Chapter 77. To provide for the acquisition of an air station site for the United States Navy
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CHAP. 77.— An Act To provide for the acquisition of an air station site for the United States Navy.October 6, 1917.[[S. 2437](/us/bill/65/s/2437).][[Public, No. 62](/us/pl/65/62).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cape May, N. J. Appropriation for acquiring naval air station site at. *Post*, p. 720.That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, including all easements, riparian and other rights appurtenant thereto, for use for naval purposes, the tract of land situate at Cape May, New Jersey, lying between Princeton and Kansas Avenues and the water front and Cape May Avenue, comprising, exclusive of Pennsylvania Avenue, which intersects the tract and is to remain a public thoroughfare, approximately fifty-seven and seventy-three one-hundredths acres, or such enlarged area for which he may be able to contract within the appropriation, and there is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the acquisition of said property and of all *Provisos*.Expenditures limiteasements, riparian and other rights appurtenant thereto, the sum of $150,000: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Navy shall authorize the payment of no part of this sum, except for perfecting the title and dredging Cold Spring Harbor and the entrance thereto, in order Acquisition of additional lands without increased cost.to make it more available for naval purposes: *And provided further, *That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, empowered in his discretion to acquire, if possible, additional acreage without increased cost and within the appropriation herein authorized, and to exact guarantees for the maintenance of the electric railway now Condemnation authorized.running through the above-described land; and power is hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy to condemn the said tract of land for naval, aviation, and kindred purposes on the Conditions.New Jersey coast adjacent to Cold Spring Harbor; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed, in conducting his negotiations with the Cape May Real Estate Company, to maintain intact the obligation existing between the United States and the Cape May Real Estate Company, executed by the said company June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seven; and that this contract shall not be regarded as a waiver of either the obligation of the company or the rights of the United States.
Approved, October 6, 1917.