Chapter 684. To grant a right of way to the Warrior Southern Railway Company through the tract of land in the State of Alabama reserved for the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the Black Warrior River and known as Lock Four
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CHAP. 684.— An Act To grant a right of way to the Warrior Southern Railway Company through the tract of land in the State of Alabama reserved for the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the Black Warrior River and known as Lock Four. May 3, 1902. [[Public, No. 103](/us/pl/57/103).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Lock No. 4, Black Warrior River, Ala. Warrior Southern Railway granted right of way through reservation for.
That a right of way is hereby granted to the Warrior Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the. laws of the State of Alabama, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the railroad contemplated by said company to be constructed from Searcy up the left bank of the Black Warrior River, in the State of Alabama, through and across that certain tract of land situate, lying, and being upon the said Black Warrior River, in section two, township twentyone south, range nine west, in the said State of Alabama, which has been reserved and appropriated to the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the channel of the said Black Warrior River at the point known us Lock Numbered Four; and said company is hereby authorized to locate, construct, operate, and maintain its said railroad through and across said tract of land over so much of said tract of land as shall be included within lines drawn parallel to and eight feet distant on either side from the center line of the main track of said railroad as so located: *Provided, however,* That the location and*Provisos*.Location to be approved by Secretary of War. all details of construction, such as retaining walls, culverts, spoil banks, and so forth, of said railroad through and across said tract of land shall be first approved by the Secretary of War and shall be such as not to unreasonably interfere with the purposes for which said tract of land was reserved to the United States: *And provided further,* ThatRemoval of buildings, etc. the said company shall, at its own expense, but under the direction and with the approval of the Secretary of War, move any and all building or buildings and structure or structures heretofore erected by the United States upon said tract of land, and which may interfere with the construction and operation of said railroad as so located, to some other point or points upon said tract of land equally available and suitable for the use of the United States and the purposes for which such building or buildings, structure or structures, were erected: *And provided further,* That the said company shall secure and grant, to theTelephone.
United States full and free authority to construct, operate, and maintain a telephone line along the right of way of said railroad and connecting lines between Tuscaloosa and the junction of said railroad with the Ensley Southern Railway on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River: *And provided further,* That the said company shall build andSide track. permanently maintain, without cost to the United States, a side track190 at the lower end of said tract of land for the exclusive and free use of the United States: *And provided also, *That the Warrior Southern RailwayFreight charges.
Company and its assigns shall not charge the United States for freight shipped over its lines rates higher than those charged any private party. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, May 3, 1902.