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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · May 17, 1886 · Chapter 340

Chapter 340.

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CHAP. 340.— An act granting the right of way to the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company through the arsenal grounds at Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.May 17, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Right of way through arsenal grounds, Bridesburg, Pa., to Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company. That the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company is hereby authorized to construct its railroad across the grounds of the United States forming a part of the grounds of the arsenal at Bridesburg, in Philadelphia County, in the State of Pennsylvania; and for that purpose said company is hereby granted a width of thirty feet across said grounds for its right of way through *Provisos*.
Location.the grounds aforesaid: *Provided*, That the location of said road through said grounds shall be outside of the present inclosing wall of said arsenal on the Delaware River; and the railroad shall be provided with a Drawbridge.drawbridge of sufficient size on the creek, and facilities for crossing said railroad to wharves, and so forth, all of which shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, That the Connections.United States shall have, free of charge, the right to connect with said railroad any tracks laid within the arsenal grounds for Government uses: *And provided further*, That when said light of way shall cease to be used for the purpose aforesaid the same shall revert to the United Damages.States: *Provided, however*, That before this act shall take effect the Secretary of War, shall cause to be assessed the damage which may accrue to the United States, if any, by the grant of this right of way, by three officers of the Army, and the amount of such award paid into the Treasury.
Sec. 2. That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act is reserved, to Congress. Approved, May 17, 1886.
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