Chapter 103. To authorize the Secretary of War to acquire, free of cost to the United States, the tract of land known as Confederate Stockade Cemetery, situated on Johnstons Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 103.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to acquire, free of cost to the United States, the tract of land known as Confederate Stockade Cemetery, situated on Johnstons Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, and for other purposes. February 3, 1931.[[H. R. 3313](/us/bill/71/hr/3313).][[Public, No. 606](/us/pl/71/606).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Confederate Stockade Cemetery, Ohio.Acquisition of, without cost, authorized.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, free of cost to the United States, the tract of land situated on Johnstons Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, known as Confederate Stockade Cemetery, *Proviso*.Maintenance.containing the remains of Confederate prisoners of war: *Provided*, That this cemetery shall be maintained by the United States in the same manner as other Confederate burial plats acquired under the Vol. 34, p. 56.provisions of the Act of March 9, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, chapter 631, page 56).
Approved, February 3, 1931.