Chapter 9. to provide for the sale of Navy-yard lands in the city of Brooklyn
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CHAP. 9.— An Act to provide for the sale of Navy-yard lands in the city of Brooklyn.December 22, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. That the Secretary of the Navy shall, as speedily as convenient, cause surveys and a true map to be made of the following plat of ground belonging to the United StatesSurvey of lands to be made. and included in the present limits of the navy-yard at Brooklyn, New York:
All that plat of land included in the present limits of said navy yard, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point on the line ofBoundaries. the United States navy-yard at the northwest intersection of Flusing and Clinton avenues extended; thence easterly along Flushing avenue five hundred and sixty feet, more or less, to the northwest intersection of Flushing and Washington avenues; thence northerly along Washington avenue one thousand five hundred and eighteen feet and five inches, more or less, to the intersection of Washington avenue with the boundary line between the United States navy-yard property and property conveyed by the United States to the city of Brooklyn by deed of exchange, dated December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; thence westerly along said boundary line nine hundred and thirty-five feet; thence southerly in a straight line to the northwest intersection of the navy-yard property and Clinton avenue extended, the point or place of beginning.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorizedConveyance to city of Brooklyn. to sell and convey the property hereinbefore described, to the city of Brooklyn for market purposes and for slips, canals, and piers, and other public works in connection with such market purposes, and such sale shall be upon the express condition that the city of Brooklyn shallConditions. open from the Wallabout channel one or more water channels for commerce through the land conveyed, and the channel or channels hereby required to be opened shall be opened from the water to or towards Flushing avenue along the west side of said land with only an open street intervening between said water channel and the navy-yard line; one of said channels shall be opened at least one-half the distance from the Wallabout channel to Flushing avenue, within two years after the conveyance of said land to the city of Brooklyn, and that the United States shall have free access from said navy yard across said street to said channel; and before said sale is consummated the consent of the city of Brooklyn shall be given to the closing by the United States of the Wallabout channel by a causeway which shall be located entirely west of the land to be conveyed under this act to the city of Brooklyn, and within one year from the passage of this act such consent shall also be obtained from the State of New York. 408 Sec. 3.
That the price at which the Secretary of the Navy is herebyDetermination of price. authorized to sell said laud, whether under water or not, to the city of Brooklyn, for the purpose above mentioned, shall not be less than forty-one thousand dollars per acre; and the question of excess of value, if Appraisement.any, over and above the sum herein named shall be submitted to and determined by a board of three competent appraisers, such board to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, and the report of such appraisers shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy.
Sec. 4. That within ninety days from their appointment the said Report of appraisers.appraisers, or a majority of them, shall report in writing to the Secretary of the Navy and to the mayor of the city of Brooklyn the value agreed upon by them of the plat of land hereinbefore described, and Completion of purchase.that if within six months after the filing of such report the mayor of the city of Brooklyn shall notify the Secretary of the Navy that the city of Brooklyn will purchase said property for market purposes and for slips, canals, and piers, and other public works in connection with such market purposes, the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon receipt of the purchase money, execute and deliver to the city of Brooklyn a full and sufficient deed of conveyance of such property.
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy, after deducting the expensesDisposal of proceeds. of surveys and appraisals and conveyance, shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the net amount received by him from the sale of the said land. Approved, December 22, 1892.