Chapter 881. Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company
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Chap. 881: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company. Chapter 881 45 Stat. 973 1928-05-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 881.— An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company.
May 29, 1928.[[S. 4315](/us/bill/70/hr/4315).][[Public, No. 591](/us/pl/70/591).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Fort Brown Reservation, Tex.Secretary of War authorized to sell to Gateway Bridge Company portion of land of. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell, or cause to be sold, to the Gateway Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, at the appraised value as determined by the Secretary of War, approximately threeDescription. thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of ground of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, particularly described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at an unmarked point in the north line of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, said point bearing south sixty-six degrees twelve minutes west twenty-two and two-tenths feet from a ten inch by ten inch concrete Government monument set at intersection of north line of Levee Street with north reservation line; thence north sixty-six degrees twelve minutes east one hundred and forty-nine and ninety-four one-hundredths feet along the said north reservation line to its point of intersection with the south line of a twenty-foot alley between Levee and Elizabeth Streets; thence south forty-three degrees fifty-one minutes east twenty-one and three-tenths feet along the south line of said alley produced to its point of intersection with a line ten feet distant from and parallel to the quartermaster’s brick wall; thence south sixty-six 974 degrees twelve minutes west one hundred and eighty and fifty-four one-hundredths feet along said line ten feet from and parallel to the quartermaster’s brick wall to its point of intersection with the northeast line of the present triangular leased parcel of the Gateway Bridge Company from the Fort Brown Reservation; thence north twenty-five degrees thirty-four minutes east along said lease line thirty and seven-tenths feet to the place of beginning; containing, in all, three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of ground, subject to such conditions, restrictions, and reservationsConditions. as the Secretary of War may impose for the protection of the reservation and to prevent the erection and maintenance of an unsightly structure or structures upon the said area.
Sec. 2. The net proceeds derived from the sale of such land shallProceeds to credit of military post construction fund. be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the military post construction fund. Approved, May 29, 1928.
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Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company
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