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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · March 3, 1873 · Chapter CCXCVI

Chapter CCXCVI. to provide for the Purchase, by the Secretary of War, of Lands for the United States in the State of Texas, for the Sites of Forts and Military Posts

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CHAP. CCXCVI.— An Act to provide for the Purchase, by the Secretary of War, of Lands for the United States in the State of Texas, for the Sites of Forts and Military Posts.March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatLands in Texas may be purchased for sites for forts, &c., and at what price. the Secretary of War be authorized to purchase, at a fair price, to be ascertained by a board of three officers to be appointed by him whose report shall be subject to the approval or rejection of the President and the confirmation thereof by Congress, such lands in the State of Texas as may be necessary for the use of the United States for forts and military posts.
The report of the board shall be made through the commanders of the department and military division, and subject to their approval or disapproval:No contract to be completed or money paid until, &c. *Provided,* That the contract for any one of the said tracts of land shall not be completed, nor any of the purchase-money paid, until the Attorney-General of the United States shall have given his written opinion in favor of the validity of the title of said land: *And provided further,* That the legislature of Texas will, at its next session, pass an act ceding exclusive jurisdiction over the said site or sites to the United States, and forever exempting the property from taxation.
Sec. 2. Thatunited States not bound to purchase until, &c. nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of War to bind the government of the United States to comply with any contract for any of said lands, or to be held by the arbitration or adjudication of any of the courts of the State of Texas as to the price thereof and the terms of purchase until the aforesaid board shall have recommended the same and the President shall have approved of said purchase and Congress shall have confirmed the same:This act limited to three years. *Provided,* That all authority exercised under this act shall cease at the expiration of three years from passage hereof.
Approved, March 3, 1873.
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