Chapter 1488. Authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to the Columbia Military Academy certain property in Maury County, Tennessee
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CHAP. 1488.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to the Columbia Military Academy certain property in Maury County, Tennessee. April 23, 1904. [[H. R. 13509](/us/bill/58/hr/13509).] [[Public, No. 152](/us/pl/58/152).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Columbia Arsenal, Tenn. Transferred to Columbia Military Academy for educational purposes. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey, by deed duly and properly executed, to Columbia Military Academy, an educational corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, and its successors, the property situated in the ninth civil district of Maury County, State of Tennessee, belonging to the Government of the United States, formerly used as an arsenal, and known as the Columbia Arsenal property, the same comprising about sixty-six acres, and generally bounded by the Hampshire pike, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the Mount Pleasant pike, and a public road connecting the two pikes above named, said conveyance to provide, however, that the estate thereby created shall continue so long only as the said property shall be used for educational purposes only and in conformity with the terms of this Act.
Sec. 2. Stipulation in acceptance. That the Secretary of War shall require the grantee to file in the War Department an acceptance of said property stipulating that the same shall be dedicated and used for all time for educational purposes and no other. Sec. 3. Authority of Secretary of War. That the Secretary of War shall be a visitor to said school and have and exercise full rights of visitation, and he shall have the right and authority, in his discretion, if the public interest requires, to prescribe the military curriculum of said school and to enforce compliance therewith, and upon refusal or failure of the authorities of said school to comply with the rules and regulations so prescribed by the Secretary of War or with the terms of this Act he is authorized to declare that the estate of the grantee has determined, and the property shall revert to the United States, and the Secretary of War is authorized thereupon to take possession of said property in behalf Use reserved. of the United States.
The deed mentioned in section one and the acceptance mentioned in section two of this Act shall so stipulate and shall further reserve to the United States the right to use such lands for military purposes at any time on demand of the President of the United States. Approved, April 23, 1904.