Chapter 416. To authorize the acquisition of lands for military purposes in certain cases and making appropriations therefor, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 416.— An Act To authorize the acquisition of lands for military purposes in certain cases and making appropriations therefor, and for other purposes. September 22, 1922.[[S. 2885](/us/bill/67/s/2885).][[Public, No. 351](/us/67/pl/351).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in order to provide forArmy.Acquisition of titles to designated lands, etc., for military purposes.*Post*, p. 1162. the payment of awards in condemnation proceedings heretofore instituted for the acquisition of title to lands needed for military purposes, and in order to save the investments of the Government in improvements erected upon lands occupied under leases for military purposes, and to avoid the payment of excessive rentals and restoration charges, and in order to complete certain other projects already begun, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition of title to the lands hereinafter mentioned out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:
Morgan General Ordnance Depot, South Amboy, New Jersey: ForAuthorized amounts.South Amboy, N. J. purchase of land occupied as a railroad right of way in connection with the ordnance depot, $300. Pig Point Ordnance Reserve Depot, Virginia: To complete Pig Point, Va.acquisition of real estate, $3,000. Middletown Air Intermediate Depot, Middletown, Pennsylvania:Middletown, Pa. To complete the acquisition of real estate, $165,000. Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland: For the acquisition ofEdgewood, Md. a right of way for high-tension electric transmission line and telegraph and telephone line connection with the Edgewood Arsenal, now occupied underleases, $24,200.
Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado: For the purchaseDenver, Colo. of land occupied as a railroad right of way connecting the hospital with the Union Pacific Railroad, $1,500. Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia:Walter Reed Hospital, D. C. For the acquisition of an addition thereto and for the site of Medical1030Museum and Library, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated for that purpose, $44,109.22. Philadelphia, Pa.Inland warehouses.Inland Warehouses, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
For the acquisition of sixty and seventy one-hundredths acres of land now occupied under lease and to acquire five and twenty-three one-hundredths acres of land necessary in connection therewith, $575,000. Sec. 2. Contracts, payments, etc., authorized. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into necessary contracts of purchase and make payments for such lands and to cause condemnation proceedings to be instituted where such action is deemed necessary or advisable, and out of the sum herein appropriated to pay final judgments in such condemnation cases, and to pay all necessary costs and expenses, including cost of abstracts, surveys, and recording fees incident to and necessary in carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Approved, September 22, 1922.