Chapter XXXIX. to authorize the purchase of a tract of land for the use of the United States
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Chap. XXXIX.— An Act to authorize the purchase of a tract of land for the use of the United States. Feb. 8, 1815. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * A tract of land near Plattsburg to be purchased. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, and he is hereby authorized to cause to be purchased for the use of the United States, the whole or such part of that tract of land situate adjoining the village of Plattsburg, in the State of New York, on which forts Moreau and Brown, and other works, barracks, arsenals, hospitals and other public buildings now stand, as shall be by him judged requisite for the military purposes of the United States.
Approved, February 8, 1815.