Chapter 652. authorizing the erection of a hotel upon the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe
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CHAP. 652.— An Act authorizing the erection of a hotel upon the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe.July 2, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fortress Monroe reservation, Virginia.Hotel upon.Secretary of War may allow J. C. Asbury to build.Site, etc.*Proviso*.Consent of Virginia. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant permission to J. C. Asbury to build a hotel upon the lands of the United States at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, upon such site and with such plans and dimensions as may be approved by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That the State of Virginia by its general assembly and governor, shall, by proper legal enactment, give the consent of said State to the erection of such hotel, and that the building or buildings erected shall be moved at the expense of the owner or owners whenever the Secretary of War shall direct, and no claim for damages by reasonRemoval without governmental liability. of such removal shall be made upon the Government of the United States: *And provided further*, That the building so erected shall beTaxation. subject to State and national taxation as other property. *And provided further*, That the privilege herein granted shall become nullCompletion. and void unless said hotel shall be completed within two years after the passage of this act.
Approved, July 2, 1890.