Chapter 314.
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CHAP. 314.— An act to grant the right of way to the Pensacola Terminal Company through the lands of the naval reservation near Pensacola.July 28, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pensacola Terminal Company granted right of way through naval reservation. Pensacola. Fla. That a right of way shall be, and is hereby, granted to the Pensacola Terminal Company, a railroad corporation, incorporated under the laws of Florida, through the lands of the United States near Pensacola, in said State of Florida, known as the navy reservation; that said right of way shall be not more than one hundred feet in width, and located, at the expense of said railroad company, through said naval reservation, and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, to be evidenced by his written consent and Maintenance of railway.approval.
That said railroad corporation, on a written notification by the Secretary of the Navy of his assent and approval to and of the route to be followed, shall construct, maintain, and operate, at its own expense, a line of railway on said route from Pensacola to Warrington, on said naval reservation. 321 Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy shall be, and he is hereby,Use of water front. empowered and directed to allow the use by said railroad company for the accommodation of its freight and passenger traffic of so much of the water front of said naval reservation lying outside and east of the present navy-yard enclosure, not exceeding two hundred feet front on the bay by five hundred feet in depth, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy is necessary for the purposes of a depot and terminal facilities for said railroad company;
The Secretary of the Navy is also hereby authorized to permit said railroad company to construct a wharf on the east side of the present navy-yard enclosure, connectingWharf. its depot with the channel of the bay, said wharf not to exceed fifty feet in width. The value of the use of any land now occupied by or inAppraising damages. possession by enclosure of any person that shall be appropriated for the use of said railroad company, under the powers granted to it by this act, shall be appraised by a board of six residents of said naval reservation, appointed by the commandant of the navy-yard, and the amount so appraised shall be paid by said railroad company before it shall have the right to enter upon or use such laud.
The Secretary ofRemoval, etc. the Navy may, at any time when he shall deem it necessary to the public good, cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the structures hereby permitted, without subjecting the Government to any claim for damages. Said railroad company shall not erect or allow the use ofConsent of Secretary of the Navy. any building or structures on said naval reservation without the consent of the Secretary of the Navy. Sec. 3. That all rights of way and privileges hereby granted shallConstruction. become null and void unless said railroad company shall construct and operate its line of railway through said reservation within one year from the time said Secretary of the Navy has, in writing, notified said company of his assent to and approval of its route through said reservation, and its failure so to do shall be a forfeiture of this franchise.
Approved, July 28, 1892.