Chapter 359. Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the use of the Coos Head Military Reservation, in the State of Oregon, to the cities of Marshfield and North Bend, Oregon, both being municipal corporations, for park purposes
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CHAP. 359.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the use of the Coos Head Military Reservation, in the State of Oregon, to the cities of Marshfield and North Bend, Oregon, both being municipal corporations, for park purposes. August 21, 1916[[S. 1159](/us/bill/64/s/1159)][[Public, No. 214](/us/pl/64/214)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Coos Head Military Reservation, Oreg. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to grant permission to and to authorize 517the cities of Marshfield and North Bend, each being a municipal corporationMarshfield and North Bend granted use of, for public park. of and within the State of Oregon, to use and occupy all of those tracts or parcels of land known as the Coos Head Military Reservation, and also described as lots one, two, and three, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section two, township twenty-six south, range fourteen west of the Willamette meridian, and lots one, two, and four, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section three, township twenty-six south, range fourteen west of the Willamette meridian, situated on the south shore of the entrance to Coos Bay, at Coos Head, in Coos County, State of Oregon, for park purposes, and to exercise such use and occupation by and through a commission consisting of three persons, two of whom shall be named and appointed by the said city of Marshfield from among its resident citizenship, and one to be named and appointed by the said city of North Bend from among its resident citizenship; and forImprovements, etc., authorized. the purpose of enabling said cities more effectually to promote the purposes herein defined, the said commission is hereby granted the privilege—
(a)To fell and to remove trees and underbrush from said parcelsDesignated. of land, and to otherwise clear and improve the same.
(b)To erect temporary buildings upon said parcels of land for the accommodation and convenience of the public.
(c)To grant to private parties and to others the privilege of erecting temporary buildings upon said parcels of land for the accommodation of private persons and the public.
(d)To survey and plat said parcels of land, or any part thereof, for the purpose of enabling said commission to indicate and define the particular tract or tracts of land granted for such privileges to any person or persons.
(e)To police said parcel or parcels of land while the same or any part thereof is being used or occupied as a park or for parking purposes, or while the same or any part thereof is used or occupied under any privilege granted by said commission in accordance herewith.
(f)To provide and enforce reasonable charges, restrictions, rules, and regulations for the use of property and the conduct of persons while upon said parcels of land or upon any part thereof while being used or occupied, in whole or in part, for park purposes; subject, however, at all times to the rights of the United States in any mannerGovernment uses reserved. to assume control of, hold, use, and occupy, without leave or consent from any one or from said cities of Marshfield or North Bend, or from said commission, any or all of said parcels of land for any and all military, naval, life-saving station, lighthouse, and any and all other Government purposes, freed from any and all grants, conveyances, privileges, charges, encumbrances, improvements, or liens, matured or unmatured, made, created, permitted, or sanctioned thereon, by said cities of Marshfield and North Bend or said commission, or either of them, under and by virtue of this Act: *Provided*, That the United*Provisos*.No United States pecuniary liability. States shall not be or become liable to any person or persons for any damages or compensation whatever to the said cities of Marshfield and North Bend or to said commission, or to either of them, for any future use by the said Government of any and all of the abovedescribed parcels of land for any of the above-named Government purposes: *Provided further*, That each and all of the uses, occupations,Grant temporary. and privileges hereby granted are and shall be of a temporary character only, and the said Secretary of War is hereby authorized to revoke the same at his discretion. Approved, August 21, 1916.