Chapter 162. to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for monumental purposes
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CHAP. 162.— An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon 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*,Condemned cannon for monumental purposes to National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; Oakwood Cemetery, Hyde Park, Ill; National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; General Shunk Post, G. A. R, Marion, Ind. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish six condemned cast iron cannon and cannon balls to the National Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, for monumental purposes; also four condemned cast iron cannon and twenty-five cannon balls for the soldiers’ burying ground in Oak-wood Cemetery, in the village of Hyde Park, Cook County, Illinois, for monumental purposes; also six condemned cast iron cannon and twelve cannon balls to the National Cemetery at Memphis, Tennessee; also two condemned cast iron cannon and four cannon balls, to General Shunk Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Marion, Indiana, for monumental purposes.
Approved, May 17, 1882.