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 Trrmc x1.1v.—THE PUBLIC PROPERTY. 739 T I T L E X L I V. THE PUBLIC PIQOPERTY. Sec. l Sec. 3748. Uniforms and equipments. l 3752. Power to obtain releases. 3749. Solicitorof Treasury may rentor sell 3753. Releasing property from attachunproductivelandsorproperty. ment. 3750. To have charge of property trans- 3754. Payment. ferred to the United States. 3755. Preservation, sale, 8:0., of abandoned 3751. To release land in certain cases. property. Sec. 3748. The clothes, arms, militarv outfits, and accouterments fur- Uniforms and nished by the United States to any soldier shall not be sold, bartered, °<l“iPm€‘¤*$· exchanged, pledged, loaned, or given away; and no person not a soldier, 3 ina,) 1g6g_ Q or duly authorized officer of the United States, who has possession of 75, s. 23, v. 12, p. any such clothes, arms, military outfits, or accouterments, so furnished, 735- and which have been the subjects of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan, or gift, shall have any right, title, or interest therein: but the same may be seized and taken wherever found by any officer of the United States, civil or military, and shall thereupon be delivered to any quartermaster, or other officer authorized to receive the same. The possession of any such clothes, arms,- military outfits, or accouterments by any person not a soldier or officer of the United States shall be presumptive evidence of such a sale. barter, exchange, pledge, loan, or gift. Sec. 3749. The Solicitor of the Treasury is authorized, with the ap- SolicitorotTrea¤- proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to rent, for a period not exceed- mg may Nm PY mg three years, or to sell, at public sale, any unproductive lands, or other jgndfgfrguggze property of the United States acquired under judicial process or other- -—~—l; wise in the collection of debts, after advertising the time, place, and ,63 M’—“·· 186% °· conditions of such sale for three months preceding the same in some ‘ newspaper published in the vicinity thereof, in such manner and upon ,U·S- ¢‘· Jones, 1%* such terms as may, in his judgment, be most advantageous to the public “ “u·· 598- interest. [S·¢s3¤08· 8740-] SEQ. 3750. The Solicitor of the Treasury shall have charge of all lands T0 have charac and other property which have been or mav be assi ned, set off, or con- ?f_rI;’é’§"'€Y t;‘;1“*‘ veyed to the United States in payment of debts, andi of all trusts created Ummd Stiles_ ° for the use of the United States in ayment of debts due them; and of the i sale and disposal of lands assigned) or set off to the United States in pay- 15§9SL§“g*418?%,5· ment of debts, or vested in them by mortgage or other security for the 2’ ]{[,{,_` {gg; (.1 payment of debts: Provided, That this section shall not apply to real 169, s. 4,,v. 14: p. estate which has been or shall be assigned, set off, or conveyed to the 472- United States, in payment of debts arising \1lld€1' the internal-revenue U;?§]_ Jonesjlo laws, nor to trusts created for the use of the United States, in payment Wall., 598. of such debts due them. [Sec S 3208-l Sec. 3751. In cases where real estate has become the property of the _ To release lands United States, by conveyance, extent, or otherwise, in payment of a ln Certain CMS- debt, and such debt is afterward fully paid in money, and the same has Ibid, been received by the United States, the Solicitor of the Treasury may release by deed or otherwise convey the same real estate to the debtor from whom it was taken., if he is livin, or, if such debtor is dead, to his heirs or devisees, or such erson as tbey may appoint: Prov/ded, That this section shall not ap ly to real estate so acquired by the United States in payment of any debt arisin under the internal-revenue laws. Sec. b752. Whenever any lands gave been or shall be conveyed to Power to obtain individuals or officers, for the use or benefit of the United States, the '°l°”€¤· President is authorized to obtain from such person a release of his 28 April, 1828,c. interest to the United States. 4L S- 3»V· 4» P- 26* Sec. 3753. Whenever any property owned or held by the United R6l€¤¤i¤z DME- States, or in which the United States have or claim an interest, shall, *;gti’°‘“ Mc ‘ in any judicial proceeding under the laws of any State, district, or Terri-__