PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1885 BY run Pamsmmrr or rim UNrrm> Srrarns or Aimmca, N°'°mb°**»*°*8· A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the Act of Con ess a roved A ril 26 1918 (Public ’°%“““"°°l* ”°"“
- 140-65th Congress), to authoigirze theISecretaryPof the Navy to in- PmP:¤l¥i¤l>r1g?nd’Md`
crease the facilities for the proof and tmt of ordnance material and P°'°’p‘ 1935 for other purposes, provides as follows: _,u,h°my,Mwquir_ "That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to expend i¤§¤<1di¢i¤¤¤1 around. the sum of $1,000,000, or any part thereof, in his discretion, for ”¢°'°‘ m` the purpose of increasing the acilities for the proof and test of ordnance material, including necessary buildings, construction, equipment, railroad, and water facilities, land and damagles and losses to persons, firms and corporations resultin from the procurement of the land for this piupose, and also all necessary expenses incident to the procurement of said land: Provided, That if such lands and appurtenances and improvements attached thereto, cannot be procured liy purchase within one month after the passage of this Act, the resident is hereby authorized and empowered to take over for the United States the immediate possession and title of such lands and improvements including all easements, rights of waiy, riparian, and other rights appurtenant thereto, or any lan selected by him to be used for the carrying out of the purposes of this Act. That if said land and appurtenances and improvements shall be taken over as aforesaid, the United States shall make just comtpensation therefor, to be determined by the President, and if e amount thereof so determined by the President is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy- five percentum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum, as added to the said seventy-five percentum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twenty-four, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code. Upon the taking over of said property by the President as aforesaid, the title to all such property so taken over shall immediately vest in the United States. For the purposes of this Act there is hereby a ropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the Unite<f)lStates not otherwise appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That no railroad shall be built in the District of Columbia under this Act until Congress has approved the point from which such road may start an also the route to be followed in the District of Columbia. " And, YVHEREAS, by proclamation dated June 10, 1918 (#1458) A¤¢e,p.179¤. issued in accordance with the provisions of the act aforesaid, title to and possession of certain lands in the County of George, State of Virginia, and in the County of Charles, State of Maryland, was taken by the United States for the purposes recited in the act aforesaid, and WHEREAS, it is a military necessity for the United States to take title to and possession of certain additional land in the County of Kinv George, State of Virginia, adjoining the land embraced in the procilamation of June 10, 1918, together with all easements, rights of way. riparian and other rights and privileges appurtenant or a pertaining thereto and to begin without delay the development ofp said additional land for the uses and urposes aforesaid. NOW, THEREFORE. KNO\`\P ALL MEN BY THESE PRES- lgqsssssgvg §~!¤¤g.¤f ENTS, that I, llfoodrow YVils0n. President of the United States §iin_i§ln;:1%_n:§x\‘ulnor|d: of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me ’“°°° p'°"‘°g g'°““"·
