New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-16
GENERAL NATURE-No. 80.
AN ACT to provide for the disposition of
useless military reservations.


AN ACT to provide for the disposition of
useless military reservations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War be, and he is hereby
authorized and empowered to transfer to
the custody and control of the Secretary of
the Interior, tor disposition for cash. ac-
cording to the existing laws of the United
States relating to the public lands, after APP
praisement. to the highest bidder, and at
not less than the appraised value. nor at
less than one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, the United States military reserva-
tons mt Forts Lane and Walla-W alla, liz the
State of Oregon; Fort Zarah, in the State of
Kansas: Camp McGarry, in the State of
Nevada; Fort Sumner. in the Territory of
New Mexico; Forts Jessup and Sabine, in
the State of Louisiana Fort Wayne and
Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas; such
portion of the Fort AbercrOmbia reserva-
ton as lies east of the Red river
of the North and such portions of
the reservation at Fort Bridger. in the
Territory of Wyoming. as may no longer be
required for military purposes: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Interior shall,
whenever in his opinion the public interests
may require it, cause any OF the foregoing
reservations, or part thereof. to be subd-
vided into tracts less than forty acres each
or into town lots: And provided also, That
each subdivision shall be appraised and Of
tered separately at public cutlery, to the
highest bidder, as hereinbetoTe provided
after which any unsOld land or lot shall be
subject to sale at private entry for the APP
praised value, at the proper land office;
And provided further, That should there be
improvements of buildings, or of building
materials, or other valuable property, the
Secretary OF the Interior shall have them
appraised; and no patent shall issue for the
real estate until the improvements are paid
for, at the appraised value thereof, under
such regulations as may be prescribed by
the said Secretary.
SEC. =. And be it further enacted. That
the right is hereby granted to Dalles City
to have and use the waters of Mill creek
flowing through the military reservation of
Fort Dalles, Oregon, and the right of way
TO convey the same through said reservation
for the purpose of supplying Dalles City
with water and for manufacturing purposes.
SEC. ). And be it further enacted, That
permission Is granted to the cOrpOrated au-
thOrities of Dalles City to extend Liberty
street sOutherly, on the line of the same,
through said reservation, and the land wing
east thereof be, and the same is, granted to
said Dalles City, in fee, uTon the payment
to the United States therefor the sum of five
dollars per acre.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That
the land hereby granted to said CITY shall
be surveyed under the direction of the sur
veyOr general of the State of Oregon upon
application to him made by the mayor of
said city; and the expenses of such survey
shall be paid by said Dalles City
ApnToVed February 81 1871