Chapter CCXIX. *to authorize the Secretary of War to accept the Peninsula in Lake Erie, opposite the Harbor of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania.*May 27, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War may accept the title to
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CHAP. CCXIX.— An Act *to authorize the Secretary of War to accept the Peninsula in Lake Erie, opposite the Harbor of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania.*May 27, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Secretary of War may accept the title to the peninsula in Lake Erie, opjtosite the harbor of Erie, Pa., if, &c.That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and empowered to receive and accept from the Marine Hospital of Pennsylvania, a corporation duly incorporated by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the title to a piece or parcel of land, being the peninsula lying to the northward of and inclosing the bay of Presque Isle, and containing two thousand and twenty-four acres, more or less, to be held by the government of the United States for the protection of the harbor of Erie : *Provided*, That the deed conveying the same shall not be received or accepted until the title to the same is complete and indefeasible, nor unless the acceptance thereof shall be recommended by a board of officers of the corps of engineers appointed by the President.
Approved, May 27, 1872.