered 145, Sixty- 
third Congress, second session, approved July i, 1914, as continued and amended 
by Public Act Numbered 378, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, approved 
March 3, 191 7, be, and the same is hereby, amended by extending the taking line 
therein set forth (defining the lands to be acquired for the reclamation and develop- 
ment of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the 
District line) so that said taking line shall include those pieces and parcels of land 
shown on map numbered thirty-nine, dated May 20, 1920, prepared by the Com- 
mission of Fine Arts, designating the lands to be taken for a National Botanic 
Garden: Provided, That the lands to be acquired for said Botanic Garden be paid 
for wholly from the revenues of the United States. 
The Decoration of M. Emile Lemoine 
M. Emile Lemoine has recently received from the French Govern- 
ment "La Cravate de Commandeur du Merite Agricole." 
A brief account of the bestowal of this high honor will have great 
interest for all our members whose gardens are so full of the treasures 
of his genius. 
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