Volume 50 · 620
Public Law 75–574
To authorize exchange of lands at military reservations, and for other purposes.
Approved August 10, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize exchange of lands at military reservations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey by quitclaim deeds the tracts of real estate now owned by the United States hereafter described, and in exchange therefor to acquire the title to the tracts hereafter described, or rights pertaining thereto or interests therein, for the purposes named:
A strip of land comprising part of the Quartermaster Depot Military Reservation at Jeffersonville, Indiana, lying along the right-of-way of the Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge and Railroad Company as part of the consideration for land now owned by said railroad company lying adjacent to the main section of said depot.
To enter into and execute an agreement or agreements with the owners or claimants of adjoining land to fix and establish a location for the western boundary line of that part of the Plattsburg Barracks Military Reservation, New York, acquired from Pliny Moore, and others, by deed dated December 30, 1814, and he may, if he deems it advisable, give to or receive from such owners or claimants appropriate releases, by way of quitclaim deeds or otherwise.
Sec. 2.
That in conveying property of the United States under authority contained in this Act, the Secretary of War shall determine that the exchange is to the best interest of the Government.
Approved, August 10, 1937.