Chapter CCCX. to authorize the Secretary of War to survey, plat, and sell the present Cemetery Grounds upon the Fort Gratiot Military Reservation in Michigan, ana for other Purposes
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CHAP. CCCX.— An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to survey, plat, and sell the present Cemetery Grounds upon the Fort Gratiot Military Reservation in Michigan, ana for other Purposes.March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPortion of Fort Gratiot military reservation granted to Port Huron for a cemetery, to be, upon request, surveyed and platted into streets, &c. and sold at public auction. so much of the Fort Gratiot military reservation, in the State of Michigan, as has heretofore been granted to the city of Port Huron for a cemetery, shall be, upon the request of said city, duly certified miller the seal thereof, surveyed and platted into streets, blocks, and lots, under the direction of the Secretary of War, in conformity to the plat of that portion of said military reservation surrounding said cemetery, lately made by Major O.
M. Foe, UnitedFORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 311–313. 1873.621 States engineer, and now on file in the office of the register of deeds of Saint Clair county, and shall be sold under the direction of the Secretary of WarProceeds of sale. at public vendue, and the proceeds of such sale, after paying the expenses of such survey and sale, shall be paid over to the city of Port Huron, to be used by said city for the purchase or improvement, or both, of such lands as the city may acquire for another cemetery, and for removing the remains of those buried in the present to the new cemetery, and for such other purposes as may be necessary in the change of burial-places:Lots in new cemetery. *Provided,* That suitable and proper lots in the new cemetery shall be granted to those having lots in the present cemetery, with like improvements, or their value, to a reasonable extent, and that reinterments not otherwise provided for shall be made at the expense of said citj, and that the city of Port Huron, shall hold such moneys in trust for the purposes herein specified, and for no other whatever;Conveyances and conveyances of the blocks and lots sold by the Secretary of War, as herein provided for, shall be made to purchasers by the said Secretary of War under such rules and regulations as be shall prescribe, and the survey and plat,Survey and plat to be recorded.Majority of citizens to consent to removal of cemetery. or a copy thereof, herein provided for, shall he recorded in the office of the register of deeds in Saint Clair county, and the same, or duly certified copies thereof, shall be evidence in all courts for all lawful purposes connected therewith; *And provided further,* That said city shall obtain the consent of a majority of the citizens thereof, Owning or occupying lots in said cemetery, to such removal.
Approved, March 3, 1873.