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 71 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-260-SEPT. 2, 1957

685

SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act is amended to read as follows: I'l^ff s^o^A o f "SEC. 2. Such conveyance shall contain the express provision that tuie. if the State of New York shall fail to maintain so much of the military structures and appurtenances presently erected, which formerlj^ constituted the old fort, as a historical monument reasonably available to the public, and if the State of New York shall at any time cease to use the property so conveyed as a maritime school, devoted exclusively to purposes of nautical education, title thereto shall revert to the United States: Provided, however. That it shall not constitute a breach of condition nor any ground for reversion to the United States of the title to said lands if a bridge and viaduct approach with its supports shall be constructed, operated, maintained, and reconstructed by the State of New York or pursuant to the laws of said State between the Borough of the Bronx and the Borough of Queens in the city of New York, over or across that part of the lands described in section 1 of this Act bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point distant 975 feet, more or less, easterly from the point of commencement of the portion of the United States military reservation at Fort Schuyler conveyed by the Secretary of the Army to the people of the State of New York described in section 1 of this Act, measured along a line at right angles to the first course of the above conveyance (which line is hereinafter called 'line A') and (1) running thence in a northerly direction on a line making an angle of 61 degrees more or less with said 'line A' a distance of 965 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the northerly exterior line of the above-mentioned conveyance; (2) thence running easterly along the said northerly exterior line of said conveyance a distance of 205 feet, more or less; (3) thence running southerly along a line 200 feet distant from and parallel to course (1) hereof, a distance of 1,285 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the southerly exterior line of the above-mentioned conveyance; (4) thence running westerly along the said southerly exterior line of the abovementioned conveyance a distance of 105 feet, more or less, to an angle point in the southerly exterior line of the above-mentioned conveyance; (5) thence continuing westerly along the said southerly exterior line of the above-mentioned conveyance a distance of 120 feet more or less; (6) thence running northerly alon^ a line 200 feet distant from and parallel to course (3) hereof and in southerly prolongation of course (1) hereof a distance of 240 feet, more or less, to the point and place of oeginning; intending to include within said bounds an area 200 feet wide extending from the northerly to the southerly exterior lines of the portion of the United States military reservation at Fort Schuyler conveyed by the Secretary of the Army to the people of the State of New York, but excluding therefrom any military buildings and structures and the land upon which the same are presently erected which formerly constituted the old fort. Such conveyance shall also provide that in the event that title to said lands shall revert to the United States, the State of New York or any public corporation, authorized pursuant to the laws of said State to construct, operate, maintain, or reconstruct such bridge, shall have and is granted an easement in perpetuity to construct, operate, maintain, and reconstruct such bridge, on, over, and across said military structures and appurtenances and on, over, or across said lands.*' SEC. 3. Section 3 of the Act is amended to read as follows: ^^ Stat. 728, "SEC. 3. Such conveyance shall contain the further provision that during any emergency declared by the President or the Congress of the United States in existence at the time of enactment of this Act, or whenever the President or the Congress of the United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, and upon the

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