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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, Sess. I1. Ons. 450, 451. 1925. 1129 CHAP. 450.——An Act A h ` · portions of the military resehiabidbllbé tlig 1§iig§cl$}bfoSahVF-ralgciggdltby therbitu .7;-——-Mlgihgéilzsl and county of San Francisco for educational, art, exposition, and park purpose; [P°b“°’N°‘ *8*] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re resenta ' United States of America in Congress assgmblgd, Thatntli;  i>$$tilii°°$i°m§rg1°·iii§ tary of W'ar be, and he is hereby, authorized to convey to the city §§°"’““°“ °°'"°Y°° and county of San rancisco, subject to the conditions hereinafter i specified, for educational, art, exposition, and park urposes, that portion of the military reservation of the Presidio of [San Francisco V°1·‘°· nw- 111 the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, on. which the Palace of Fine Arts is located, included within metes and bounds as follows: Commencing at adpoint on the westerly line of Lyon Street, dis- D°“°"""°"· tant thereon five an seventeen one-hundredths feet southerly from the northerly line of Bay] Street, if extended and produced westerly, and running thence nort erly along the westerly line of Lyon Street one thousand one hundred and ninety-six and eighty one-hundredths feet; thence southwesterly on a curve to the left of six hundred and twelve feet radius, central angle one hundred and fift -five degrees forty-seven minutes and fifty seconds, tangent to a line deflected one hundred and two degrees six minutes and five seconds to the left from the precedin course a distance of one thousand six hundred and sixty-four and thirteen one—hundredt.hs feet to the westerly line of Lyon Street and the point of commencement, containin Prom nine and ninety-three one-hundredths acres, more or less: Prooidei rmsbntyvmm however, in the event of war or any other great national emergency, §,‘Q"°* “‘ °'°“* °"'“· the United States shall have the right, which it hereby reserves, to take exclusive possession of said land and all improvements thereon, without the payment of any compensation therefor, and to hold, occupy, and use the same during the continuance of such war or emer enc. . Sagd giant shall become eifective only in the event that the city fisriiilgr uiingmiimz and county of San Francisco shall grant to_the United States the §{,,;,“,§‘{’§‘{,f;“?,’§,,}:,‘}f,€ right to maintain and operate over its Npublic streets a spuntrack railroad extending from Fort Mason _ ilitary _Reservation in the city and county o San Francisco to said Presidio Reservation, over such route or routes as may be determ1ned_ by resolution or ordinance of the board of supervisors of said city and county and alpproved by the Secretary of War. If, before the lst day of Ju y, v0$;>gg¤my=¤¤_:g;1;¤;<{ 1927, the city and county of San Francisco shall fail to grant by mum. valid ordinance to the United States the right to maintain and operate said spur track, this grant shall become null and vo1d,_and _ title to said premises shall revert to the United States: Proozded, grsgvmvmm Mmm however. That in arlgy event until the 1st day of July, 1927, said city Am. and county of San rancisco, mayl use, occupy, and retain possession of said Palace of Fine Arts and the ground upon which it is located. Approved, March 3, 1925. CHAP. 451.·-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Yell and Pope County bridge district, Dardanelle and Russellville, Arkansas, to construct, { °· °· ` maintain, and operate a bridge across the Arkansas River, at or near the city of Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas. B it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of `léimerica in Uongress assembled, That the consent C§’§@§’f;,,r?; of Congress is hereby granted to the Yell Hlld Pope COUNTY budge ,,,‘,§'§.”'¥,,;d,.,_ Dm,. district, Dardanelle and Russellville, Arkansas, to construct,1maA1.1;— mmm. tain, and operate a. bridge and approaches thereto across_t e · kansas River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or