Chapter 70. to establish a military post at or near the city of Helena, in Lewis and Clarke County, in the State of Montana
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CHAP. 70.— An Act to establish a military post at or near the city of Helena, in Lewis and Clarke County, in the State of Montana.May 12, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Helena, Mont. That upon the transfer and conveyance to the United States of a good and sufficient title to notMilitary post established. less than one thousand acres of land, without cost to the United States, situated at or near the city of Helena, in the county of Lewis and Clarke and State of Montana, and on or near a railroad, and constituting anDonation of site. 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, and is hereby, established and located on said land a United States Army Post, of such character and capacity as the Secretary of War shall direct and approve.
Sec. 2 That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of locatingAppropriations for buildings, etc. *Post*, p. 376. said army posts aforesaid, and of constructing barracks, quarters, hospitals, kitchens, mess halls, stables, storehouses, magazines, defenses, and other necessary and suitable improvements and buildings, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be drawn from the Treasury and applied to said purposes under direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That no part of said sum hereby appropriated*Proviso*.
No money to be spent until title passes. shall be expended until the aforesaid tract of land shall have been conveyed to and accepted by the United States. Approved, May 12, 1892.