Chapter XXVI. granting the Right of Way over, and Depot Grounds on, the Military Reserve at Fort Gratiot, in the State of Michigan, for Railroad Purposes
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Chap. XXVI.— An Act granting the Right of Way over, and Depot Grounds on, the Military Reserve at Fort Gratiot, in the State of Michigan, for Railroad Purposes.Feb. 8, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the right of way throughRight of way granted.382THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 26, 27, 28. 1859. and the privilege of constructing depots and workshops on the public lands of the United States lying in the county of St.
Clair, State of Michigan, commonly called the Fort Gratiot military reservation, be, and the same is hereby, granted to any railroad company or companies which may construct a railroad or railroads from the city of Detroit, or any other place in said State, to or near the village of Port Huron, in said State: *Provided,*Proviso. That in the opinion of the President of the United States such grant or grants be not injurious to the purposes of public defence, and that the location of said buildings on, and such road or roads as to position and width through said reservation, and the price of the land to be so occupied, being first determined by the Secretary of War, be approved by the President: *And provided, further,* That if the price of such grant orProviso, in what cases the grant shall be determined. grants be not paid within thirty days after the approval of the President, or if either of said roads shall not be completed within three years, or if, at any time after its completion, it shall be discontinued, the grant shall cease and determine as to such road: *And provided, further,* That all theProviso, as to buildings. buildings to be erected upon said reservation shall be of wood, and if, at any time, it should be deemed expedient by the commanding officer of Fort Gratiot, or by any other higher military authority, to destroy such buildings by fire or otherwise, no claim shall be made against the United States for damages.
Approved, February 8, 1859.