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 444 FORTYNINTH CONGRESS, Sess. II. CHS. 316, 317. 1887. Mar. 2, 1887. CHAP. 316.-Au act to provide for the location and erection of a. branch home -————-- for disabled volunteer soldiers west of the Rocky Mountains. — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United National Home States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Managers. for Diseblvgi Vol- of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are hereby au- ““*°°' S°m‘°”· thorized, empowered, and directed to locate, establish, construct. :1 nd. B¤j¤¤¤h to be es- permanently maintain a branch of said National Home for Disabled Volgblishal Wis? °f unteer Soldiers to be by such Board located at such place in the States. °° Y °"° M"' west of the Rocky Mountains as to said Board shall appear most desi··- able and advantageous; and that the sum of one hundred and fifty thou· Appmprmiom sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the said Board of Managers, and by them expended in carrying outthe provisions of this act. Admissions. Sec. 2. That all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the regular and volunteer forces of the United States, and who are disabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home for R. S., sec. 4832, disabled volunteer soldiers, subject to like regulations as they are now P- 937- admigsdl to existing branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer iers. Building to com- Sec. 3. That as soon thereafter as practicable from the approval of ¤*°¤°9 ¤¤ ¤°°¤ ¤¤ this act, the said Board ot Managers shall secure the necessary lands p"’°°"’“b1°‘ and commence the erection of suitable buildings for the use of said ranch. William Bland- Sec. 4. That William Blanding, of San Francisco, California, be, and i¤g ¤l>1><>i¤¤¤d =¤ he is hereby, appointed a manager of the National Home for Disabled ““‘““g°'· Volunteer Soldiers, to serve until the second day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety~two; and that hereafter the number of managers Number increas· of the said Home elected by Congress, shall be ten instead of nine, as edRt·0§¤ns;m 4826, ag Iilresggctkgniei of whom shall be 8 resident of a State orTet1’it0I’y west _ 956:* ‘· 0 the ountams. _ P Approved, March 2, 1887. Mar. 2, 1887. CHAP. 317.-An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange prop- —————-——— crty purchased at Abingdon, Virginia, as a site for a public building, for more suitable property, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Abingdon, Ys. Sta tea of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas- mma u'f“y °" for the public building authorized to be erected at Abingdon, Virginia, poi 2-;, ,,_ 153, by the act approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 1>m·m•. for other property more suitable for the purpose: Provided, That such other suitable property can be obtained without any additional cost to the United States: Provided further, That such other or new site so secured shall not be located east of the site now owned by the United States and herein authorized to be exchanged but nothing in this act shall be construed to require an exchange of site. Appropriation. Sec. 2. That the further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the construction of such building at Abingdon, Virginia, as will furnish such accommodations for the United States courts and the postoliice there as the business of each now rer. Approved, March 2, 1887.
 * i;;·1·<= b¤¤l£<;*¤B· ury is hereby authorized to exchange the property purchased as a site