Chapter 277. granting to the Kanawha and Ohio Railroad Company the right to lay its track through United States lock and dam property in the Great Kanawha Valley, State of West Virginia
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CHAP. 277.— An Act granting to the Kanawha and Ohio Railroad Company the right to lay its track through United States lock and dam property in the Great Kanawha Valley, State of West Virginia.Feb. 28, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Right of way to Kanawha and Ohio Railroad Company through Government property on the Great Kanawha River, W. Va.Location. That the Kanawha and Ohio Railroad Company is hereby authorized to maintain and use its track through the United States property at lock and dam number six on the north side of the Great Kanawha River, in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and to use for a right of way through said property a section of land fifty-four feet wide and bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a point in the lower line of the United States lot one hundred and sixty-three feet from the cornerstone marking the lower or western end of the line to said lot along the public road, running thence north sixty-six degrees east six hundred feet through the said lot to a point in the upper line thereof; thence with said upper line south twenty-four degrees thirty minutes east, crossing the center line of the said railroad at twenty-seven feet, in all fifty-four feet; thence south sixty-six degrees west six hundred feet through the said lot to a point in the lower line thereof; thence with the lower line of said lot north twenty-four degrees thirty minutes west, crossing the center line of the said railroad at twenty-seven feet, in all, fifty-four feet, to the place of beginning, containing about three-fourths of an acre.
And the privilege is also hereby granted to said company of hereafter laying, maintaining, and using a track through the United States property on the north bank of said river at lock and dam number four, and at lock and dam number three, and at lock and dam number two, in said county, subject however, to the antecedent written consent and approval of the Secretary of War as to location, construction, and width of right of way: *Provided*, That said Kanawha and Ohio Railroad Company,*Provisos*. its successors and assigns, shall if the Secretary of War in his discretion require it, pay a reasonable yearly rental for said property,Rental. the amount thereof to be ascertained and prescribed by the Secretary 430 of War: *Provided, however*, That the said company shall construct andCrossings. maintain, at its own cost, all such wagon crossings, cattle-guards, and fences over and along the line of its road through the said Government property, at all of the four lock and dam sites mentioned in this act, as Removal of tracks when required.may be required by the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, That the said company shall take up and remove its track or tracks from the said property, or any part thereof, at either or all of the four sites mentioned, whenever thereto directed by the Secretary of War; and such removal shall not be made the foundation for any claim for damages against the United States: *And provided further*, That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act is reserved to Congress.
Approved, February 28, 1887.