Chapter 71.
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CHAP. 71.— An act granting the right of way to the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Company through the arsenal and naval asylum grounds at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.May 1, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Right of way granted to Schuylkill Ri verEastSide Railroad Company across arsenal and naval asylum grounds, Philadelphia, Pa. *Provisos*. Location to be approved by Secretaries of Wai and of the Navy.
Damages. That the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Company is hereby authorized to construct its railroad across the grounds of the United States forming a part of the grounds of the naval asylum and of the arsenal at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania; and for that purpose said company is hereby granted a width of sixty feet across said grounds for its right of way through the grounds aforesaid: *Provided*, That the location of said road through said grounds shall be approved by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy; and the damages for the use and occupation of the right of way herein granted shall be fixed by a board of two Army officers appointed by the Secretary of War and one officer of the Navy appointed by the Secretary of the Navy and the payment of said damages so fixed shall be a condition precedent to the exercise of the rights by this act granted: *And provided further*, That in the construction ofBulkhead. said road through said grounds the said company shall be required to construct thereon a bulkhead upon the bulkhead line on the Schuylkill River, as fixed by the port-wardens of the city of Philadelphia.
As 18 soon as the damages have been assessed by said board in the manner hereinbefore provided, the same shall be paid by said company into the Treasury of the United States: *And provided further*, That no trains or cars, or locomotives other than those doing business for the United States of said company shall be allowed to stop or stand on said naval asylum grounds, and that no bells or whistles shall be sounded upon any train or engine of said company while on said grounds; and that the tracks of such railroad on said naval asylum grounds shall be so arranged and paved and kept always in good order so as to permit the easy passage of vehicles across the same; and that such watchman or watchmen shall be kept by said railroad company on said grounds, at its expense, as the Secretary of the Navy shall deem necessary for the protection of persons and property on or in the neighborhood of said railroad on said grounds: *And provided further also*, That the said company shall construct a proper switch and siding upon said arsenal grounds, and suitable means for crossing to the wharf on the said arsenal grounds, for the purpose of receiving and shipping freight by water.
Any violation of any of the provisions of this act by said company or its successors or assigns shall work a forfeiture of all rights granted by this act. Approved, May 1, 1886.