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380 SIX'I`Y—NIN’l`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 202, 203, 2C'?. 1926. State of Ohio, its successors or assigns, a perpetual easement, om: hundred feet in wiclth, over and upon the property belonging to the United States at Camp Sherman in the State of Ohio, at such loca- tion and upon the payment, of such compensation therefor, as may be approved by the Secretary of lVur, with full power to locate and construct railroad tracks, sidings, switches, stations, and other appur- _ tenanccs thereon and to use said property for any and all purposes §g‘.f$§Q;0¤ mz my eppurtenant t> its business: I’rm>i¤IerZ, That no part of the property user. granted and conveyed b * the Secretary of lVar for the purposes aforesaid shall be used hir any eiher than railroad purposes, em:}. that when said property shall cease to be so used it shall revert to the United States of America. Approved, April 30, 1926. Ami su, mzs. ______§;;_~i$§;§ CHAP. 203.-—·An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to lease to the U’¤l>¥i¤. N<>·1¤3·l Bush Terminal Railroad Company and to the Long Island Railroad use of mil— way tracks at Army supply base, South Brooklyn, New York. 7S°“‘¢“ ¥*?°°kl>’¤· if- Be it enacted by the Semrzie cmd House of Re resentcztives of

 the United Sziafes of America i11,_O0ngress_asseoy§,)Z>Ze{Z, 'Ijhat the

m€`L0,,§rLi§°¤d’pis;. Secretary of lVzzr bo, and hereby 1s, authorized 111 his discretion "*‘““· to enter into and execute, upon such terms and conditions as he considers advisable, zi lease or leases, joint or several, to the Bush Terminal Railroad Company and the Long Island Railroad, authorizing, for the interchange of freight between said railroads during the term thereof, such use of the tracks of any Government railroad as may be maintained within the limits of the Army supply base, et South Brooklyn, New York, as will not interfere with the proper and necessary use of said tracks by the Government in the transaction and operation of its own business at said Army supply §*u<;;§g;prm,m, mm base: Provided, That any such lease to the Bush Terminal Railroad my Coxnpzmy 4 m Lcmpany shall become effective only upon waiver and surrender by §',§,§§§, {}§{§f’S,‘f,}§,j the Bush Terminal Railroad Company of any and all claims against the United States and the discontinuance without cost of any action now pending by said company against the United States in any manner accruing from, connected with, or growing out of the use, occupation, or curtailment by the United States of the franchise rights of said railroad company and of any and all claims of any character whatsoever against the United States, except for any bal- ence which may be due such railroad company for the physical value of track and overhead appropriated and retained by the United

  • 1‘¤¤¤<»rk»=»e· States. The term of any such lease shall be for such eriod as the

Secretary of VVar shall determine, not in excess of tlie unexpired portion of any franchise so appropriated or any renewal thereof. Approved, April 30, 1926. "Muy1,1926. , . [s. 2982.] CHAP. 207.-—An Act To provide for the conveyance of certain land owned by

 the District of Columbia near the corner of Thirteenth and Upshur Streets north-

West and the acquisition of certain land by the District of Columbia in exchange for said part to be conveyed, and for other purposes. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and H owe of Representatives of the §,’,f';§§§}fg‘f,’C§}‘*‘{Q,§’,Q,‘f; Ugziqed States of Avgzerica in Congress assembled, That the Cmn- gvrithggiearzsegézévrov nnssioners of the D1str1ct of Columbia be, and they are hereby, Y °" ' authorized to convey to the owner or owners of paroel 84/93, and lot 31, square 2822, or to such party or parties as said owner or owners shall designate in writing, a part of the parcel numbered for purposes of assessment and taxation as parcel 84/134, owned by the District