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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · Feb. 4, 1879 · Chapter 46

Chapter 46.

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CHAP. 46.— An act making an appropriation for the purchase of a site, and for the erection thereon of a military post, at El Paso, Texas. Feb. 4, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum of forty thousandAppropriation. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purchase of the necessary grounds, and the erection thereon of a military post, at El Paso, Texas, to be expended under theMilitary post at El Paso, Texas.*Proviso*. direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That before the expenditure of any of the appropriation hereby made, good and sufficient title shall be made to the United States for the land contemplated by this act.
Approved, February 4, 1879.
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