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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · June 20, 1864 · Chapter CXL

Chapter CXL. *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the Marine Hospital and Grounds at Chicago, Illinois, and to purchase a new Site and build a new Hospital.* June 20, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Marine hosp

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Chap. CXL.— An Act *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the Marine Hospital and Grounds at Chicago, Illinois, and to purchase a new Site and build a new Hospital.* June 20, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Marine hospital and grounds at Chicago may be sold. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell the marine hospital and grounds at Chicago, Illinois, the sale to be made at public auction to the highest and best bidder therefor, in ready money, after giving notice thereof six weeks in succession in two daily papers printed in the city of Chicago.
And upon sale being made, as aforesaid, the said Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to make, execute, Title to be given.and deliver to the purchaser thereof a good and sufficient deed for the premises, conveying all the right, title, and interest of the United States. Sec. 2. Proceeds to be applied to purchase better site for a marine hospital.*And be it further enacted*, That out of the proceeds of the said sale the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to purchase a new and more eligible site for a marine hospital in or near Chicago, and erect a new hospital thereon, which site and building shall in no event cost more than the amount received from the sale of the hospital and grounds which are hereby authorized to be sold; and it is hereby provided Possession of present hospital to be retained until, &c.that the possession of the said hospital and grounds shall be retained by the United States until the new hospital to be built under the provisions of this act shall be fully completed and ready for use.
Approved, June 20, 1864.
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