Chapter 76. granting to the city of Colorado Springs, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described, for water reservoirs
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CHAP. 76.— An Act granting to the city of Colorado Springs, in the State of Colorado, certain lands therein described, for water reservoirs.April 10, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Colorado Springs, Colo.Grant of certain lands to, for water reservoirs.Location and boundaries. That the following described tracts of land, situate in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, namely, that part of Pike’s Peak military reservation described as follows:
Beginning at station “O,” as designated in the field-notes of the said United States military reservation survey, and running thence north eighteen degrees fifty-four minutes forty-five seconds west one thousand three hundred and twenty feet, along the east boundary line of said reservation; thence south sixty-five degrees thirty-nine minutes west eight thousand and twelve feet; thence at right angles south twenty-six degrees twenty-one minutes east two thousand five hundred and ninety-five feet to a point on the south boundary of said reservation; thence north sixty-three degrees thirty-nine minutes east six thousand five hundred and twelve feet, along said south boundary line, to station “1” of said reservation survey; thence north nineteen degrees thirty-one minutes thirty seconds east one thousand eight hundred and fifty feet to station “O,” the place of beginning; also, lots numbered one, two, three, four, and five, and the north half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, lots numbered three and four and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, all in township fourteen south, range sixty-eight west of the sixth principal meridian, containing seven hundred and sixty-four and forty-eight hundredths acres, more or less, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed Grant.to the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, to have and to hold said lands to Its use and behoof forever, for purposes of waterPurposes. storage and supply of its waterworks; and for said purposes said city shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the premises herein conveyed, in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the waters contained in any natural or constructed reservoirs upon the said premises.
Sec. 2. That if the city of Colorado Springs shall at any time afterAbandonment, etc.. the construction of reservoirs on the land described in section one of this act abandon the same or cease to use the same for water storage, the land herein described shall revert to the Government of the United States. The survey of the lands so granted shall be made under theSurvey. direction and approval of the War Department. Approved, April 10, 1890.