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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 359. 1916. 517 the cities of Marshfield and North Bend, each being a municipal cor- B§,°_§°**“°'d*¤"!'°"l’ poration of and within the State of Oregon, to use and occupy all of r¤rp¤¤$i:¤ipé°d¤.u°° d' those_ tracts or parcels of land known as the Coos Head Military Reservation, and also described as lots one, two, and three, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section two, township twenty-six south, range fourteen west of the Willamette meridian, and lots one, two, and our, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section three, township twenty-six south, r e fourteen west of the Willamette meridian, situated, on the southa?hore of the entrance to Coos Bay, at Coos Head, in Coos County, State of Oregon for park purposes, and to exercise such use and occupation by and through a commission consisting of three persons, two of whom shall be named and appointed by the said city of Marshfield from among its resident citizenship, an one to be named and appointed by the said city of North Bend from among its resident citizenship; and for ,,},‘},‘,‘,},“g,'§{“°““· ‘°°'· the purpose of enablix said cities more eifectually to promote the purposes herein denn , the said commission is hereby granted the privilege- » (a) o fell and to remove trees and underbrush from said parcels D°""‘“°°°‘ of land, and to otherwise clear and improve the same. (b) To erect temporary buildings upon said parcels of land for the accommodation an convenience of e public. ` (e) To grant to private parties and to others the privilege of erecting temporary buildings upon said parcels of land for the accommodation of rivate persons and the pu lie. (d) 'llb survey and plat said parcels of land, or any part thereof, for the prgipose of enabling said commission to indicate and define the partie ar tract or tracts of land granted for such privileges to any person or persons. (e) To police said parcel or parcels of land while the same or any part thereof is being used or occupied as a park or for parking purposes, or while the same or any part thereof is used or occupied under any privilege granted by said commission in accordance herewith. (f) To provide and enforce reasonable chargles, restrictions, rules, and regulations for the use of property and the conduct of persons while upon said (parcels of land or upon any part thereof while being used or occu ie , in whole or in part, for park purposes; subject, G,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,_,,,,, however, at all times to the rights 0 the United States in any manner ¤¤¤’¤·*· to assume control of , hold, use, and occupy without leave or consent from any one or from said cities of Marshfield or North Bend, or from said commission, any or all of said parcels of land for any and all military, naval, life-saving station, lighthouse, and any and all other Government purposes, freed from any and all grants eonveyanees privileges, charges, encumbrances, improvements, or liens, matured or unmatured, made, created, permitted, or sanctioned thereon, by ` said cities of Marshfield and North Bend or said commission, or either _ of them, under and by virtue of this Act: Provided, That the United ’N‘,,°”_"°'U,;,,,d pm. States shall not be or become liable to any person or persons for any P¢°¤¤¤¤’¤¤l>¤¤¤¥· dam es or compensation whatever to the said cities of Marshfield and North Bend or to said commission, or to either of them, for any future use by the said Government of any and all of the abovedescribed areels of land for any of the above-named Government tn purposes: %1'0’D’l;(Z€d further, That each and all of the uses, occupa-· °"““ ’°"”' tions, and privileges hereby granted are and shall be of a temporary character only, and the said Secretary of War rs hereby authorized to revoke the same at his discretion. Approved, August 21, 1916.