Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

§
Marginalia
Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 27 STAT. · July 28, 1892 · Chapter 316

Chapter 316.

150 words·~1 min read·/statutes-at-large/vol-27/chapter-316-1321295·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

CHAP. 316.— An act authorizing the Secretary of War to lease public property in certain cases.July 28, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Secretary of War may lease public property not required. That authority be, and is hereby, given to the Secretary of War, when in his discretion it will be for the public good, to lease, tor a period not exceeding five years and revocable at any time, such property of the United States under his 322 control as may not for the time be required for public use and for the leasing of which there is no authority under existing law, and such *Proviso*.
Mineral, etc., lands excepted.leases shall be reported annually to Congress: *Provided*, That nothing in this act contained shall be held to apply to mineral or phosphate lands. Approved, July 28, 1892.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.