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 rnocLAMAr1oNs, 1918. 1913 WHEREAS, it is necessary in the public interests for the United States to take possession of the tract of land needed for the purposes aforesaid, together with all easements, rights of way, riparian and other rights and privileges ap§§tenant or appertaining thereto. Now, THE EFORE, ow ALL MEN BY THESE .,.;`,;·,r,,•:3*;·;·,,:~:,*;·,,;·,,,·§ PRESENTS, that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, by virtue of the ower and authority vested in me by said act of Congress approved (Ectober 6, 1917, as amended by said act of Congress approved July 1, 1918, do hereby on behalf of the United · States take title to and possession of all that portion of the following described tract of land not now owned by the United States: Beginning for the same at the point of intersection of the ”°°°"P“"'· westerly line of Yale Avenue if extended in a northerly direction, with the high water line of Cold Spring Harbor, which said Avenue is shown on a certain plan of ots of the Cape May Real Estate Company, which said plan is called "Plan A" and is duly recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of Cape May, New Jersey, in Plan Book # 1, pages 31 and 32; thence in a general easter y, then southerly and then westerly direction, fol owin the hi h water line of Cold Spring Harbor, Cold S ring Inlet and the Agantic Ocean, to its pomt 0 intersection with the westerly line of said Yale Avenue extended in a southerly direction; thence in a general northerly direction followi the said westerly line of said Yale Avenue to the point ofnieginning. Containinglin all three hundred and forty-nine acres more or less, toget er with all improvements on saidtract of land not now owned by the United States, and together with all riparian rights, privileges, easements, and other rights whatsoever, appurtenant or appertaining in an way to said above described tract of land, including all, privately owned rights in the under water lands lying between the high water line of said above described tract of land and the pierhead or bulkhead lines as such lines are now or may be hereafter established. Said tract of land is more definitely shown on a certain blueprint on file in the Office of the Solicitor, De artment of the Navy, said blueprint being marked "Exhibit ig 2" and being attached to a certain report of a Board of Investigation convened at Section Base, Cape May, New Jersey, Octo mer 9, 1918, to in uire into the proposed acquisition of property at Cape May,CNew Jersey. , The said above described parcel of land, together with all the 0,*"g°°c°§;§}‘}'§f“§',$f aforesaid r` hts and privileges appurtenant or appertain' thereto N¤vy. are herebyldeclared to be and the same are set aside forilliie Naval urposes aforesaid and are piaced under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Navy, w o is authorized and directed to take immediate possession thereof in accordance with the terms of the acts aforesaid on behalf of the United States of America. The Secretary of the Navy is further authorized and directed to A<1igs¢¤¤¤¤¢ M ¤<>¤- take such steps as may in his judgment be necessary for the purpose °°°S° mm of conductin negotiations with the owners of property or hts whatsoever tlierein within the said above described tract of laziiig for the purpose of ascertaining the just compensation to which said owners are entitled in order that compensation therefor may be made in accordance with the provisions of the Acts aforesaid. All owners of land and improvements title and possession of which are taken hereunder in accordance with the provisions of the Acts aforesaid and all persons having claims or liens in respect thereto are hereby notified to appear before the Board to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy and present their claims for compensation for con- 120808°—v0L 40, rr 2-40