Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-16
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session Of the Forty.flrst
Congress.
lFURLLsHED RY AUTHORITY
GENERAL NATURE-No. 20l


AN Acr to provide for the disposition of useless
military reservations.
Be Il enacted By the Se7;ats and Ro;sse OF Re
pTesentGtives Of the United States Of America
III Congress assembled, That the Secretary OF
War be- and he is hereby, authorized and en-
powered to transfer to the custody and control
ofthe Secretary ofthe Interior, for disposition
for cash, according to the existing laws Of the
United States relating to the public lands, after
appraisement, to the highest bidder, and at not
less than the appraised value, nor ut less
than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre,
the United States military reservations at Forts
Lane and Walla- Walla, IN the State of Ore
gon; Fort Zarah, IN the State OF Kansas !;
Camp AcGarTy, IN the State OF Nevada; Fort
Forts Jessup and Sabine, in the State of Louis
lana; Fort Wayne and Fort Smith, in the
Stats of Arkansas such portion of the Fort
Abercrombia reservation as lies east of the Red
River of the North and such portions Of the
reservation at Fort Bridgsr, in the Territory Of
Wyoming as may no longer be required for
military purposes Froviasd, That the Secre-
tary of the Interior shall, whenever in his opin-
ION the public interests may require it, cause
any Of the foregoing reservations, or part there
Of, TO be subdiTi1ed into tracts less than forty
acres each, or into town lots: 14-t4 p7ouiGi3
Else, That each subdivision shall be appraised
and offered separately 1t public outery, TO the
highest bidder, as hereinbetore provided, after
which any unsold land Or lot shall besGbject to
sale st private entry for the appraised valne, at
the proper land Office: And pTovidei .filrtEer,
That should there be Improvements Of build
ings or building materials or other valuable
property, the Secretary of the Interior shall
have them appraised; and no patent shall is
sue 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 2. A1d 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 purposes of
supplying Dalles City with water ard for manu-
featuring purposes.
SEC. s. As2 be 1t further enacted, That per-
mission is granted to the corporated authorities
Of Dalles City to extend Liberty street south
erly, on the line of the Same, through said re-
servation, and the land lying cast thereof be,
and the same IS, granted TO said Dalles City, in
fee, upon the payment 10 the United States
therefore the sum ofive dollars per acre.
SEC f. Af13 be 1t JtsShcr enacted, That the
land hereby granted said city shall be sur
veyed under the direction of the survey general
for the State &C Oregon upon application to him
made by the mayor of said city; and the ex-
penses of such survey shall be paid by said
Dalles City.
Approved, February "a, 1871.