Hospitals & Asylums
Chapter 7 National Cemeteries
§273 Payment of appraised value
When appraisement of the real estate thus entered upon
and appropriated has been made under the order and direction of the court, the
fee simple thereof shall, upon payment to the owner of the appraised value, or
in case such owner refuses or neglects for thirty days after the appraisement of
the cash value of the real estate or improvements as aforesaid, to demand the
same from the Secretary of the Army, upon depositing the appraised value in the
court making such appraisement, to the credit of such owner, be vested in the
United States, and its jurisdiction over such real estate shall be exclusive
and the same as its jurisdiction over real estate purchased, ceded, or
appropriated for the purposes of navy yards, forts, and arsenals. The Secretary
of the Army is authorized and required to pay to the several owner or owners,
respectively, the appraised value of the several pieces or parcels of real
estate, as specified in the appraisement of any such courts, or to pay into any
of such courts by deposit, as provided in this section, the appraised value;
and the sum necessary for such purposes may be taken from any monies
appropriated for the purposes of national cemeteries.
(R.S. §4872; derived from Feb. 22, 1867, chg. 61, §6, 14
Stat. 400; Repealed. Pub. L. 93–43, §7(a)(1)–(3),
(61), June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 82, 88)