Chapter CCXLIII. *providing for the Sale of the Arsenal Grounds at Saint Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other Purposes.* July 25, 1868
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Chap. CCXLIII.— An Act *providing for the Sale of the Arsenal Grounds at Saint Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and for other Purposes.* July 25, 1868. See *post,* p. 839. *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, Arsenals at Saint Louis and Liberty, Missouri, and other property, may be sold.and is hereby, authorized to sell, at such time and in such manner as he may deem most advantageous 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 that occupied by the United States arsenal situated at Liberty, Missouri, to gether with such buildings, machinery, and other property appertaining thereto as cannot be advantageously employed in the construction or im provement of other arsenals or military posts. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the ground occupied by the Ground occupied by Saint Louis Arsenal, except, &c. to be divided into lots, and sold at auction.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 detriment to the interest of the government in the sale, to the public streets of the city of Saint Louis adjoining said grounds; a plat of this division, made in accord ance with the laws of the State of Missouri, ‘ shall be filed with the proper officer in the city of Saint Louis; and the said lots shall be sold separately, at public auction, to the highest bidder, after thirty days’ notice by advertisement in at least three daily papers in the city of Saint Louis; payment to be made one-third in cash, the remainder in one and Mode of payment.
Stone wall, how to be sold.two years, with six per cent, interest per annum, secured by deed of trust on the lots sold. The stone wall surrounding said arsenal shall be sold in sections not exceeding one hundred feet in length. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the westernmost six acres of the Westernmost six acres granted to the city of Saint Louis as a public ground. See *post,* p. 339. Proviso.tract of ground occupied by the said Saint Louis arsenal is hereby grant ed to the city of Saint Louis, to be by it held as a public ground forever, open to the use of the public as a 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, however,* That this grant is upon the express condition that the said city or the association formed and now existing in the State of Missouri for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Brigadier-General Monument to General Lyon to be erected thereon in three years.Nathaniel Lyon, shall, within three years after the passage of this act, complete the erection upon the said six acres of such a monu ment, upon a plan and of a character to be approved by the President of the United States; in default whereof this grant shall be null and void. 188 FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 243, 244. 1868. Grounds of Liberty arsenal to be sold at auction. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the grounds occupied by the Liberty arsenal shall be sold at public auction, after due notice by public advertisement of the time and place of said sale, in such parcels, blocks and lots as may be deemed most advantageous to the interest of the government, by the Secretary of War, upon the terms and conditions as to payment specified in the previous section.
Proceeds of sales. Machinery, &c. removed, to bo stored. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That all proceeds of the sale of all property provided for in this act shall be paid into the treasury of the United States: Provided, 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 25, 1868.