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 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 652-654. 1890. 213— CHAP. 652.-An act authorizing the erection of a hotel upon the Government July 2, 1890. reservation at Fortress Mom·oe._ H Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 3f America in Con_ ress assembled, That the Secretary rnman Monroe of War be, an he is hereby, authorized to grant permission to J. C. '$;°,'Q,‘§°{,‘}§‘,;,}T"g‘“"* Asbury to build a hotel upon the lands of the United States at msecrggew J<>f WM Fortress Monroe, Virginia, upon such site and with such lans and nd-;ytZi“Lllin.‘ C` A°` dimensions as may be approved by the Secretary of War: ¥’rovided, mg That the State of Virginia by its general assembly and overnor, Consent br Virginia. shall, by proper legal enactment, give the consent of said State to the erection of such hotel, and that the building or buildings erected shall be moved at the ex ense of the owner or owners whenever the mmnvnn wnnnnt Secretary of War shall direct, and no claim for damages by reason §"°""“‘°”*·°1 “°b** of such removal shall be made u on the Government of the United ` States: And provided further, That the building so erected shall be rnxnnnn. subject to State and national taxation as other pro erty. And provided further, That the privilege herein granted shall become null Completion. and void unless said hotel shall be completed within two years after the passage of this act. Approved, July 2, 1890. CHAP. 653.-An act granting certain privileges to the Union Railway of Chat- Ju1y2, 1890. tanooga, Tennessee. _‘vv_·——· Be it enacted by the Senate and House_ of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chatta- Chattanocze Union nooga Union Railway Company, a corporation duly organized and ,,,Q’,,‘{'{‘,}"§,'§,§ existing under the laws of the State of Tennessee, and its successors mgegggggw and assigns, be, and are hereby, granted a right of way thirty-five nooga, Tenn. °` feet wide, running on a nfteen degrees’ curve across the southwest- §'vg$§,‘§n§{,>[;_,m erly corner, and in a twelve degrees’ curve across the southeasterly ` corner of the United States reservation at Chattanooga, Tennessee, as Location. indicated on plat hereto annexed and forming part of the act; also the privilege of occupying for depot purposes a suitable portion of ¤·¤1>¤t¤1r¤- land on the reservation, including the location of the present depot. It is expressly understood that no part of this land or right of way No part to be und shall be used for storage of cars, an that a delpot shall be maintained '°" °‘“` “°"°‘°· by said railway at the road leading from sai< railway to the gate of deN¤:i¤¤¤\ cemetery the national cemetery, at or about the location of the present depot, '°°` and said privileges shall be subject to such change or remova as Change in- nnnnvu. . ma be prescribed by the Secretary of War at the expense of the railbvay company. Approved, July 2, 1890. CHAP. 654.-An act providing for the sale of navy~yard and United States July 2, 1890. naval hospital lands in the city of Brooklyn, New York. `*········· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Bmnuyn, nv. of the Navy shall, as speedily as convenient, cause surveys and true ,,,s,§“*°,,,,‘$,§,,““,‘Q,’Q;,,"f,,_‘§ maps to be made of the following plats of ground belonging to the Mggswig- m United States, and included in the resent limits of the navy- ard at ya' ` Brooklyn, New York, and of the Ulhited States naval hospital, at the same ace: Alllthat plat- of land included in the present limits of said navy- mmminnm ard, lying on the easterly side of Washington avenue, between said N'"""° {Vashington avenue and the United States naval hospital land; Flushing avenue and the Kent avenue basin ; and in addition thereto