Chapter 398. Granting to the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, a right of way through the United States military reservation at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 398.— An Act Granting to the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, a right of way through the United States military reservation at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania. August 23, 1916[[H. R. 13984](/us/bill/64/hr/13984)][[Public, No. 230](/us/pl/64/230)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of WarFort Mifflin, Pa.Right of way through, granted to Philadelphia.Purposes, etc. be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant to the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, an easement of a right of way for municipal purposes over a strip of land one hundred feet wide, extending from Back Channel to the Delaware River, through and over the United States military reservation located in the said city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and known as the Fort Mifflin (Pennsylvania) Military Reservation; the said city of Philadelphia to have a right of way over said strip of land, and as well authority to construct a paved roadway and an industrial railway thereon for the use of the sewage treatment works of the said 532city of Philadelphia, and as well to construct upon the end of said right of way at the Delaware River a wharf or pier, and as well to construct and maintain under said right of way conduits from the *Provisos*.Location, etc.said sewage treatment works to the Delaware River: *Provided*, That the exact location of the said right of way and wharf shall be fixed by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy; that the construction thereof shall be under their supervision; and that the city of Philadelphia shall remove the old earth battery and level the Conditions.entire portion of the reservation west of the old fort: *Provided further*, That no title or property right whatever to said strip of land or interest therein, by reason of said conveyance, is to pass to the city of Philadelphia, excepting the right of use as above set forth; that the use by the city of Philadelphia of the said strip of land for any other purpose than herein set forth or the failure to maintain and to operate as directed by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy shall work a forfeiture of the above-recited right; that the said right of easement of the city of Philadelphia may be declared terminated and ended by the Secretary of War of the United States at any time and he may thereupon resume complete possession of such strip of land Government use reserved.and all right hereunder shall cease and determine: *And provided further*, That the right is reserved to the United States to occupy the said right of way for military or other governmental purposes.
Sec. 2. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby reserved. Approved, August 23, 1916.