Volume 52 · 638
Public Law 75–331
To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement to the city of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois, in and over certain portions of the Fort Sheridan Military Reservation, for the purpose of constructing a waterworks system.
Approved June 10, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of War to grant an easement to the city of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois, in and over certain portions of the Fort Sheridan Military Reservation, for the purpose of constructing a waterworks system.
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 to grant to the city of Highwood, Lake County, Illinois, an easement in and over portions of the Fort Sheridan Military Reservation, Illinois, for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining thereon a waterworks system for the use of said city, consisting of such structures and appurtenances as may be necessary for a complete water pumping, filtration, and treatment plant, together with intake, water, sewer, and electric power lines and an unelevated wash water tank constructed
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Conditions.
on or below the surface of the ground: Provided, That the portions of said reservation to be used for said facilities shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and the easement shall be subject to such provisions and conditions as he may prescribe: Provided further,
Water service to post in emergency.
That as consideration for said easement, the city of Highwood shall make and maintain a connection satisfactory to the Secretary of War, or his duly authorized representative, between its water distribution system and the water distribution system of the post of Fort Sheridan, and shall furnish water for the use of said post without cost to the United States during the periods of any emergencies resulting from a breakdown in the post water system, fire or other unavoidable occurrence.
Approved, June 10, 1938.