Chap. 123.—An ACT making an Appropriation for the Payment of Syca-
more Church.

Approved June 6, 1870.

Whereas, the house of delegates, of the general assembly,
did, by a resolution passed on the tenth day of May, eighteen
hundred and seventy, direct the superintendent of public build-
ings to purchase for the use of the commonwealth of Virginia
certain real estate situated in the city of Richmond, and known
as the Sycamore church; and whereas the said superintendent
of public buildings, acting under the authority of and in com-
pliance with the requirements of said resolution, has purchased
the said real estate, called Sycamore church, at the price of
fifteen thousand dollars, payable in cash; therefore, for the
purpose of completing the said purchase on the part of said
commonwealth:

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That so soon as
the trustees of the said Sycamore church shall deliver to the
superintendent of public buildings a deed of conveyance to
the commonwealth for the said Sycamore church, which deed
shall have been first approved by the attorney-general of the
commonwealth, and certified by him to be in conformity with
the terms and conditions of the contract of purchase and sale,
entered into on the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and
seventy, between the said superintendent and trustees, and the
said attorney-general shall also have further certified that the
title conveyed by said deed is clear and unencumbered, then the
said superintendent of public buildings is hereby authorized
and directed to issue his warrant on the treasurer for the sum
of fifteen thousand dollars, payable to the trustees of the said
Sycamore church out of any moneys in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated, in full satisfaction of the purchase money
ot said Sycamore church; and the said superintendent is hereby
ordered to have the said deed recorded in the manner pre-
scribed by law for recording conveyances of real estate in the
city of Richmond.

2. This act shall be“in force from and after its passage.