Chapter 495. To authorize and direct the Secretary of War to accept an act of sale and a dedication of certain property in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, from the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 495.— An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of War to accept an act of sale and a dedication of certain property in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, from the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and for other purposes.March 4, 1927.[[S. 5727](/us/bill/69/s/5727).][[Public, No. 789](/us/pl/69/789).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,New Orleans. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the 1413 United States of America, to accept in performance of a contractAcceptance of parcels of land in, for Army supply bases, authorized. by and between the United States of America and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, dated May 29, 1918, and of options to purchase contained in two leases from the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to the United States of America, each dated July 1, 1918, which options were exercised by the United States on May 31, 1919, an act of sale as to the B, Bl, and B2 parcels and a dedication as authorized by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana as to the A, Al, and A2 parcels covered and described in said instrument from the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, the said parcels being lands that comprise the New Orleans Army supply base, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Approved, March 4, 1927.