Chapter III. *donating Chattahoochee Arsenal to the State of Florida for educational Purposes*
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CHAP. III.— An Act *donating Chattahoochee Arsenal to the State of Florida for educational Purposes*. Dec. 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Chattahoochee Arsenal given to Florida for educational purposes. That the public property, with the grounds, buildings, and appurtenances thereto belonging, situated in Gadsden county, in the State of Florida, and known as the “Chattahoochee Arsenal,” and at present occupied by said State as a penitentiary, be, and the same are [is] hereby, granted and donated to the State of Florida for educational purposes.
Sec. 2. Secretary of War to make the transfer, and to whom.*And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to transfer said property to the board of internal improvement of the State of Florida, to be held by them in trust, for the use, benefit, and execution of the purpose of this grant, or for such other public purposes as said board may deem proper. Approved, December 15, 1870.