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Public Law 70–881

Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company.

Approved May 29, 1928

Statutory text

An Act

Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to sell three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, to the Gateway Bridge Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell, or cause to be sold, to the Gateway Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, at the appraised value as determined by the Secretary of War, approximately three

Description.

thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of ground of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, Brownsville, Texas, particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at an unmarked point in the north line of the Fort Brown Military Reservation, said point bearing south sixty-six degrees twelve minutes west twenty-two and two-tenths feet from a ten inch by ten inch concrete Government monument set at intersection of north line of Levee Street with north reservation line; thence north sixty-six degrees twelve minutes east one hundred and forty-nine and ninety-four one-hundredths feet along the said north reservation line to its point of intersection with the south line of a twenty-foot alley between Levee and Elizabeth Streets; thence south forty-three degrees fifty-one minutes east twenty-one and three-tenths feet along the south line of said alley produced to its point of intersection with a line ten feet distant from and parallel to the quartermaster’s brick wall; thence south sixty-six degrees twelve minutes west one hundred and eighty and fifty-four one-hundredths feet along said line ten feet from and parallel to the quartermaster’s brick wall to its point of intersection with the northeast line of the present triangular leased parcel of the Gateway Bridge Company from the Fort Brown Reservation; thence north twenty-five degrees thirty-four minutes east along said lease line thirty and seven-tenths feet to the place of beginning; containing, in all, three thousand three hundred and four and eight-tenths square feet of ground, subject to such conditions, restrictions, and reservations

Conditions.

as the Secretary of War may impose for the protection of the reservation and to prevent the erection and maintenance of an unsightly structure or structures upon the said area.

Sec. 2.

The net proceeds derived from the sale of such land shall

Proceeds to credit of military post construction fund.

be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the military post construction fund.

Approved, May 29, 1928.

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