Chapter 266. Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remove the quarantine station now situated at Fort Morgan, Alabama, to Sand Island, near the entrance of the port of Mobile, Alabama, and to construct thereon a new quarantine station
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CHAP. 266.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remove the quarantine station now situated at Fort Morgan, Alabama, to Sand Island, near the entrance of the port of Mobile, Alabama, and to construct thereon a new quarantine station. February 19, 1925.[[H. R. 8090](/us/bill/68/hr/8090).][[Public, No. 425](/us/pl/68/425).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Mobile, Ala., quarantine station.Site on Sand Island to be used for.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed on a site now owned by the United States Government on Sand Island, near the entrance of the port of Mobile, Alabama, or on such site on this island as may hereafter be ceded to the United States by the State of Alabama, a quarantine stationCost authorized for construction. at a cost for station, dredging, and all other improvements and appurtenances provided for by this Act not exceeding $300,000, which amount is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money inAcceptance of title for lands ceded by Alabama. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized to accept title for and on behalf of the United States to such additional lands on Sand Island as may be ceded by the State of Alabama to the United States for use as a national quarantine station as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Facilities for operations, equipment, etc. That the said quarantine station shall include such wharves, bulkheads, buildings and equipment, water supply, electric-lighting system, telephone cable, heating and sewage systems, and the dredging of a channel leading to the proposed wharves, and such other facilities as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury*Proviso*.Amount for furnishing, etc.*Post*, p. 1343. for the proper operation of a quarantine station: *Provided*, That $40,000 of the amount herein authorized to be appropriated may be used for miscellaneous furnishing and equipment.
Sec. 3. Transfer and disposal of equipment from station at Fort Morgan. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to transfer and remove such furniture, equipment, articles, and materials as may be useful in the construction and equipment of the new quarantine station at Sand Island, Alabama, from the quarantine station now maintained at Fort Morgan, Alabama, and make such disposition of the buildings, site, and equipment at Fort Morgan, Alabama, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the Government.
Approved, February 19, 1925.