said permission shall be subject to such conditions, restrictions, rules, and regulations as the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe: Provided further, That Termination. the Secretary of War may terminate the said permission

to use said grounds whenever and at such time as he may deem it expedient to do so.

etc., subject

War.

SEC. 2. That any and all repairs, improvements, Improvements changes, and alterations in the grounds, buildings, and to approval by other appurtenances to the reservation, made by the Secretary of mayor and city council of Baltimore, shall be made only according to detailed plans submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary of War in each case, prior to the commencement of any work under such plans, and that all such repairs, improvements, changes, or alterations, made by said corporation, shall be made without expense to the United States, and in the event of the withdrawal of said permission, such improvements as the Secretary of War may deem valuable to the military service shall be- Removal of come the property of the United States without cost to the Government; and such structures as may have been placed upon the reservation by said corporation, which are directed to be removed therefrom by the Secretary of War, shall be removed forthwith and the grounds placed in a condition entirely satisfactory to him, at the expense of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, and no claim of any character whatever incident to the occupation by the city of said reservation shall ever be made by said corporation against the United States.

structures, etc.

Right of way station

for immigrant

reserved.

SEC. 3. That permission is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to use permanently a strip of land sixty feet wide belonging to said fort grounds, beginning at the north corner of the present grounds of the fort and extending south sixty-three degrees thirty minutes east, six hundred and fifty 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 Company 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 to be acquired from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 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 Vol. 37, p. 889. and other facilities upon said outlet as fully as provided in the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, setting aside a site for an immigration station and providing for an outlet therefrom: Provided, however, That if the Secretary of the Treasury accepts and makes use of said strip of land for the purposes

Proviso.

Use of ease-
Department.

ment by War

Fort McHenry, Md. Monument to Francis Scott Key, battle at North Point, etc.

Committee created.

aforesaid, the War Department shall 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. (Repealed and reenacted, 16 U.S.C. §§ 437-440. See pp. 423-424.)

Excerpt from "An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year 1914 and for prior years, and for other purposes,” approved July 29, 1914 (38 Stat. 559, 568)

To erect at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, under the direction of the Secretary of War, a monument in memory of Francis Scott Key, author of The StarSpangled Banner, and the soldiers and sailors who participated in the Battle of North Point and the attack on Fort McHenry in the War of Eighteen hundred and twelve, $75,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. In the preparation of the plans and selection of a site for said monument, and the execution of all work in connection therewith, the Secretary of War shall form a committee, composed of the mayor of Baltimore, the chairman of the National Star-Spangled-Banner Centennial, the president of the board of park commissioners of Baltimore, and two other persons, to be designated by the Secretary of War, whose suggestion he shall invite and with whom he may confer and consult: Provided, however, That the decision of the Secretary of War shall Disbursements. be final in all matters: Provided, That the money herein appropriated may be drawn from time to time, as required in the progress of the work, upon requisition of the Secretary of War.

Provisos.

Secretary of

War to control.

Fort McHenry, Md. Jurisdiction ceded to State over portion of.

Joint Resolution To cede to the State of Maryland temporary jurisdiction over certain lands in the Fort McHenry Military Reservation, approved April 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 46)

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States hereby cedes to the State of Maryland such jurisdiction over the portion of the Fort McHenry Military Reservation permission to use which Vol. 38, p. 382. was granted to the city of Baltimore by Act of Congress of May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as the State now possesses elsewhere within its territory, such cession to be coextensive territorially with the said permit of June first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and to terminate upon its expiration: Provided, That jurisdiction to try and punish all crimes committed within said portion of the military reservation prior to the date that this cession becomes effective is reserved to the Acceptance by United States: Provided further, That the cession of jurisdiction made by this resolution shall not take effect until the same is accepted by the Legislature of the State of Maryland or its duly appointed representative clothed with such authority: And provided further, That when

Provisos. Punishment of crimes.

State.

Termination.

the United States shall resume possession of the said lands, or any part thereof, the jurisdiction herein ceded over lands so repossessed shall revest in the United States. An Act To repeal and reenact chapter 100, 1914, Public, Numbered 108, to provide for the restoration of Fort McHenry, in the State of Maryland, and its permanent preservation as a national park and perpetual national memorial shrine as the birthplace of the immortal "Star-Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, for the appropriation of the necessary funds, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1109)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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: (See pp. 420-422.)

"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 McHenry, in the State of Maryland, now occupied and used as a military reservation, including the restoration of the old Fort McHenry 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 'Star-Spangled 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 the said Fort McHenry 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 Commerce for a light and fogsignal station under revocable license from the War Department with the maintenance of the electric lines thereto and such portion of the reservation, including improvement, 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, changes, 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

Provisos.

Right of way to immigration station granted.

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 sixty feet wide belonging to said fort grounds, beginning at the north corner of the present grounds of the fort and extending south sixty-three degrees thirty minutes east, six hundred and fifty 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 Company 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 and Ohio Railroad Company, 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 Vol. 37, p. 889. Act approved March 4, 1913, setting aside a site for an

Construction of railroad facili

tles, etc.

Use by War Department allowed.

of national

emergency.

immigration station and providing for an outlet therefrom: Provided, however, That if the Secretary of the Treasury accepts and makes use of said strip of land for the purposes aforesaid the War Department shall 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: ProClosing in case vided further, That the Secretary of War may in case of a national emergency close the said military reservation. and use it for any and all military purposes during the period of the emergency, and for such period of time thereafter as the public needs may require: And provided Disposal of use- further, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to dispose of the useless temporary buildings and contents constructed during the recent war and from the proceeds thereof there is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sum as may be necessary not exceeding $50,000 for use by the Secretary of War in the restorarestoration, etc. tion of said Fort McHenry reservation and for other purposes consistent with this Act. (16 U.S.C. §§ 437440.)

less temporary

buildings, etc.

Amount authorized for

An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, State of Maryland, a permanent easement for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and servicing two subterranean water mains in, on, and across the land of Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland, approved June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 212) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as

sembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to grant to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, a municipal corporation of the State of Maryland, a permanent easement for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and servicing two subterranean water mains and their usual appurtenances in, on, and across the land of the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, under such terms and conditions as he may determine to be not inconsistent with the use of such land for purposes of the said shrine.