Chapter 224. Granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida
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CHAP. 224.— An Act Granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida. February 28, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Pensacola and NorthwesternPensacola and Northwestern Railroad granted right of way through naval, etc., reservations, Pensacola, Fla.
Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the States of Florida and Alabama, is hereby granted the right of way one hundred feet in width through the reservations lying near Pensacola, in the State of Florida, known as the naval and military reservations. Sec. 2. That the line and location of the right of way to the said theSecretary of Navy, etc., to approve locaiton, etc. Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company through the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, shall be subject to the approval and under the control of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That the said railroad company, on notification*Provisos.*Construction of spur tracks. by the Secretaries of the Navy and War, shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, construct, maintain, and operate, at its own expense, a spur track or tracks to enter into and be located at such place or places within the present limits of the navy-yard inclosure on said reservation, and also on the military reservation, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of War, respectively: *And provided further,* That the Secretaries of the Navy and War be, and areUse of land on water front outside inclosure. hereby, authorized to allow the use by the said company, in the accommodation of its general traffic and the maintenance of a coaling station, of so much of the land and water front of the said reservation lying west of and outside of the present navy-yard inclosure as in their judgment will not be required for naval or army purposes, and as will not be a hinderance to the public defense nor prejudicial to the health of those residing on the Government reservation, and not to exceed in any one case three hundred feet of water front, which width may extend back along the line of said road not more than one thousand feet, the value of the use of land to be appraised by a board of naval officers to 912 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 224, 225. 1899. be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy: *And provided further,* Reimbursement of residents of reservation for damages.That said company shall reimburse the residents of said reservation for any damages to their property or tenements caused by the construction, excavation, or operation of said road, such damage in all cases to Completion of construction.be fixed by the said board: *And provided further,* That the right of way and other1 privileges granted in this section shall be subject to the regulation and control of the said Secretaries, and shall be inoperative, null, and void unless the said railroad company shall complete the construction of and have in use its tracks within five years from the date of the passage of this Act.
Sec. 3. Authority to remove structures, etc. That the Secretaries of the Navy and War, at any time they shall deem it necessary for the public good, may cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the tracks, embankments or other structures hereby permitted on the naval and military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, without liability for damages; and the said company shall not erect or allow the use of any residences on said reservation, nor shall it erect any structures of any kind thereon except such as the Secretaries of the Navy and War shall approve; and all approvals in this Act required shall be in writing.
Sec. 4. Amendment. That Congress expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, in whole or in part, without any liability on the part of the United States for any damages or losses sustained by said company. Approved, February 28, 1899.