Purchase of Land by Army

The purchase of land as a means of settling the owner's claim for damages growing out of its use by the Army under an option to purchase is not embraced in any of the exceptions to the Act of July 11, 1919, 41 Stat. 128, prohibiting the use of Army appropriations for the purchase of real estate, and such use of appropriations is expressly forbidden by the provisions of section 3736, revised Statutes, which limits the purchase of land to cases where it is specifically authorized by law.