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 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTIETH CONGRESS or mu UNITED STATES, Passed at the Third Session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Jlhnday, the seventh day of December, A. D. 1868, and was adjourned without day on Thursday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1869. ANDREW Jormsou, President. Bsusnmm F. WADE, President of the Senate. So11UrLEE Comux, Speaker of the House of Representatives, until the third day of March, A. D. 1869, on which day he resigned, and IPHEODORE M. Porrsaor was elected Speaker, and so acted for the remainder of the session. CHAP. II. -— An Act roviding for the Sale if the Lands, Tenements, and Water Privi- Dec. 15, 1868. leges belonging to the Cnited States at and near Harper’s Ferry, in the County QfJ€_UbT- W son, West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ¢y" the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, WS‘*°*°¤“iY °*` and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make sale at public auction aug;,;?, ii; M of' the lands, tenements, and water privileges belonging to the United pjroperty of the States, at and near Harper’s Ferry, in the county of Jederson, West Vir- H;;_t°;,§*I‘§;§"f° ginia, except as hereinafter provided, in such parcels as shall, in his P " opinion, be best adapted to secure the greatest amount of money therefor, on a credit of one and two years, taking bond and security from the purchaser or purchasers for the payment of the purchase-money; and that Terms of sale. the proceeds of such sale shall be applied by him as follows: Provided, That no such sale shall be made until the time, terms, and place thereof _ Advertisement shall have been published in one of the principal newspapers in each of m “°wspap°"‘ the cities of Washington, New York, and Cincinnati for sixty days prior to the day of sale: First, in dcfraying the expenses of making said sale. Proceeds of Second, in refunding to the United States the principal sum of purchase- 5*;};:1 h°“' “P‘ money paid for said lands, tenements, and water privileges by the United P ` States, and for the erection of buildings thereon. Third, if any surplus remain, he shall deliver the same to such agent Surplus_to_ go as the legislature of the State of West Virginia shall appoint to receive the gg Vl:i°O¥;§;’g§’i Same; but upon condition that such surplus shall be received by the State {unborn1g5mg_ of \Vest Virginia, to be set apart, held, invested, used, and applied as a part of the school fund of that State, under and by virtue of} and in manner and form as provided in section first of the tenth article of the constitution of West Virginia, and for no other purpose. And on making such sale of Secretary of the said lands, tenements, and water privileges, or any part thereoh the ggggsio °X°°“°° said Secretary of War is hereby empowered and required, on receiving the purchase-money in full, to execute all necessary deeds therefor to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, on behalf of the United States.