Chapter 447. Authorizing the exchange of lot six, of square ten, known as the old custom-house lot, in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, for lands adjoining that part of the United States military reservation in said city designated as the powder-house lot
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CHAP. 447.— An Act Authorizing the exchange of lot six, of square ten, known as the old custom-house lot, in the city of Saint Augustine, Florida, for lands adjoining that part of the United States military reservation in said city designated as the powder-house lot. March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theSt. Augustine, Fla.Exchange authorized of old customhouse lot for adjoining lands.
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to convey the title of the United States to lot six, of square ten, in the city of Saint Augustine, State of Florida, known as the old custom house lot, to Charles F. Hamblen, or his heirs or assigns, in exchange and upon a conveyance by said Charles F. Hamblen, his executors or assigns, to the United States of America of the lot of land known as the Hedrick lot, in square forty-four, in said city of Saint Augustine, situated between the United States military reservation known as the powder-house lot and the Matanzas River or Bay, with all riparian rights and water privileges to said lot belonging.
But the conveyance of the said lands belonging to the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be subject to the rights of Henry M. Flagler in and to a lease of the same heretofore made to him by the Treasury Department: *Provided, however,**Provisos.*Jurisdiction over lands conveyed, etc. That the exchange of lands herein authorized shall not take effect until the governor of the State of Florida shall have ceded to the United States jurisdiction over the said lands to be conveyed by the said Charles F.
Hamblen, with exemption from State, county, and municipal taxation: *And provided further,* That the title to the landTitle. authorized to be acquired by this Act shall be approved by the Attorney-General. Sec. 2. That an open thoroughfare or street sixty feet in width shallStreet along northern boundary of military reservation, etc. be maintained along the northern boundary of the present military reservation known as the powder-house lot and along the northern boundary of the lands which shall have been acquired as aforesaid by the 1360 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 447, 448. 1899. United States; this provision to be operative when the city of Saint Augustine shall by ordinance abolish that part of Marine street south of the north line of said powder-house lot, or sooner, at the discretion of the Secretary of War. Approved, March 3, 1899.