Chapter 236. Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to grant a right of way for a public highway to the county of Skagit, Washington
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CHAP. 236.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to grant a right of way for a public highway to the county of Skagit, Washington. June 22, 1922.[[H. R. 6313](/us/bill/67/hr/6313).][[Public, No. 251](/us/pl/67/251).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Skagit County. Wash. That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to convey to the county of Skagit, Washington,665 a right of way for a public highway, not more than fifty feet wide,Right of wav granted, through fish hatchery. through the property of the United States in Skagit County, Washington, used as a fish-cultural station and hatchery, such right of way being more particularly described as follows:
All that portion ofDescription. the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section fifteen, township thirty-five north, range seven east of the Willamette meridian, lying and being within lines twenty-five feet on each side of the following-described center line, to wit: Beginning at a point on the east and west center line of said section fifteen, south eighty-eight degrees fifty-nine minutes west seven hundred and thirty feet, more or Tess, west of the east quarter corner of the above said section fifteen, township thirty-five north, range seven east, Willamette meridian; thence south eighty-eight degrees fifty-nine minutes west along the east and west center line of the above said section fifteen, seventy-five feet; thence south fifty-seven degrees forty-nine minutes west three hundred and forty feet; thence south eighty-eight degrees seven one-hundredths minutes west two hundred and fifty feet, more or less, to the west line of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said section fifteen, township thirty-five north, range seven east, Willamette meridian, containing seventy-one one-hundredths acres, more or less: *Provided*, That such*Provisos*.Public highway to be maintained. conveyance of right of way shall not be construed as affecting the right or title of the United States in said property or as in violation of any stipulation or condition in the conveyance of the same to the United States, and on the further condition that the land or right of way authorized to be conveyed hereunder shall be constructed and maintained as a highway free of any expense to the United States, and all work thereon shall be such as not to interfere with the operations and efficiency of said fish-cultural station, and in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of Commerce: *Provided further*, ThatAmendment. the right is hereby reserved to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this Act.
Approved, June 22, 1922.