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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 157. 1908. 99 CHAP. 157.-An Act To grant to the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington, Mw 2- 1908- certain rights of waylfor sewer and street purposes through and along the military [8* 5126] reservation of Fort wton, Washington, and through the reservations for the Lake [Public No. 107.] Washington Canal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the city of Seattle, a S¤¤¤=1¤.W¤¤h- munici al corporation of the State of Washington, is hereby granted n,$£Q'ii°¥¤Zl$th;2€v°{ZK the right to construct and maintain a tunnel for sewer and drainage g}l${£gm· · Wrposes under and across the military reservation of Fort Lawton, ' ashington, from a point on the east boundar of said reservation so Description, selected that the central line of said tunnel shall bear north eighty-two degrees west, approximately, to the intersection of L street and Delaware avenue (formerly McGraw street) of the Seattle tide lands; thence northwestcrl into Puget Sound: Provided, That all work on the res- emot. ervation shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War and ,,§,°§$§°{·Y,,Yj XZ? w to such regulations as he may prescribe in the interest of good order and to prevent any unnecessar injury to the reservation or to public property thereon: Provided fiat/ter, That if, at any time, the dis- Chsnsu charge of said sewer shall become injurious to the sanitary conditions of Fort Lawton, the city of Seattle, upon notification by the Secretary of War, shall take prom t measures to abate the objectionable features: And Provided Ifurt/cer, That if the construction of the Lake Washing- I‘°“°°“‘ ton banal shal have been decided upon before the completion of said sewer, the city of Seattle, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may so modify the location of the outgslll and the route across the reservation as best to meet the new conditions created by the canal. Sec. 2. That the city of Seattle is also granted a right of way one c,I;,§f‘;*,,,,",lg?§l{‘f,§’,§°°“ hundred and fifty feet wide, for street and tunnel purposes, across the mRisL¤¤ g{edW¤Y reservations for the old and new locations of the Lake Washington r°°° An ' Canal—the central line of said right of way bearing approximately nesmpuon. north from a point on the south line of the old location reserve, situated about six hundred and thirty-nine feet westerly from the southerly monument in Twenty-fourth avenue north (formerly East street); together with the use for similar purposes of land included by the south boundary of the old location reserve, the east boundary of said right of way, a line bearing approximately north from said southerly monument, about seventy feet, to the nort erly monument in Twenty- fourth street, a line bearing westerl from said northerly monument parallel to and seventy feet distant fyrom the southerly line of the old ocation reserve, about four hundred and sixty feet in length, and a line from the westerly end of the last-mentioned line, bearing north about forty-four degrees and fourteen minutes west, about one hundred and fifty feet, to the east boundary of said right of way: Pro- §{,‘,§'ff*,Q’{,._€,c_ vided, That any structures placed by said city in said right of way shall be subject to the supervision of the Secretary of V$ar and to such changes as he may from time to time prescribe in order that the use of said rights of way shall not obstruct any improvements which the United States may make on said reservations. Sec. 3. That the city of Seattle is also granted the right to construct {urge! M ¤¤W·¤*· and maintain a tunnel to carry water, sewer, gas, and other pipes, and "’° °` electric wires, under and across the Lake \Vashington Cina Reservation near Third avenue, west, in the city of Seattle, subject to such conditions as to location and plans of the tunnel and to such changes in respect thereto as the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe in order that the tunnel shall not obstruct any improvement which the United States may make on said reservation. Sec. 4. That the city of Seattle is further granted the right to open §‘;>r;¤egmy¤¤-mu¤_ and perpetually maintain a public street in and along the southern, dma, g eastern, and northern boundizries of the military reservation of Fort Lawton. Washington, using for that purpose a strip of land thirty feet wide within the reservation and along said boun aries, beginning