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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 21 STAT. · May 3, 1880 · Chapter 77

Chapter 77.

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CHAP. 77.— An act to provide for the construction of a marine hospital in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.May 3, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Marine hospital at Memphis, Tenn. That the Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to procure a proper site in or near the city of Memphis, Tennessee, and cause to be erected thereon a building suitable for a marineBuilding to be erected. hospital, after plans and specifications which shall be furnished under his direction by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department.
Sec. 2. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereofAppropriation. as may be necessary’ be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money now in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the purchase of said site, and the erection of the aforesaid building thereon; and the cost of theCost of site and building limited to sum appropriated. site and the erection of the building shall in no event exceed the sum hereby appropriated.
Approved, May 3, 1880. Chapter 78: to place William Gaines late ordnance sergeant United States Army on the retired list. Chapter 78 21 Stat. 109 1880-05-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public
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