The Chair hears no objection to the request of the Senator from Maryland. The Senate. as in Committee of the Whole. proceeded to consider the bill. which was read. as follows: Be it enacted. etc.. That an act authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the use of the Fort McHenry Military Reservation in the State of Maryland to the mayor and city council of Baltimore. a municipal corporation of the State of Maryland. making certain provisions in connection therewith. providing access to and from the site of the new immigration station heretofore set aside. be. and hereby is. repealed and reenacted to read as follows: "That the Secretary of War be. and he is hereby. authorized and directed so soon as It may no longer be needed for uses and needs growing out of the late war. to begin the restoration of Fort Melenry. in the State of Maryland. now occupied and used as a military reservation. including the restoration of the old Fort Mdllenry proper to such a condition as would make it suitable for preservation permanently as a national park and perpetual national memorial shrine as the birthplace of the immortal StarSpangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key. and that the Secretary of War be. and he is hereby. further authorized and directed. as are his successors. to hold tile said Fort MeHenry in perpetuity as a military reservation. national park. and memorial. and to maintain it as such. except that part mentioned in section 3 hereof. and that part now in use by the Department of Coini925 merce for a light and fogsignal station under revokable license from the War Department. with the maintenance of the electric lines thereto and such portion of the reservation. including Imuprovement. as may be reserved by the Secretary of War for the use of the Chief of Engineers. the said reservation to be .maintained as a national public park. subject to such regulations as may from time to time be issued by the Secretary of War. "That any and all repairs. Improvements. vehanges. and alterations in the grounds. buildings. and other appurtenances to the reservation shall be made only according to detailed plans. which shall be approved by the Secretary of War . and all such repairs. improvements. or alterations shall be made at the expense of the United States. and all such improvements. together with the reservation itself. shall become and remain permanently the property of the United States: Provided. That permission is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to use permanently a strip of land 60 feet wide belonging to said fort grounds. beginning at the north corner of the present grounds of the fort and extending south 03 degrees 30 minutes east. 650 feet to the south corner of the site set aside for the immigration station at Baltimore. said strip of land being located along the northwest boundary of the land ceded to the Baltimore Dry Dock Co. and the land of the said immigration station. the same to be used. if so desired. in lieu of acquiring. by purchase or condemnation. any of the lands of the dry dock company. so that the Secretary of the Treasury may. in connection with land acquired from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co..have access to and from said Immigration station and grounds over the right of way so acquired to the city streets and railroads beyond. the Secretary of the Treasury to have the same power to construct. contract for. and arrange for railroad and other facilities upon said outlet as fully as provided in the set approved March 4. 1913. setting aside a site for an immigration station and providing for an outlet therefrom :.Provided. harenwer. That if the Secretary of the Treasury accepts and makes use of said strip of land for the purposes aforesaid. the War Department sha have equal use of the railroad track and other roads constructed over which to reach the city streets and railroads beyond from the other parts of the fort grounds: Provided further. That the Secretary of War may.
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