Chapter 149. donating condemned cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes
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CHAP. 149.— An Act donating condemned cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes.May 17, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Donation of condemned cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, if the same can be done without prejudice to the public service, to deliver to the parties herein named the following condemned cannon for monumental purposes, namely:
To the Charles Russell Lowell Post Number seven of the Grand ArmyCharles Russell Lowell Post. No. 7, G. A. R. of the Republic, of Boston, Massachusetts, two condemned cast-iron cannon guns and two condemned carriages, to be used for monumental purposes in the decoration of a free burial ground forexsoldiers, sailors, and marines who have been honorably discharged from the service of the United States. To each of the towns of Woburn, ’Winchester, and Wakefield, in theCemeteries:
Woburn, Winchester, and Wakefield, Mass.Post No. 73, G. A. R., South Abington, Muss. State of Massachusetts, four condemned cast-iron cannon, to be used in the decoration of the soldiers’ lot in the cemeteries in said towns. To Post Number seventy-eight of the Grand Army of the Republic, district of Massachusetts, four condemned cast iron cannon, to be used for monumental purposes in the cemetery at South Abington, Massachusetts. To the McPherson Post Number seventy-three of the Grand Army ofMcPherson Post No. 73, G.
A. R., Abington, Mass. the Republic, district of Massachusetts, four condemned cast iron cannon to be used for monumental purposes in the cemetery at Abington, in said State. To the Selectmen of the town of Paxton, in the county of Worcester,Soldiers’ Monument, Paxton, Mass. State of Massachusetts, four condemned cast-iron cannon, to be used in ornamenting the lot upon which the Soldiers’ monument is erected in said town of Paxton. To the selectmen of the town of Brimfield, Massachusetts, four condemnedSoldiers’ Monument, Brimfield, Mass. cast-iron cannon to be used in the decoration of the soldiers’ monument in said town.
To the William H. Bartlett Post number three of the Grand Army ofWilliam H. Bartlett Post No. 3, G. A. R., Taunton, Mass.FemclilF cemetery, Springfield, Ohio. the Republic, of Taunton, Massachusetts, four condemned cast-iron cannon for the purpose of ornamenting the burial grounds of deceased Union soldiers; also four condemned cast-iron cannon and four cannon balls for Ferncliff cemetery in Springfield, Ohio. Approved, May 17, 1882.