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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Su s. IH. Cas. 223, 224. 1899. 91]_ of the Pasadena and Mount Wilson Railway Company, which point is north twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes west nine hundred feet from the point where said right-ofway line crosses the north line of section three, township one north, range twelve west; running thence north sixty-two degrees forty minutes east five hundred feet; thence north twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes west one thousand eight hundred and fifty feet; thence west three hundred and fifty feet, more or less, to the easterly line of the right of way aforesaid; thence southeasterly along said right of way to the place of beginning, containing twenty acres, more or less. Also the unsurveyed lands described as the west half of the west half of the southeast quarter aud the east half of the east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six, township two north, range twelve west, San Bernardino meridian, when regularly protracted, containing eighty acres, more or less. Also a tract of land consisting of forty acres at the terminus of said _ right of way at Mount Lowe: Provided, That all minerals, including °*°·· °" coal, in all of said right of way and lands hereby granted are reserved to the United States. — Sec. 3. That the said right of way and lands for stations, hotels, ,,,*§}§‘,}*j’,{,‘§,?,’Q;§’§°;,'§f astronomical observatories, seminaries of learning, and other purposes _ granted hereby are intended for the use of said Pasadena and` Mount Wilson Railway Company, its successors and assigns, and in case of the sale of said Pasadena and Mount Wilson Railway and its appurtenances by act of the corporation or under decree of court, all of the rights and benefits hereby granted shall vest in the owner or owners for the time being of said railway line and appurtenances. Approved, February 28, 1899. CHAP. 224.-—An Act Granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Northwestern Febrvfy ¤9·1¤¤¤- Railroad Company over and through the United States naval and military reserva- ";;** tions near Pensacola, in the State of Florida. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Pensacola and North- NP ¤l;¤¤¤¤<>1¤ and western Railroad Company, a company organized under the laws of the NKY §§’,2°,f,§“,£,‘f{.{g States of Florida and Alabama, is hereby granted the right of way one xy ;*;j_···;Q·_g·*¤¤· hundred feet in width through the reservations lying near Pensacola, ramen: rn. °°°’ in the State of Florida, known as the naval and military reservations. Sec. 2. That the line and location of the right of way to the said the S~¤·=r¤¤·ry of Nw. Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company through the naval and {fj; ,§Ycj‘”*"""° ‘°"“‘ military reservations near Pensacola, Florida, shall be subject to the approval and under the control of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War: Provided, That the said railroad company, on noti- {,’0"·°°·**·,. , ncation by the Secretaries of the Navy and War, shall, within a reason- t,,..{‘§°"‘° ‘°“° "’"' able time thereafter, construct, maintain, and operate, at its own expense, a spur track or tracks to enter into and be located at such place or places within the present limits of the navy-yard inclosure on said reservation, and also on the military reservation, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of War, respectively: And providedjurther, That the Secretaries of the Navy and War be, and are mf? °,f *=:_•!d·¤; :1: hereby, authorized to allow the use by the said company, in the accom- ...¤f°” °°° ° modation of its general tradic and the maintenance of a coaling station, of so much of the land and water trout of the said reservation lying west of and outside of the present navy-yard inclosure as in their judgment will not be required for naval or army purposes, and as will not be a hinderance to the public defense nor prejudicial to the health of those residing on the Government reservation, and not to exceed in any one case three hundred feet of water trout, which width may extend back along the line of said road not more than one thousand feet, the value of the use of land to be appraised by a board of naval officers to