Chapter 207. To authorize the Secretary of War to grant permission to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to widen Haines Street in front of the national cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 207.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to grant permission to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to widen Haines Street in front of the national cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 29, 1924.[[H. R. 498](/us/bill/68/hr/498).][[Public, No. 155](/us/pl/68/155).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Philadelphia, Pa.Granted use of part of national cemetery for street purposes. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to permit the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to use and occupy for street purposes all or any part of a strip of land, eight feet six inches in width, off the south side of the Philadelphia National Cemetery, in said city, and along the Haines Street*Proviso*.Conditions. frontage of said cemetery: *Provided*, That the said city shall remove the present stone wall marking the boundary line between said cemetery and said street and grade, build, and maintain a sidewalk and curb along the frontage of said cemetery and care for and maintain said street the same as other public streets of said city.
Approved, May 29, 1924.