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 F IFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 585, 586. 1902. 119 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA_ DistrictofColumbia, Board of Children’s Guardians: For care of feeble—minded children; G£Q*j,§§,;’ C*'""’€“`” board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of said Care crrésbismiucboard by the courts of the District, and for the temporary care of °d°mm°"' children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, nine thousand dollars. Approved, April 22, 1902. CHAP. 586.-—An Act Granting to the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Avril 23. 1902- Compan(y)the right to use for rai road {purposes the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile unty, Alabama, and now hel for light-house purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in consideration of pro- gboggaiig P<>i¤¤.{¤5~· visions hereinafter contained there is hereby granted to the Mobile, to lMobUe,w?lbbl$sdii Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company the right to build and Q,§‘§,’§§‘;,s;§§;f*'““‘*‘ construct wharves, docks, piers, and otherstructures for use in the operation of its railroad upon the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, and now held by the United States for lighthouse purposes, and to lay its tracks upon and oversaid wharves, docks, and piers: Provided, however, That at least three hundred feet of said gfwiw-_ H { wharves, docks, and giers shall be designated and set apart, subject to 1ig¤i.i.i>iiZ§i °“ °r the approval of the ight~House Boar, for the exclusive use of the Unite States for light—house purposes, which said wharves, docks, and piers so designated and set apart shall be maintained and kept in cb¤:;1j£*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢ 0* repair by the said railroad company, and the water approaches thereto ` kept dredged at the United States dredged channel depth without cost to the United States. Sec. 2. That within fifteen days after the approval of this Act the t0I§§f,‘fg$I§‘},$§n§°§{§l said railroad compa.ny shall Hle with the Secretary of the Treasur * complete plans showing the wharves, docks, and piers to be constructedi upon which shall be designated the portion of said proposed wharves, docks, or iers to be set apart for the use of the Unite States as provided in tihe first section of this Act, said plans, in so far as said wharves, docks, and piers are to be erected upon the lands of the United States, to be approved by the Light-House Board. Sec. 3. That within thirty days from the approval of the plans as dgme °' °°¤*"“°· hereinbefore provided the said railroad company shall commence the ` construction of the said wharves, docks, and piers, and shall within five months from the commencement of the said work have completed and ready for use by the United States that portion of the said wharves, docks, and iers designated as hereiubefore provided for the use of the United States. Size. 4. That the United States shall have free access at all times tmfgrégjgfd ******5 across the tracks of said railroad com ·ny b · the most convenient ` route, to be determined by the Light-lgbuse Soard, for pedestrians, drays, and wagons, for lighthouse purposes, to the end of the wharf or pier designated as hereinbefore provided: Provided, lzowerer, That Qygfff, pobwion the United States shall have the right at any time, in the discretion reserved by the timed of the Secretary of the Treasury, to take possession, for public pur- Sm'"` poses, of said tract of land and the wharves, docks, piers, and other structures so built and erected upon the land of the United States; and the United States shall thereafter make the said railroad company just compensation for the said structures so made upon the land of the United States by the said railroad company. and so taken by the United States, and said compensation shall be paid as soon as the "“‘°¥‘*““**‘*""· amount thereof may he determined in the manner hereinafter provided. Should the Secretary of the Treasury and said railroad company be ,8§f,°rg°f;*:';§ge_ “P°° unable to agree as to the amount to be so paid by the Government,