Chapter 450. Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey certain portions of the military reservation of the Presidio of San Francisco to the city and county of San Francisco for educational, art, exposition, and park purposes
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CHAP. 450.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey certain portions of the military reservation of the Presidio of San Francisco to the city and county of San Francisco for educational, art, exposition, and park purposes. March 3, 1925.[[S. 4264](/us/bill/68/s/4264).][[Public, No. 568](/us/pl/68/568).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary San Francisco, Calif.Portion of Presidio reservation conveyed to.of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to the city and county of San Francisco, subject to the conditions hereinafter specified, for educational, art, exposition, and park purposes, that portion of the military reservation of the Presidio of San Francisco Vol. 40, p. 862.in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, on which the Palace of Fine Arts is located, included within metes and bounds as follows:
Commencing at a point on the westerly line of Lyon Street, distant Description.thereon five and seventeen one-hundredths feet southerly from the northerly line of Bay Street, if extended and produced westerly, and running thence northerly along the westerly line of Lyon Street one thousand one hundred and ninety-six and eighty one-hundredths feet; thence southwesterly on a curve to the left of six hundred and twelve feet radius, central angle one hundred and fifty-five degrees forty-seven minutes and fifty seconds, tangent to a line deflected one hundred and two degrees six minutes and five seconds to the left from the preceding course a distance of one thousand six hundred and sixty-four and thirteen one-hundredths feet to the westerly line of Lyon Street and the point of commencement, containing nine and ninety-three one-hundredths acres, more or less: *Provided, *Proviso*.Possession by United States in event of war, etc.however*, in the event of war or any other great national emergency, the United States shall have the right, which it hereby reserves, to take exclusive possession of said land and all improvements thereon, without the payment of any compensation therefor, and to hold, occupy, and use the same during the continuance of such war or emergency.
Said grant shall become effective only in the event that the city Right subject to grant of use of streets for railroad track, Fort Mason to the Presidio.and county of San Francisco shall grant to the United States the right to maintain and operate over its public streets a spur track railroad extending from Fort Mason Military Reservation in the city and county of San Francisco to said Presidio Reservation, over such route or routes as may be determined by resolution or ordi-nance of the board of supervisor’s of said city and county and ap-proved by the Secretary of War.
If, before the 1st day of July,Conveyance null and void if ordinance not granted. 1927, the city and county of San Francisco shall fail to grant by valid ordinance to the United States the right to maintain and operate said spur track, this grant shall become null and void, and title to said premises shall revert to the United States: *Provided,*Proviso*.Use of Palace of Fine Arts. however*, That in any event until the 1st day of July, 1927, said city and county of San Francisco, may use, occupy, and retain possession of said Palace of Fine Arts and the ground upon which it is located.
Approved, March 3, 1925.