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 758 May 26, 1928 . [H. R. 8742.1 [Public, No. 530 .] Baton Rouge Na- tional Cemetery, La. Portion of, c onveyed to Baton Rouge, for use as public street. Descr ipti on. Provisos. Written notice of ac- ceptance required . Jur isdiction of United States to cease, and vest in State of Louis- iana. Reversion if property cease to be used for stree t pur pose s. May 26, 1928. [H. R . 12953 .] [Public, No. 531 .] Volunteer Soldiers' Home. Board of Managers may accept State camp for veterans at Bath, N. Y. To become branch ho me of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Acceptance of ceme- tery to he maintained as a national cemetery. R.S., sec .355,p . 60. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs. 766, 767. 1928 . CHAP. 766 .-An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to convey to the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a portion of the Baton Rouge national cemetery for use as a public street. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite d Stat es o f Ameri ca in Congre ss asse mbled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, subject to such conditions as may seem to him proper, to convey by proper quitclaim deed, to the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a municipal corporation of the State of Louisiana, for use as a public street, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of ground thirty-one and five-tenths feet by three hundred and twenty-two feet between parallel lines and fronting thirty-one and five-tenths on the north side of Convention Street and thirty-one and five-tenths on the south side of Florida Street, being the east thirty-one and five-tenths feet of square 21 in that part of the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, known as Hicke y Duncan and Mather Town as shown on map made by William G. Waller, civil engineer, dated July 18, 1878, on file with clerk of the court in the courthouse of East Baton Rouge Paris h, Sta te of Louisi ana, b eing t hat sma ll por tion o f land belon g- ing to the national cemetery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, lying out- side the cemetery wall : Provided, That prior to the delivery of any conveyance under this Act the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shall notify the Secretary of War, in writing, of its willingness to accept and maintain as a public street the parcel of ground included in such conveyance : Provided further, That upon the execution and delivery of any conveyance herein authorized the jurisdiction of the United States of America, which has been heretofore ceded to the United States by the State of Louisiana over such parcel of ground, shall hereby cease and determine and shall hereafter vest and be in the State of Louisiana. SEC. 2. No part of the property granted and conveyed by the Secretary of War for the purposes aforesaid shall be used for any other than street purpo ses, a nd whe n said proper ty sha ll cea se to be so used it shall revert to the United States of America together with jurisd iction over such p arcel of gro und. Approved, May 26, 1928. CHAP. 767.-An Act To authorize the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to accept title to the State camp for veterans at Bath, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, when direct ed by the Pr esiden t, is authori zed to accep t on b ehalf of the United States, free from all encumbrances and without cost to the United States, title in fee simple to the land, including buildings and structures, constituting the camp for veterans at Bath, New Y o rk. Upon acceptance of such land by such Board of Managers, such land, buildings, and structures shall become a branch home of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept a conveyance, free of cost to the United States, but subject otherwise to the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes, of the cemetery at the New York Camp for Veterans, containing approxi- mately twenty acres, and located near Bath, State of New York, to be m ainta ined as a nati onal cemet ery. Approved, May 26, 1028.

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