Chapter 51. Granting to Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, one condemned cannon; also, to the Woman’s Relief Corps of Taylorville
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CHAP. 51.— An Act Granting to Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, one condemned cannon; also, to the Woman’s Relief Corps of Taylorville. Illinois, four condemned cannon and four condemned cannon balls for the purpose of decorating a soldiers’ monument lately erected there by said corps; and, also, to the town of Newton, in the State of New Jersey, four pieces of condemned cannon and twenty cannon halls for the decoration of the new soldiers’ and sailors’ monument in that town.March 7, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Condemned cannon, etc.Donated to Lincoln Post, Hope Valley, R.
I., Woman’s Relief Corps, Taylorville, Ill., and Newton, N. J. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, one condemned cannon; also, to the Woman’s Relief Corps of Taylorville, Illinois, four condemned cannon and four condemned caution balls, for the purpose of decorating a soldiers’ monument lately erected there by said corps: and, also, to the town of Newton, in the State of New Jersey, four pieces of condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls for the decoration of the new soldiers’ and sailors’ monument in that town: *Provided,**Proviso.*Expense, etc.
That the same can be spared without detriment to the service, and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government. Approved, March 7, 1896. Chapter 52: To repeal section five hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, requiring the district judge for the southern district of Florida to reside at Key West. 29 Stat. 55 1896-03-13 Chapter 52 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.
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Granting to Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, one condemned cannon; also, to the Woman’s Relief Corps of Taylorville
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