, 1869-01-08


gress.
IPUBuo-No. s5.
AN Acr providing for the sale Of the arsenal
grounds at Saint Louis and Liberty, Missouri,
aud for other purposes.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
ssniatSes Of the United States Of America in Com
gress assembled, That the Secretary Of War be,
and is hereby, authorized TO sell, at such time
and in such manner as be may deem most ad>
vnntageous to the interests of the government,
subject to the provisions hereinafter contained,
the following military reservations and public
property, namely:
The ground now occupied by the Saint Louis
arsenal, in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri,
except the westernmost six acres thereof, and
and that occupied by the United States arsenal
situated at Liberty, Missouri, together with such
buildings, machinery, and other. property apper-
tanning thereto as cannot be advantageous y
employed in the construction or improvement OF
other arsenals or military posts.
Sec. 2. And Be IL further enacted, That the
ground occupied by the Saint Louis arsenal,
except the westernmost six acres thereof, shall
be divided into blocks and lots Of convenient
size for building purposes, with public streets,
conforming, as near as may be without detriIn>
ent to the interst of the government in the sale,
to the public streets of the city of Saint Louis,
adjoining said grounds; plat of this division,
made in accordance with the laws Of the State oi
| Missouri, shall be filed with the proper officer
in the city of Saint Louis and toe said lots
shall be sold separately, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, after thirty days notice By
advertisement 10 at least three daily papers 10
the city of Saint Louis payment to be made
one>third in cash, the remainder 10 one and two
years, with six per cent. interest per annum,
secured by deed of trust on the lots sold. The
stoue wall surrounding said arsenal shall be
sold in sections not exceeding one hundred feet
in length.
SEC. 3. And be II further enacted, That the
westernmost six acres Of the tract OF ground oc-
cupied by the said Saint Louis arsenal is here
by granted TO the city of Saint LOUIS, to be by
1t held as public grouAd forever, open to the
use of the public as place of public resort, and
for no other use whatever, and without any
power in said city to make any disposition OF
the same, or any part thereof for any private
use whatever Provided, hOweUer, That this
grant is upon the express condition that the said
| city or the association formed aud now existing
in the State of Missouri for the purpose oterect~
| ing monument to the memory of the late
Btgader General Nathaniel Lyon, shall, within
three years after the passage of th4s-act, COM
plete the erection upon the said six acres ofsuch
a monument upon plan and of character to
be approved by the President of the United
States in default whereof this grant shall be
null and void.
Sec. 4. And be il further enacted That ;he
grounds occupied by the Liberty arsenal shall
be sold at public auction, after due notice by
public advertisement of the time and place ot
said sale, in such parcels, blocks and lots as
may be deemed most advantageous to the inier-
est of the government by the SecretarHof War,
upon the terms and conditions as to payment
specified in the previous section.
SEC. 5. And be ii further enacted, That all
proceeds of the sale of all property provided foT
in this act shall be paid into the treasury of the
United States Propided, That the machinery
ordnance stores, and arms that the government
desires to reserve from sale, shall be stored at
any arsenal now established or to be established
by law.
Approved, July %, 1868.