Chapter 1061.
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CHAP. 1061.— An act to grant the right of way through the military reservation at Fort Morgan to the Birmingham, Mobile and Navy Cove Harbor Railway company, and for other purposes.October 1, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Birmingham, Mobile and Navy Cove Harbor Railway company granted right of way through Fort Morgan reservation, Ala. That there is hereby granted to the Birmingham, Mobile and Navy Cove Harbor Railway Company the right of way through the military reservation at Fort Morgan, Alabama, for roadbed, tracks, side tracks, and terminal facilities not exceeding fifty feet in width along the northern high-water line of said reservation and extending from the eastern boundary of the said reservation westward along the shore to a point one hundred feet east of the east side of the present Government dock at or near which point the said company may erect a wharf after the Secretary of War shall have approved of the location and dimensions thereof, with such sheds and buildings as can be accommodated thereon, and the said company shall also have the right to fill into the water along the right of way so granted, and thus acquire *Provisos*.Buildings prohibited.additional space and to enjoy other riparian rights: *Provided, however*, That not buildings or other incumbrances shall be erected on said right of way except upon said wharf; but the Secretary of War may give permission for the erection along said right of way of a dock or docks upon limitations to be prescribed by him: *And provided further*, That Congress may at any time cancel this concession, and the President may, when in his judgment necessity demands, destroy any structures hereby authorized.
Approved, October 1, 1888. Chapter 1062: to transfer to the State of Louisiana for quarantine purposes the possession of certain lands on the Mississippi River belonging to the United States, and for other purposes. Chapter 1062 25 Stat. 501 1888-10-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 1062, 1063. 1888.501
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