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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 22 STAT. · July 31, 1882 · Chapter 362

Chapter 362. to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey

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CHAP. 362.— An Act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey.July 31, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eight of way through lands of United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey, granted to Central Railroad of New Jersey. That the right of way, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, through the lands of the United States included in the Piccatinny powder-depot, near Dover, in the State of New Jersey, is hereby granted to the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey for the purpose of constructing a railroad: *Provided, *That the said right of way, and the width and location thereof, through said lands, and the regulations for operating said railroad within the limits of the reservation so as to prevent all danger to public property, shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War prior to any entry on said lands or the com men cement of the construction of said *Provisos.*works: *Provided also,* That such sidings, tracks, switches, and loading stations as may at any time be required by the Secretary of War shall be promptly provided by said railroad company; and that such stoppage of trains and generally such facilities and privileges a^the United States may desire for the shipment of materials of war at any time shall be provided by said railroad company: *Provided also,* That whenever said right of way shall cease to be used for the purposes aforesaid the same shall revert to the United States: *And provided further,* That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act is reserved to Congress.
Approved, July 31, 1882. FORTY-SEVENTH- CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 363, 364, 366, 371, 1882.
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