Chapter 118. granting the use of certain lands to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a public park
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CHAP. 118.— An Act granting the use of certain lands to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a public park.June 15, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,New Bedford, Mass. That there is hereby granted Land donated for public park.to the city of New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts, the right to occupy improve, and control for the purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of the citizens of the United States, and for no other purpose whatever a portion of the tract of land owned by the United States, which is situated in the extreme southerly part of said city of New Bedford, containing sixty acres, more or less, and known as Clark’s Point, and partly occupied by a fort; said tract being bounded northerly by lauds owned by various private parties, and on the east, south and west by a road between it and the ocean, known as French avenue, upon the following conditions and provisions namely:
First, That no use of said land shall be begun by the said city until after general plans of said improvement shall have been submitted to 51 the Secretary of War and shall have been approved by him and theSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. portion of said tract of land owned by the United States to be used for such stated purposes shall have been specially designated by him, and that no ditches shall be tilled, nor embankments removed, nor structures built, repaired, altered, or removed, nor improvements of any sort begun until the extent and plans of such proposed work shall have been described in detail to the Secretary of War and shall have received his approval.
Second, That said city of New Bedford shall have and exercise powerPolice powers. to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract, and shall properly protect all said property from injury. Third, That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tractFee reserved. and the right to resume immediate and entire possession whenever either of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for public defense or otherwise, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine, without any claim for compensation to said town for improvement thereon or damage on account thereof.
Approved, June 15, 1892.