Public Law 75–303

That, in order to provide facilities for sewerage and sewage treatment of the post of Fort Niagara, New York, and the village of Youngstown, New York, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to lease to the village of Youngstown, Niagara County, New York, a municipal corporation, for a term of fifty years, a tract of land not to exceed four acres adjacent to the northerly boundary of the Fort Niagara Military Reservation, New York, for the construction, operation, and maintenance by the village of Youngstown of an adequate sewage-treatment plant thereon, and also the use of a right-of-way for a sewer line extending from the easterly boundary of said reservation

Provisos.

Approval by Secretary of War.

to said plant: Provided, That the location of said tract of land and right-of-way shall be approved by the Secretary of War, and the lease shall be subject to such provisions and conditions as he may prescribe:

Consideration for lease.

Provided, further, That the consideration for said lease shall be the connection by the village of Youngstown of the present outfall sewer of the post of Fort Niagara with the proposed sewage-treatment plant, and the receipt and treatment in said plant of the sewage from said post, for which no charge shall be made by the village of Youngstown, except for chemicals used in treating said post sewage, the rate of such charge to be determined from time to time by the Secretary

Federal rights not impaired.

of War: Provided, That said lease shall not be granted until the Legislature of the State of New York shall have first provided by appropriate legislation that the granting of said lease shall not impair or invalidate any of the rights, title, or privileges granted to the United States pursuant to the act of the Legislature of New York passed April 21, 1840 (N. Y. Laws, 1840, ch. 155, p. 113).