Chapter 198. granting the right of way to the county of Anne Arundel in the State of Maryland, through the United States Government grounds near the city of Annapolis, Maryland
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CHAP. 198.— An Act granting the right of way to the county of Anne Arundel in the State of Maryland, through the United States Government grounds near the city of Annapolis, Maryland.June 10, 1882. Whereas by an act of the general assembly of Maryland passed atPreamble. the January session, eighteen hundred and eighty, chapter one hundred and sixty-five, the county commissioners of Anne Arundel County are authorized and required to build a bridge over the Severn River from the present public or county wharf in Annapolis situated at the foot of the street commonly called and known as Wagner street, to Ferry Bar, on the opposite side of the river, or at such point on said river as in the opinion of said commissioners shall be most practical and convenient, and so forth; and Whereas, further, it is proposed, in accordance with the wishes of the authorities of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and to facilitate the movements of their vessels, fleets, and so forth, to locate and build the said bridge at a point higher up the said river, and from what is known as Meadow Bar, within the limits of the United States Government grounds at Annapolis, to Brice’s Point, on the opposite side of the said river; and Whereas the proposed change in the location and site of the said bridge necessitates the granting of a right of way by Congress through the government grounds at Annapolis in order to the free and unobstructed use of the said bridge, and to furnish to the public free ingress and egress to and from the said city:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Right of way to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, through the United States Government grounds near Annapolis, Md., That the right of way is hereby granted to the county of Anne Arundel, in the State of Maryland, for a public road through the United States Government grounds near the city of Annapolis, in the State of Maryland, from a point on the Severn River known as Meadow Bar (the same being within the limits of the property known as the Government Farm and belonging to the United States) to the road adjoining the naval cemetery lot; thence along with and following the line of the said road to the bridge spanning the creek commonly known as College Creek; thence over and across said bridge to and following the road leading therefrom to the corporate limits of *Provisos*.the said city of Annapolis: *Provided*, That the right of way granted by this act shall not be less than thirty feet in width: *Provided further*, That the said county of Anne Arundel shall keep the said road and the present bridge over College Creek in good repair, to the satisfaction of the superintendent of the Naval Academy. *And, provided further*, That the Government of the United States, shall before turning said bridge over to the use of the said County of Anne Arundel, put the same in good repair Approved, June 10, 1882.