Chapter 171. Providing for the cession to the State of Virginia of sovereignty over a tract of land located at Battery Cove, near Alexandria, Virginia
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CHAP. 171.— An Act Providing for the cession to the State of Virginia of sovereignty over a tract of land located at Battery Cove, near Alexandria, Virginia.February 23, 1927.[[H. R. 11615](/us/bill/69/hr/1615).][[Public, No. 634](/us/pl/69/634).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Made land at Battery Cove on Potomac River, near Alexandria, Va., ceded to Virginia. That all that part of the territory of the District of Columbia situated on the Virginia side of the Potomac River at Alexandria, Virginia, lying and being between a line drawn from Jones Point, at low-water mark, to Point Lumley, now Pioneer Mills, at low-water mark, and high-water mark on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River at Alexandria, containing an area of forty-six and fifty-seven one-hundredths acres of made land, more or less, be, and the same is hereby, ceded to and declared to be within the territorial boundaries, jurisdiction, and sovereignty *Provisos*.Other made land not relinquished.of the State of Virginia: *Provided, however*, That this Act shall not be construed to waive or relinquish the title of the United States to the fee of the forty-six and fifty-seven one-hundredths acres of made land in Battery Cove nor as relinquishing or in any manner affecting the power of Congress to exercise exclusive legislation over the said area so long as the same remains in the ownership and possession of the United States: *And provided further*, That this Act shall not 1177 be construed to affect, impair, surrender, waive, or defeat any claim,No claim against Virginia Shipbuilding Company waived, etc. right, or remedy, either at law or in equity, of the United States against the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation for or on account of any debt or obligation of said company to the United States, or that hereafter may be ascertained to be due by said company to the United States, by any court of competent jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject matter in any suit now pending or that may hereafter be instituted by the United States against the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation.
Approved, February 23, 1927.