Chapter XVII. to authorize the reconveyance of a tract of land to the city of New York
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Chap. XVII.— An Act to authorize the reconveyance of a tract of land to the city of New York. Mar. 30, 1822. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized, whenever he shall have determined that the 263 264 SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 19, 20, 21, 22, 34. 1822. Works to be dismantled, and reconveyed to the corporation.tract of land on and near the west head of the battery, (so called,) in the city of New York, heretofore granted to the United States by the Mayor and Corporation of said city, is no longer required as a military position for the defence of the harbor and city of New York, to cause the works erected thereon to be dismantled, and the materials thereof to be disposed of, in such manner as in his judgment the public interests may require; and to reconvey to the said Mayor and Corporation the said tract of land, granted by them for the purposes aforesaid.
Approved, March 30, 1822.