 | United States. Department of Justice - 1922 - 710 pages
...properly construed, prohibits the expenditure of public money for the purchase of land without the opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title; or whether the inhibition extends merely to the expenditure of public money for buildings or improvements... | |
 | United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Department, William Winthrop - 1880 - 638 pages
...purchase, (without which exclusive jurisdiction could not be vested in the United States,) as well as the opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title: this latter, especially, as Sec. 4870, Rev. Sts., requires the Secre1See XIV Opins. of Attys. Gen.... | |
 | United States - 1891 - 1108 pages
...follows: By RS, 355, no public money shall be spent on о .site for a public building until after the opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title and the consent of the State legislature to the purchase. B v ü 8tüB. estimates to Congress by thi>... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1912 - 1664 pages
...maintenance of this lock and dam, by voluntary conveyances of the owners, at $50 per acre. After obtaining the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title, tract A, on the left bank of the river, containing 14. 9G acres, more or less, was purchased April... | |
 | United States - 1914 - 1382 pages
...1872, c. 415, § 1, 17 Stat. 352. Xo money is to be expended on any site for a public building without the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title, and the consent of the legislature of the State to the purchase, by RS § 355, post, § 6902. No contract... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds - 1919 - 936 pages
...up in the matter of price. Mr. BURNETT. I notice that in section 3 you provide for getting the legal opinion of the Attorney General "in favor of the validity of the title, nor until the cousent of the legislature of the State in which the land is located has been given,... | |
 | United States - 1928 - 618 pages
...title subject, If expedient, to infirmities as herein provided. However, no money in excess of $2,500 shall be expended for the construction of buildings,...opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity ol the title has been had as in the case of other lands. For the purpose of this section, values of... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1932 - 330 pages
...in lieu of twenty days (2) In any case in which such site or land is to be acquired by condemnation, the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title of any site or land shall not be required prior to the expenditure of public money or prior to institution... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs - 1932 - 832 pages
...Navy is authorized and directed to acquire by purchase on behalf of the United States, upon securing the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title, title in fee simple to that tract or parcel of land formerly known as Scotts Island, situate, lying,... | |
 | United States - 1936 - 684 pages
...District or the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District of lands, easements, or rights-of-way, wherein the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title to such lands, easements. or rights-of-way is or may be required or authorized by law, the Attorney... | |
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... which is subject to infirmities, until the written opinion of the Attorney General in favor of the validity of the title has been had as in the case of other lands. 
