Chapter 310.
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CHAP. 310.— AN ACT granting a site for a dry-dock in the city of Baltimore upon certain conditions.June 19, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fort McHenry tract, Baltimore.Part of, to be conveyed as site for dry-dock. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to convey to the Baltimore Dry Dock Company of Baltimore City, a body corporate created under the laws of the State of Maryland, for the consideration hereinafter described, so much of the land belonging to the United States, in said city, known as the Fort McHenry tract, as lies between the northwestern boundary line of the said tract, and a line parallel thereto and distant four hundred and fifty feet therefrom, and between a line two hundred and fifty feet from the northern side of Fort avenue (a street or avenue of said city, extended), and parallel thereto, and the northwest branch of the Patapsco River.
Sec. 2. That in consideration of the said conveyance, and as the conditionConditions of conveyance. upon which the same is made, the said dry-dock company shall be required to construct, upon the land conveyed as aforesaid, within two years from the date of the conveyance, an efficient “Simpson’s improved dry-dock”, four hundred and fifty feet in length, and to accord to the United States the right to the use forever of the said dry-dock, at any time, for the prompt examination and repair of vessels belonging to the United States, free from charge for docking; and if at any time saidDiversion to other uses. property hereby conveyed shall be diverted to any other use than that herein named, or if the said dry-dock shall be at any time unfit for use for a period of six months, or more, the property hereby conveyed with all its privileges and appurtenances shall revert to, and become the absolute property of the United States, Approved, June 19, 1878.