Chapter 78. To authorize the Secretary of War to lease a certain tract of land to the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas
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CHAP. 78.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease a certain tract of land to the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas. February 25, 1922.[[H. R. 9060](/us/bill/67/hr/9060).][[Public, No. 156](/us/67/pl/156).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of WarFort Leavenworth, Kans.Part of reservation leased to Leavenworth. be, and he is hereby, authorized to lease to the city of Leavenworth, a municipal corporation in the State of Kansas, the following described tract of land in the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas:
Beginning at the northwest corner of the twenty-acre tract of landDescription. formerly in said military reservation granted to the Leavenworth Coal Company by the Act of Congress approved July 20,1868 ; thence north in extension of the west line of said twenty-acre tract five hundred feet; thence east parallel to the north line of said twenty-acre tract eight hundred and twenty feet, more or less, to the railroad right of way; thence southerly on the west line of said right of way five hundred and three feet, more or less, to the north line of the said twenty-acre tract; thence west on the said north line to the place of beginning, containing nine and three-fourths acres, more or less, re- serving to the United States, or assigns, the coal, or royalty for the coal , underlying said lands, for the purpose of constructing andUse for reservoir. maintaining thereon a reservoir and such other works as may be necessary to enable said city to supply the troops at Fort Leavenworth and its other patrons with pure water: *Provided*, That the said city shall*Proviso*.Condition. have the free and uninterrupted use of said tract of land for the purposes above named, under the direction and control of the Secretary of War, so long as it is so used, and that when it ceases to occupyTermination for nonuser. and use it for such purposes the lease shall be null and void.
That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after itsEffective date. passage. Approved, February 25, 1922.