Chapter 52. to establish a military post near Little Rock, Arkansas
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CHAP. 52.— An Act to establish a military post near Little Rock, Arkansas.April 23, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Little Rock, Ark. Military post to be established. Donation of site. That upon the city of Little Rock conveying, or causing to be conveyed, to the United States the fee simple title to not less than one thousand acres of land situated within ten miles of said city, and on or near a railroad, and constituting an eligible and suitable site for an army post, and to be approved and accepted by the Secretary of War for that purpose, then and thereupon there shall be established and located on said lands an army post of such character and capacity as the Secretary of War shall direct and approve; and upon the approval and acceptance of said lands by the Secretary of War for an army post, and in consideration of the conveyance to the United States of said lands, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of land situated in said city, Arsenal grounds donated for public park.and commonly known as the “Arsenal grounds,” and bounded on the north by Ninth street, and on the east by McAlmont street, and on the west by the Quapaw line, containing thirty-six acres, more or less, shall 21 become vested in the city of Little Rock upon the express trust and condition that said grounds shall be forever exclusively devoted to the uses and purposes of a public park for said city.
Approved, April 23, 1892.