United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 17
No. 17. A Resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the armories at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Sec. of War may alter the boundaries, so as to allow the laying out, &c. of streets. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to alter, establish and settle the boundary lines between the United States’ lands at the Springfield armory and the contiguous lands belonging to the town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts, and to individual citizens, in such a way as may be best calculated to allow the laying out and altering of streets and highways for the mutual convenience and advantage of all parties; and for this purpose he is further authorized to exchange and convey,May exchange, convey, or receive land for that purpose. and to receive from the corporate authorities of Springfield, or to and from individual proprietors, such fractional parts of land as may be necessary for the accommodation and convenience of the town of Springfield in running its public streets and highways, and of the armory in securing the safety of, and free access to its workshops, arsenals, and other public buildings; and to grant on the part of the United States, and receive from the corporative authorities of Springfield, or from individual proprietors, deeds and titles for the lands so exchanged and disposed of to establish convenient boundaries.
Authorized to ratify the exchange made with the Wager family of land at Harper’s Ferry.Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to ratify and confirm an exchange of land at Harper’s Ferry, in the State of Virginia, which has been made between the United States and the Wager family for the purpose of securing a more convenient access to the workshops of the United States armory at that place, and to give and receive deeds to and from the persons lawfully holding the land thus obtained from the United States, and the legal owners of the land, the occupancy of which was transferred to the United States in exchange therefor.
Approved, June 17, 1844.