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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 241, 242, 243. 1868. 187 benefit of said church, in manner and form as the legally constituted authorities of said church shall prescribe and direct. Approved, July 25, 1868. CHAP, CCXLII. ·—- An Act to arlend the T [me for the Construction zyfthe Southern Pacific July 25, 1888, Hazlroud m the State q/' Calfwnia. ”"_¥""‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in (hmgress assembled, That the Southern Pacific Rail- _ Time for _ road Company of the State of Calitbrnia shall, instead of the times now ;°‘§h‘3;‘l;*}°‘5° iixed by law for the construction of the first section of its road and tele- oiméomia to graph line, have until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, °*°>“i¤`“°'$ Gm ior the construction of the first thirt miles and th hall be rec uired to swim? °HOm’ y 7 ey S l &c. extended. construct at least twenty miles every year thereafter, and the whole line Rest of rozul of their road within the time now provided by law. "'l"’“ *0 b"l’“‘l°· Approved, July 25, 1868. CHAP. CCXLIII. -_An Act provz'ding_f2>r the Sale of the Arsenal Grounds ax Saint Jn1y 25, 1g5g_ Louzs and Ltberty, Mzssourz, and far other Purposes. §M3®_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatz`ves of the Uizited States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, arsenals at and is hereby, authorized to sell, at such time and in such manner as he i?,;;;t&°'mS‘f“d may deem most advantageous to the interests of the government, subject souri, Quad other to the provisions hereinafter contained, the following military reservations £”°P<>"Y» ¤¤¤Y and public property, namely: ° s°]d‘ The ground now occupied by the Saint Louis arsenal, in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, except the westernmost six `acres thereof, and that occupied by the United States arsenal situated at Liberty, Missouri, together with such buildings, machinery, and other property appertajning thereto as cannot be advantageously employed in the construction or improvement of other arsenals or military posts. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the ground occupied by the Ground Owl, Saint Louis arsenal, except the westernmost six acres thereof, shall be }>i¤d_l>y $¤i¤¤ divided into blocks and lots of convenient size for building purposes, with ;Q;;;tAE;fu;;’ public streets, conforming, as near as may be without detriment to the be divilied into interest of the government in the sale, to the public streets of the city of l‘;“· **2*51 S01d Saint Louis adjoining said grounds; a plat of this division, made in accord- u wc wu` ance with the laws of the State of Missouri, shall be filed with the proper officer in the city of Saint Louis; and the said lots shall be sold separately, at public auction, to the highest bidder, after thirty days’ notice by advertisement in at least three daily papers in the city of Saint Louis; payment to be made one-third in cash, the remainder in one and Mode of puy- two years, with six per cent. interest per annum, secured by deed of trust ‘“““· on the lots sold. The stone wall surrounding said arsenal shall be sold Stone wall, in sections not exceeding one hundred feet in length. l‘°“' *° b° $01* Sue. 3. And be ilftrther enacted, That the westernmost six acres of the rvasmmmost tract of ground occupied by the said Saint Louis arsenal is hereby grant- Six Mw grwted · ~ · · _ · · _ to the city of ed to the city of bamt Louis, to be by it held as a public giound forever, Sum Louis as a open to the use of the public as a place of public resort, and for no other public ground. use whatever, and without any power in said city to make any disposition $8** P°$‘· P· 339- of the same, or any part thereof, for any private use whatever : Provided, Pmviso. however, That this grant is upon the express condition that the said city or the association formed and now existing in the State of Missouri for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Brigadier- Monument m General Nathaniel Lyon, shall, within three years after the passage of General gygn t0 this act, complete the erection upon the said six acres of such a monu- gg ?;°’;°£88° E"' ment, upon a plan and of a character to be approved by the President years, of 1hc United States; in default whereof this grant shall be null and void.