Chapter 184. Relating to the purchase of quarantine stations from the State of Texas
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CHAP. 184.— An Act Relating to the purchase of quarantine stations from the State of Texas.April 26, 1926.[[S. 3287](/us/bill/69/s/3287).][[Public, No. 149](/us/69/pl/149).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Texas quarantine stations.Lands, etc., of, for which Texas can convey good title, may be purchasedVol. 41, p. 875. That the authority contained in the Sundry Civil Act approved June 5, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes, page 875), may be construed to permit of the purchase of the lands, and/or buildings, and/or equipment, or portions thereof, of the quarantine stations of the State of Texas to which good and sufficient title can be conveyed by the State of Texas to the United States without regard to the quarantine system or stations Deductions from sum authorized.as a whole, appropriate deductions to be made from the appropriation therefor on account of such property to which good title can not be given by the State of Texas, using as a basis therefor the joint appraisal report of representatives of the United States Government and the State of Texas, dated August 16, 1919.
Sec. 2. Title requirement, etc.No buildings shall be purchasable under the authority of this Act unless title can be given by the State of Texas to land on which situated, except in the case of those buildings of the Galveston station.quarantine station at Galveston, Texas, now situated on land owned by the United States Government, payment for which buildings is hereby authorized if good and sufficient title in the State of Texas can otherwise be shown to said buildings. Approved, April 26, 1926.