Chapter LXVIII. *to provide for the Disposition of useless military Reservations*
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CHAP. LXVIII.— An Act *to provide for the Disposition of useless military Reservations*. Feb. 24, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Provisions for the sale of certain military reservations in Oregon; That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to transfer to the custody and control of the Secretary of the 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 at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the United States military reservations at Forts Lane and Walla-Walla,Kansas;Nevada;New Mexico;Louisiana;Arkansas;Red River;Wyoming. in the State of Oregon ;
Fort Zarah, in the State of Kansas; Camp McGarry, in the State of Nevada; Fort Sumner, in the Territory of New Mexico; Forts Jessup and Sabine, in the State of Louisiana; Fort Wayne and Fort Smith, in the State 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 Bridger, in the431FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 68, 71. 1871. Territory of Wyoming, as may no longer be required for military purposes : *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, whenever inReservations may be subdivided into forty acre tracts or town lots.Public auction. his opinion the public interests may require it, cause any of the foregoing reservations, or part thereof, to be subdivided into tracts less than forty acres each, or into town lots: *And provided also*, That each subdivision shall be appraised and offered separately at public outcry, to the highest bidder, as hereinbefore provided, after which any unsold land or lot shall be subject to sale at private entry for the appraised value, at the properPrivate entry.Improvements. land office: *And provided further*, That should there be improvements of buildings, or of building materials, or other valuable property, the Secretary of the Interior shall have them appraised; and no patent shall issuePatent not to issue until, &c. 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. *And be it further enacted*, That the right is hereby granted toDalles City may use the water of Mill creek; 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 and for manufacturing purposes. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That permission is granted to themay extend Liberty Street southerly.Grant of land corporated authorities of Dalles City to extend Liberty Street southerly, on the line of the same, through said reservation, and [that] the land lying east thereof be, and the same is, granted to said Dalles City, in fee, upon the payment to the United States therefor [of] the sum of five dollars per acre.Land to be surveyed;
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the land hereby granted to said city shall be surveyed under the direction of the surveyor-general for the State of Oregon upon application to him made by the mayor of said city;expenses of survey. and the expenses of such survey shall be paid by said Dalles City. Approved, February 24, 1871.