...or other supplies for a longer term than one year from the time the contract is made. 13. SEC. 373B. No land shall be purchased on account of the United...States, except under a law authorizing such purchase. 14. SKC. Si'J7. No contract or order, or any interest therein, shall be transferred by the party to...

...and necessary for military purposes ; but, inasmuch as section 3730 of the Revised Statutes provides that "no land shall be purchased on account of the United States, except nnder a law authorizing such purchase," a special ;> t of Congress is necessary to authorize the acceptance...

...and neces>ary for military purposes : but, inasmuch as section 3736 of the Revised Statutes provides that 'no land shall be purchased on account of the...States except under a law authorizing such purchase,' a special act of Congress is necessary to authorize the acceptance of the deed in question ; the enactment...

...provision of an Act of May 1, 1820, now contained in Sec. 3736, Rev. Sts., it is declared that — "Ko land shall be purchased on account of the United States except under a law authorizing such purchase." Held that the term "purchase" was to be understood in its legal sense, as embracing any mode of acquiring...

...instituted for the condemnation of the land without authority of Congress, and as the purchase of land on account of the. United States, except under a law authorizing such purchase, is expressly prohibit«! (Revised Statutes, section 373ß), the subject is thus presented with earnest...

...improvement of the Savannah River satisfies the requirements of Revised Statutes, section 3736 — "No land shall be purchased on account of the United...under a law authorizing such purchase" — does not arise in the presentcasc ; becanse, though the public money is paid out, the United States does not...

...improvement of the Savannah River satisfies the requirements of Revised Statutes, section 3736 — "No land shall be purchased on account of the United States, except under a law anthorizing such purchase" — does not arise in the present case; becanse, though the public money...

...(Dec., 18")1.) The act of Congress, passed on the 1st of May, 1820 (3 Stat. at Large, 568), enacts, " That no land shall be purchased on account of the...States, except under a law authorizing such purchase." Where land was conveyed to trustees, for the purpose of paying a debt due to the United States, and...

...1820 (3 Stat. 568; sec. 3736 ES), relating to the treasury, war, and navy departments, it is provided: "That no land shall be purchased on account of the...States, except under a law authorizing such purchase." It is not claimed that there was any law authorizing any one to purchase this property, and without...

...and Army Regulations on this subject are, in part, as follows: LAW AND DECISIONS. "No land shall !>e purchased on account of the United States, e.xcept under a law authorizing such purcha.se." ( Kr riwd Statute*, мтПип 3736; n/.w ¡¡апн/гпуЛ 1U58, Army Kiffulation», t'flitioii...