Chapter 1004. Granting the right of way to the Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad Company through the Government lands at Lock Number Two, Big Sandy River, and at Lock Number Three, Big Sandy River, both in Wayne County, West Virginia
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CHAP. 1004.— An Act Granting the right of way to the Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad Company through the Government lands at Lock Number Two, Big Sandy River, and at Lock Number Three, Big Sandy River, both in Wayne County, West Virginia. March 3, 1903.[[Public, No. 154](/us/pl/57/154).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Locks 2 and 3, Big Sandy River, W. Va. Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad Company granted right of way through.
That the Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the law of the State of West Virginia, its successors and assigns, be, and the same are hereby, empowered to locate, construct, and maintain its railroad through the lands belonging to the United States Government at Lock Number Two, Big Sandy River, and at Lock Number Three, Big Sandy River, in Wayne County, in the State of West Virginia, under such conditions and upon such lines, and of such widths, as shall be determined and approved by the Secretary of War: *Proviso*.
Payment. *Provided*, That the said company shall pay to the United States such sum of money as the Secretary of War shall decide to be the value of the lands so occupied. Sec. 2. Time of construction. That the right of way granted herein under the provisions contained in this Act shall become inoperative and null and void unless the said company shall, within the term of two years from the first of January, nineteen hundred and three, have so far advanced the construction of said road as to satisfy the War Department that said company is lawfully and successfully established and that said road will be completed as proposed within a reasonable time.
Sec. 3. Reversion. That if in the future, in the construction or operation by the United States of locks, dams, or other improvements to facilitate navigation on the Big Sandy River, or the tributaries thereof, it shall be necessary to utilize any land or other property of the said railroad company, the privilege shall be granted on such terms as shall be determined by the Secretary of War, and the said railroad company shall execute a valid agreement to that effect to be submitted to and approved by the said Secretary of War.
Sec. 4. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1903.