Chapter 98.
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CHAP. 98.— An act to authorize the Secretary of War to loan certain cannon to the Saratoga Monument Association.January 26, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Loan to Saratoga Monument Association of certain cannon captured from Burgoyne. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to loan to the Saratoga Monument Association the following cannon, and so forth, captured from General Burgoyne at Saratoga, and now on hand at the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York, namely, four twelvepounder guns, one eight-inch howitzer, one twenty-four pounder howitzer, one eight-inch mortar, and one twenty-four pounder mortar, all bronze; *Provided*,*Provisos*.
That the Secretary of War shall cause the four To be mounted.twelve-pounder guns to he mounted on suitable carriages before their delivery: *Provided*Expense of removal from Watervliet Arsenal. N. Y. That said cannon shall be removed from said arsenal without expense to the United States Government. Approved, January 26, 1891.