Chapter 225. Donating condemned cannon and cannon balls
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CHAP. 225.— An Act Donating condemned cannon and cannon balls.May 21, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Navy Condemned cannon. Donated to Grand Army posts, Sparta, Ill., Morenci, Mich., Enid, Okla., Northville, Mich. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Grand Army of the Republic post of Sparta, Illinois, one condemned cannon and five cannon balls for the purpose of decorating the soldiers’ monument in said place, and two condemned cannon and five cannon balls for the 133FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 225–227, 230, 231. 1896. Grand Army of the Republic Post at Morenci, Michigan; also, to donate to McDowell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Enid, Oklahoma, one condemned cannon and fifteen cannon balls; also to donate one condemned cannon to the Allen M. Harmon Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Northville, Michigan: *Provided,* That in the judgment *Provisos.* Condition. of the Secretary of the Navy such articles can be spared without detriment to the public interests: *And provided further,* That the Expense.
United States shall not be subjected to any expense on account of such donation. Approved, May 21, 1896.