Chapter 417.
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CHAP. 417.— An act granting right of way and other privileges to the Hampton and Old Point Railway Company.March 2, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Hampton and Old Point Railway company granted right of way through Government lands, Fortress Monroe, Va. That the Hampton and Old Point Railway Company, a corporation chartered by the general assembly of Virginia by act approved February twenty fourth. eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and thereby empowered in constructing a railroad from the town of Hampton to Old Point Comfort, to build and operate the same, by and with the consent of the Congress of the United States, over any lands heretofore ceded by the State of Virginia to the United States, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and operate a street railway over and through the land ceded by Virginia to the United States at or near Fortress Monroe, from Old Point Comfort to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to Hampton Institute, Virginia, and right of way for said purpose is hereby granted to the said corporation, subject to the following provisions:
First. Said railroad shall cross Mill Creek upon a bridge distinctLocation. from the existing bridge owned by the United States or upon suchBridge. bridge additional to and united to the existing bridge as may be approved by the Secretary of War. It shall follow the water line of Hampton Roads along the western side of the land ceded to the United States by Virginia, terminating at some point north of the Quartermaster’s Pier, or near to and on the west of the highway nearly opposite the main entrance to Fortress Monroe.
Second. So much of said road as may be upon said lands ceded asApproval of Secretary of War. aforesaid shall be constructed upon such plans and dimensions as may be approved by the Secretary of War. Third. The manner and times of running cars of said road shallRules for running cars, etc. be subject to such special orders or general regulations as the Secretary of War may deem necessary to the good order and the military uses of the military post and ceded lands. Fourth. Charges for the transportation of any inmate, officer, orCharges. employee of the Soldiers’ Home or Hampton Institute, or any enlisted man or civilian employee of the military force at Fortress Monroe over the entire line of said road shall not exceed ten cents.
Fifth. The privileges hereby granted may at any time be rescindedRevocable. or suspended by order of the Secretary of War, and said corporation shall at any time, when so ordered by the Secretary of War, remove its rails and all other fixtures and appurtenances at its own expense and cost and without any claim of any kind whatever for any loss, damage, or compensation of any kind from the United States. Sixth. The grants and privileges mentioned in this act shall be determinedCommencement and completion. and become void unless the said road shall be completed and put in operation within said ceded lands within two years from the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. That this act shall be subject to alteration, amendment, orAmendment, etc. repeal at any time at the pleasure of Congress. Approved, March 2, 1889.