Chapter XLIX. to authorise the Sale of public Property at Houlton, Maine
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CHAP. XLIX.— An Act to authorise the Sale of public Property at Houlton, Maine.March 14, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPublic property at Houlton, Me., to be sold, if, &c.Reservation to the county of Aroostook;limit. the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell and convey the land and building belonging to the United States at Holdton, Maine, known as Hancock barracks, if, in his opinion, it shall be for the interest of the government to sell the same, reserving to the county of Aroostook so much of said land as shall be necessary for the monuments thereon erected, by the consent of the War Department, to establish a meridian line, which land shall be granted to said county: *Provided,* That the land so granted shall not exceed in value the sum of five hundred dollars.
Approved, March 14, 1872.