Chapter LXIII. to authorize the Sale of Marine Hospitals and of Revenue Cutters
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CHAP. LXIII.— An Act to authorize the Sale of Marine Hospitals and of Revenue Cutters.April 20, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedMarine hospital buildings and land may be leased or sold. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to lease, or to sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, after due notice in the public newspapers, such marine hospital buildings and lands appertaining thereto asSee ch. 142.*Post*, p. 76. he may deem advisable, and he is hereby empowered to make, execute, and deliver all needful conveyances to the lessees or purchasers thereof respectively; and the proceeds of said leases and sales are hereby appropriatedAppropriation of proceeds.Proviso. for the marine hospital establishment: *Provided,* That the hospitals at Cleveland, Ohio, and Portland, Maine, shall not be sold or leased, nor shall any hospital be sold or leased where no other suitable and sufficient hospital accommodations can be procured upon reasonable terms for the comfort and convenience of the patients.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryCertain revenue cutters may be sold. be, and he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash, after due notice in the public newspapers, such of the revenue cutters as he shall find to be ill adapted to the purposes of the revenue service, and to expend the proceeds ofProceeds of sales. said sales in the purchase or construction of other vessels better suited to the wants of said service.
Approved, April 20, 1866.