United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 52
Chap. LII.—An Act to establish a navy yard and depot at or adjacent to the city of Memphis, on the Mississippi river, in the State of Tennessee.[1]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,President to select and purchase a site, erect buildings, &c. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to selected and purchase a site for a navy yard and depot at the city of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, and to erect such buildings and make such improvements thereon as may be necessary for the construction and repair, and for the accommodation and supply, of vessels of war of the United States; and that the President be authorized and empowered to purchase any water rights which may be required to propel the machinery appertaining to said navy yard, or which may be useful in the operations of said navy yard; and that he be further empowered to receive any donations of lands, water rights, or rights of way, which the authorities of the city of Memphis, or any other body corporate, or any person or persons, may deem proper to make or grant to the Government of the United States;Appropriation. and that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated to the objects aforesaid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 15, 1844.
- ↑ An act authorizing an examination and survey of the harbor of Memphis, in Tennessee; March 3, 1843, chap. 93.
A resolution to suspend part of the third section of the joint resolution of 11th Sept. 1841, relating to armories; Feb. 13, 1845.