Chapter 248. Authorizing the Secretary of War to exchange with the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company lands on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River near the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge
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CHAP. 248.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to exchange with the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company lands on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River near the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. February 20, 1931.[[H. R. 16248](/us/bill/71/hr/16248).][[Public, No. 705](/us/pl/71/705).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Va.Land exchange with the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company, authorized.
That in order to enable the Arlington Memorial Bridge project to be carried out in a satisfactory manner and to remove any interference with the plans for said bridge or its approaches on the Virginia side of the Potomac River arising from the location of the tracks of the Rosslyn Con-necting Railroad Company, the Secretary of War, with the consent of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, is authorized to effect such an exchange of lands with the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company as may be necessary or desirable for that purpose and will permit the relocation of the tracks of said railroad company in accord with the plans for said bridge and its approaches; and to that end the Secretary of War is authorized to convey to the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company such lands of the United States on the west side of the Potomac River, including lands within the administrative control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, as may be agreed upon in said exchange in consideration of the conveyance to the United States by said railroad company of such lands of an approximately equivalent area as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose of this Act and permit the removal of the tracks or the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company to a *Proviso*.Title of conveyed land.location in accord with said Memorial Bridge project: *Provided*, That the title to the lands conveyed in exchange by the Rosslyn Connecting Railroad Company shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of War.
Approved, February 20, 1931.