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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 13,14. 1905.
February 3, 1905. [S. J. R. 96.] [Pub. Res., No. 12.]
District of Columbia Temporary use by National Guard of certain vacant houses in square 686 granted. Time limit.
[No. 13.] Joint Resolution Authorizing temporary use of certain vacant houses in square six hundred and eighty-six in the city of Washington, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That such of the vacant houses in square six hundred and eighty-six in the city of Washington, now in the ownership of the United States, as may be designated for such purpose by the Superintendent of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds, may be used by the National Guard of the States and Territories as quarters on the occasion of the inauguration of the President of the United States March fourth, nineteen hundred and five, such use and occupation not to extend beyond March sixth and to be subject to the control of said Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds.
Approved, February 3, 1905.
February 3, 1905. [H. J. R. 181.] [Pub. Res., No. 13.]
National cemetery reservation, Chattanooga, Tenn. Use of part of, granted to militia cavalry organization. Boundaries.
[No. 14.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to the militia cavalry organization at Chattanooga, Tennessee, a certain unused portion of the national cemetery reservation at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to turn over to the possession of the militia cavalry organization of the National Guard of the State of Tennessee stationed at Chattanooga, Tennessee, now known and designated as Troop B, Unattached Cavalry, National Guard State of Tennessee, or such other designation as it may hereafter be given, and its successors, that portion of the national cemetery reservation belonging to the United States Government, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, which lies outside of said cemetery and west of the south gate thereof, formerly occupied as an army post and now abandoned and lying in the common, the same comprising about five acres, more or less, and further described as follows: Bounded on the north by the tracks and right of way of the Western and Atlantic and Cincinnati Southern railways, on the east by the national cemetery and the Government road leading thereto, and on the south and west by the track and right of way of the Chattanooga Belt Railway.
Construction of buildings, etc., permitted.
Sec. 2. That said cavalry organization shall be permitted to use said property for military purposes and to erect thereon an armory, riding hall, stables, and such other buildings and exercising tracks as may be necessary to its use for said military organization.
Reversion to Chattanooga. Vol. 26, p. 685. Use for military purposes reserved by United States.
Sec. 3. That if at any time said military organization shall cease to exist, or should fail to use said property for military purposes, then the same shall revert to the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, as provided in Resolution Numbered Fifty-six, approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety. And it is further reserved to the United States the right to use said lands for military purposes at any time upon the demand of the President of the United States.
Right to remove buildings granted.
Sec. 4 . That in the event of the reversion of said lands said military organization shall have the right to remove therefrom any building or buildings that may have been erected thereon at its own or, other than Government expense.
Approved, February 3, 1905.
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