Chapter 240. Authorizing the Secretary of Navy to deliver one condemned cannon to the city of Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 240.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Navy to deliver one condemned cannon to the city of Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, and for other purposes.May 25, 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 Elmwood, Ill., and Soldiers’ Home, Tilton, N. H. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the city of Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, one piece of condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty cannon balls, for use of said city; and also two condemned cannon and a pyramid of cannon balls to the State Soldiers’ Home, at Tilton, New Hampshire: *Provided,* That said delivery shall *Provisos.* Expense. be made without expense to the United States Government: *And provided,* That said delivery of said cannon can be made without detriment Condition. to the said naval service.
Approved, May 25, 1896.