Chapter 63. Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home in the, District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the “Asylum lot,” on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi
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CHAP. 63.— An Act Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home in the, District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the “Asylum lot,” on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi.February 8, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Asylum lot, Miss.Sale authorized. That the Board of commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell the property belonging to the Soldiers’ Home situated on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi, and known as the “Asylum lot,” Sec. 2.
That said property shall be sold on the premises, and to theAuction sale. highest and best bidder, on a day to be fixed by the Board of commissioners, after they shall have advertised the rime, terms, and place of sale for thirty days in two or more papers published in the vicinity of the property: *Provided*, That the Commissioners shall be, and hereby*Proviso*.Withdrawal from sale, etc. are, authorized to withdraw said property, after it shall have been offered, on the day of sale, if a satisfactory bid shall not be received, and to readvertise from time to time as maybe necessary said property for sale as above designated should there be a failure of sale from any cause.
Sec. 3. That the said Board of Commissioners shall sell said propertyTerms of sale for cash in hand, and that an immediate payment of five hundred dollars shall be made by the purchaser at said sale, to be deducted from the cash payment to be made by him on delivery of the deed, from which sum all the expenses of the sale shall be deducted in case said purchaser fails to comply with the full terms of the sale within thirty days from its date, the balance, if any, to be returned to the person making such payment: and when the purchase money shallDeed. have been paid to said Board of Commissioners they are directed to make to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for said property; and when said deed shall have been made and properly acknowledged the United States shall be divested of the title to said property, and the purchaser shall be invested with the full title to the same.
Approved, February 8, 1895. Chapter 64: To regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters. Chapter 64 28 Stat. 645 1895-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public
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Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home in the, District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the “Asylum lot,” on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi
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