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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 1081, 1082. 1902. 385 military reservation, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, respectively: Andpwmided fm-- ther, That the Secretaries of the Treasury and War be, and are hereby, C¤¤li¤8 ¤*¤¤¤¤» etsauthorized to allow the use by the said company, in the accommodation of its general traflic and the maintenance of a coalin station and for terminal facilities, of so much of the land and water front of said L°°“*°“- reservation lying at a point on the eastern shore of Gasparilla Island, Charlotte Harbor, distant about one thousand feet in a northeasterly direction from Gasparilla Island light and about four hundred feet in a northerly direction from the State quarantine dock, as in their judgment will not be required for light-house or army purposes, and as will not be a hindrance to the public defense nor prejudicial to the health of those residing on the Government reservation, the value of APP’°*¤’*‘· the use of the land to be appraised by a board of officers to be appointed by the Secretary of War: And ocided further, That the right of T““°°‘°°'°P*°“°’*· way and other privileges grantefdn this section shall be subject to the regulation and control of the said Secretaries, and shall be inoperative, null, and, void unless the said railway company shall complete the construction of and have in use its tracks within five years from the date of the passa e of this Act. Sec. 3. That the Sgcretaries of the Treasury and War, at any time ,,,§'§°"“* °‘°·· °* they shall deem it necessary for the public good, may cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the tracks, embankments, or other structures herebv permitted on the light-house and military rescrva- ` tions on Gasparilla Island, Florida, wit out liability for damages; and ,81;;* “°*’°“*°Y'°’d•'“· the said company shall not erect or allow the use of any residences on ` said reservation, nor shall it erect structures of any kind thereon except such as the Secretaries of the Treasury and War shall approve; APP"°"“* ‘°‘i‘“""* and all approvals required in this Act shall be in writing. Sec. 4. That Congress expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, c,§*8,};;m°gd_“°““- or repeal this Act, in whole or in part, without any liability on the part ' of the United States for any damages or losses sustained by said company. S1:0. 5. That the right of trackage over said railway, with proper ggg!b>’ 0***** <=<>¤· terminal facilities, is hereby given to any other railroad desiring to W ` use the same, upon such terms for trackage and terminal facilities as may be agreed upon by the Alaiia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company and such other company or companies as may desire to use the same; and if they can not agree, then such terms shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. Approved, June 13, 1902. CHAP. 1082.-An Act To redivide the district of Alaska into three recording J¤¤¤I$.19\72· and judicial divisions. [Public, No. mv.] Bi: it macteel by the Senate and [Ivy8e3f Rqwesentatifvea of the [/Zzited . States of America in Cbvzgreas assemble , That the district of Alaska g1c?)1¤rg{mg¤nd,udi_ be, and the same is hereby, divided into three recording and judicial sin divisions dun divisions, as follows: h“$$§{'y,1_,,_ m The first division shall include all that portion of said district east I"imof the one hundred and forty-iirst degree of west longitude. The second division of said district shall consist of all that territory S<·><><>¤¤- lying west, northwest, and north of that certain line described as follows: Commencing at the month of the Colville River, on the north coast of the district of Alaska; thence following the Colville River south and west to a int where said river crosses the one hundred and ii.fty-fourth meridiah line the second time: thence following the one hundred and fifty-fourth. meridian line south to the west side of vor. xxxn, 1-·r 1---25