Chapter 1081. Granting the right of way to the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the United States light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida
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CHAP. 1081.— An Act Granting the right of way to the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the United States light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida. June 13, 1902.[[Public, No. 156](/us/pl/57/156).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company.Right of way granted through military reservations, etc., on Gasparilla Island, Fla.
That the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida, is hereby granted the right of way, one hundred feet in width, through the reservations lying on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida, known as the light-house and military reservations. Sec. 2. Secretaries of Treasury and War to approve location. That the line and location of the right of way to the said the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the light-house and military reservations lying on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida, shall be subject to the approval and under the control of *Provisos*.Construction, etc. the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War: *Provided*, That the said railway company, on notification by the Secretaries of the Treasury 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 light-house inclosure on said reservation, and also on the 385 military reservation, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, respectively: *And provided further*, That the Secretaries of the Treasury and War be, and are hereby, Coaling station, etc. authorized to allow the use by the said company, in the accommodation of its general traffic and the maintenance of a coaling station and for terminal facilities, of so much of the land and water front of said Location. reservation lying at a point on the eastern shore of Gasparilla Island, Charlotte Harbor, distant about one thousand feet in a northeasterly direction from Gasparilla Island light and about four hundred feet in a northerly direction from the State quarantine dock, as in their judgment will not be required for light-house or army purposes, and as will not be a hindrance to the public defense nor prejudicial to the health of those residing on the Government reservation, the value of Appraisal. the use of the land to be appraised by a board of officers to be appointed by the Secretary of War: *And provided further*, That the right of Time of completion. way and other 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 railway 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. That the Secretaries of the Treasury and War, at any time Removal, etc., of tracks. 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 light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, Florida, without liability for damages; and No liability for damages. the said company shall not erect or allow the use of any residences on said reservation, nor shall it erect structures of any kind thereon except such as the Secretaries of the Treasury and War shall approve;
Approval required. and all approvals required in this Act shall be in writing. Sec. 4. That Congress expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, Right to amend, etc., reserved. 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. Sec. 5. That the right of trackage over said railway, with proper Use by other companies. terminal facilities, is hereby given to any other railroad desiring to use the same, upon such terms for trackage and terminal facilities as may be agreed upon by the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company and such other company or companies as may desire to use the same; and if they can not agree, then such terms shall be fixed by the Secretary of War.
Approved, June 13, 1902.