Chapter 8. To present to the city of Nashville, State of Tennessee, the cannon on the gunboat Nashville from which was fired the first shot in the Spanish-American war
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CHAP. 8.— An Act To present to the city of Nashville, State of Tennessee, the cannon on the gunboat Nashville from which was fired the first shot in the Spanish-American war. February 3, 1900. *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 Nashville, Tenn. Presentation to, authorized of certain cannon. is hereby authorized and directed to condemn and detach from the gunboat Nashville the cannon from which was fired the first shot in the Spanish-American war and to deliver the same to the said city of Nashville, to be placed in some public place in that city, the title to the said cannon to be vested in the said city: *Provided*, That no expense *Proviso*.
Expense of delivery. shall be caused to the United States through delivery of said cannon. Approved, February 3, 1900.