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 556 FDRTY·NlNTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 375, 376. 1887. Before disposing of said property the Secretary of War shall cause tho grounds to be subdivided and platted in blocks, streets and alleys, corresponding as nearly as may be, with the plat of that part of the city of ` Newport in which said grounds are situated, and having reference to the location of the buildings thereon. He shall cause the lots and parcels to be appraised separately and shall not sell any loti or parcel for a less amount than its appraised value. The expenses of advertisement, appraisement, survey and sale, shall be paid out of the proceeds of said sale, and the remainder shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. _ _ New sm, to 1,, Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed purchased. to purchase, at as early a day as practicable, a suitable site for the location of barracks, officer’s quarters; and other necessary buildings, in the county of Campbell, State of Kentucky, and as near the city of Newport as suitable grounds for that purpose can be procured, but the sumo shall not cost more than sixty thousand dollars, which sum, or so much Appropriation. thereof as may be neecs ary, is hereby appropriatedzfor the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated- Appropriation Sec. 3. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is also hereby for new buildings. appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approprinted, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in the erection of necessary and suitable buildings and the construction of other necessary improvements upon the grounds purchased by him under the second section of this act; but before such purchase is com- , pleted the title to the ground proposed tobe acquired shall be approved by the Attorney·General of the United States. Report. SEO. 4. That the Secretary of War, shall transmit to Congress a report showing the amount realized from the sale of said property in the city of Newport, the expenses connected with such sale, the price paid for the new site, and the location and description of the same. (jl,u,,m.,,,u,,,,,, Sec. 5. That the provisions of the ilrst section of this act shall be intobesoldnntil new operative until the Secretary of, War shall have obtained for the Gov- ¤i¤¤ ¤¤l¢¤¤¤d· ernment of the United States the option of the right to purchase such suitable land as he may select for a site, at a price to be approved of by him. · Approved, March 3, 1887. Mar, 3, ]537_ CHAP. 3'I6.-An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Con- —-————-———- gress to uid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rc ceentatives of the United Land grants to States of America in Congress assembled Tlidt the Secretary of the ¤¤il¤‘Q¤d¤ w be im- Interior be, and is hereby authorized and directed to immediately ad- ° railroad land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and heretofore unadjusted. P¤•=¤¤t¤,9t·¤-. er- Sec. 2. That if it shall appear, upon the completion of such adnstroneously issued · J to be cnc8H9d_ # ments respecttully, or sooner, that lands have been, from any cause, heretofore erroneously certilied or patented, by the United States, to or for the use or beneiit of any company claiming by, through, or under grant from the United States, to aid in the construction of a railroad, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to thereupon demand from such company a relinquishment or reconveyance to the United States of all such lands, whether within granted or indemnity limits; and if such company shall neglect or fail to so reconvey suclr lands to the United States within ninety days after the aforesaid demand shall have been made, it shall thereupon be the duty of the- Attorney-General to commence and prosecute in the proper courts the
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