ANNISTON FIELD ARTILLERY
RANGE.
This reservation is situated near
Anniston, and comprises the SE. 1/4 of the SE. 1/4. sec 24, T. 15 S., R.
8 E.; the N. 1/2 and SW. 1/4, sec. 18, and all of sec. 30, T. 15 S., R.
9 E., Huntsville
meridian. Alabama.
Title, -Reserved for military
purposes by Executive order, dated December 6, 1915 (No. 2281), subject to any existing valid
entries or claims thereto.
FORT GAINES.
This reservation is situated on the
eastern end of Dauphin Island, and as reduced by the sale hereinafter
referred to, contains an area of about 267 acres, with metes and bounds
as announced in G.
O. 155, W. D., November 27, 1911.
Title, -Acquired under
condemnation proceedings by final decree dated January 20, 1853, of the
court of chancery for the first district of the southern chancery
division of the State of Alabama. Under authority of act of Congress
approved March 4. 1911 (36 Stat., 1350), the Secretary of War, by deed
dated September 18, 1911, conveyed a portion (about 709 acres) of the
tract acquired under said condemnation proceedings to the Dauphin Island
Wharf & Harbor Co., leaving the area as above specified.
Jurisdiction, - Acquired under
general act of cession, by deed of the governor dated November 25, 1853, as contemplated by
section 3 of said act.
MILITIA TARGET
RANGES.
Anniston. - This range is situated
adjoining the city of Anniston, in Calhoun County, and contains an area of about 15
acres.
Title, -1. Deed from Bibb
Graves, adjutant general of the State of Alabama, as trustee, dated May
18, 1910, conveying 2.5 acres. Recorded in book 143, page 102, deed
records of said
county.
2. Deed from Bibb Graves, disbursing officer of the militia
of the State of Alabama, dated
June 18, 1910, conveying 13 acres,
more or less. Recorded in book 143, page 141 of same
records.
Luverne. - This range is situated in
Crenshaw County and contains as area of 4.96 acres, and is known as the "Luverne Rifle
Range."
Title, -1. Deed from Maurice
King etux dated June 21, 1910, conveying 4.96 acres. Recorded in book 30, page 318, deed records of
Crenshaw County.
2. Quit claim deed from Bibb Graves,
adjutant general of the State of Alabama, dated June 21, 1910, to same premises. Recorded in
deed book 29, page 462, of the same records.
MOBILE BAY (ISLANDS
IN).
This reservation is situated at the confluence of Mobile Bay
ad Mississippi Sound, and
comprises two islands between the north
point of Dauphin Island and Cedar Point.
Title, -Reservation declared and set apart by Executive order
dated February 9, 1842.
Jurisdiction, - See "General act of cession."
MOBILE NATIONAL
CEMETERY.
This reservation, acquired for cemetery
purposes, is situated in the city of Mobile and contains an area of 116,736 square
feet.
Title, -1. Deed from the city
of Mobile to the United States, dated May 31, 1866, conveying squares
numbered 20 and 24. in what is known as the "New Graveyard" or "Magnolia
Cemetery;" area of ground conveyed, 110.976 square feet Deed recorded in
deed book No. 27, N.
S., pages 148-149, of the probate records of Mobile county.
2. Deed from the city of Mobile to the
United States, dated July 30, 1894, conveying a strip of ground south of
and adjoining the first-described tract containing an area of 5,760
square feet Deed recorded in deed volume 73, pages 326-327,
of the probate records of Mobile County.
Jurisdiction, - Ceded as to
tract described under deed No. 1, supra, by act of the General Assembly of Alabama, as follows:
Be it enacted, etc.. That the State
does hereby cede to the United States all right and title which this
State now has to the enclosure within the limits of Magnolia Cemetery,
in the City of Mobile, which is now occupied as a National Military
Cemetery, and does further cede junsdiction over said enclosure.
Provided, however, That all civil and cnminal process issued from any
Court of this State under authority of law may
run and be executed within the bounds of said National Military Cemetery
at Mobile, the same in ail respects as if this act had never been
passed. (Approved Mar. 6, 1875.)
FORT MORGAN.
This reservation is situated on Mobile Point, Baldwin County,
on the eastern side of the entrance to Mobile Bay, 33 miles from Mobile,
and contains about 493.92 acres.
Title, -1. Original reservation a part of the public
domain ceded by Spain under treaty of1819. Reserved by Executive order
of February 13, 1844, for military purposes.
2. Under decree of the district court of the United States
for the southern district of Alabama, rendered June 13. 1905 (copy of
decree and of the certificate of payment of the award recorded in record
book No. 9 N S. pp. 562-567, probate records of Baldwin County), and
deed from the Navy Cove Harbor & Railroad Co., dated June 13, 1905
(recorded in record book No. 10 N S, p. 275), the United States acquired
two tracts of land, aggregating 171.5 acres, adjoining the reservation
on the east. (See G. O. No. 16, W. D., Jan 22, 1906.)
Revocable licenses. - September 16, 1908, to Mobile Towing
& Wrecking Co., for telegraph line and station.
November 27, 1912, to D. R. Peteet, to construct, maintain,
and operate a telephone line.
Jurisdiction, - Ceded over the original reservation
by act of State legislature, approved February 18. 1891 (Acts of
Alabama, 1891, p. 1293), which provides as follows:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.. That pursuant to Article One,
Section Eight, Paragraph Seventeen of the Constitution of the United
States, consent to purchase is hereby given, and exclusive jurisdiction
ceded, to the United States, over and with respectto all Lands now, or
which may hereafter be embraced in the military Posts and Reservations
of Mount Vernon Barracks in Mobile County, and Fort Morgan, in Baldwin
County, so long as the United States shall occupy the same for public
purposes, reserving, however, to the State, a concurrent jurisdiction
for the execution within said lands of all process, civil or criminal,
lawfully issued by the Courts of the State and not incompatible with
this cession.
Ceded over the two tracts referred to under 2 supra, by
governor's deed of May 21, 1906, under authority of general act of
cession.
PERDIDO BAY (LANDS ON WEST SIDE OF ENTRANCE
TO).
This reservation is situated on the west side of the entrance
to Perdido Bay and contains 298.8 acres.
Title, -A part of the public domain ceded by Spain,
it was set apart and declared a reservation for military purposes by
Executive order dated February 9. 1842.
Jurisdiction, -See "General act of cession.
PERDIDO BAY (LANDS WEST OF AND NORTH OF BAY LA
LAUNCH.)
This reservation is situated on the west side of Perdido Bay
and north of Bay La Launch, and comprises section 27, parts of sections
34and 35, and the E. 1/2 of the SW. 1/4 of sec. 26, T. 8 S.. R. 5 E., in
the Sparta land district, Alabama, and contains about 1,097.40
acres.
Title, -A part of the public domain ceded by Spain,
it was reserved for military purposes by Executive order dated December
12, 1847.
Jurisdiction, - See "General act of
cession.
