Pennsylvania
Military Reservations and National Cemeteries
(Source:
General Act
of Cession
The jurisdiction
of this state is hereby ceded to the United States of America, over all such
pieces or parcels of land not exceeding two acres in any one township, ward
of city or borough, within the limits of this state, as have been or shall
hereafter be selected and acquired by the United States for the purpose of
erecting post offices, custom houses or other structures, exclusively owned
by the general government and used of it’s
purposes; Provided, that an accurate
description and plan of such lands so acquired, verified by the oath of some
officer of the general government having knowledge of the facts, shall be
filed with the secretary of the commonwealth of this state, as soon as said
United States shall have acquired possession of the
same. And provided further, that
this cession is upon the express condition that the State of Pennsylvania
shall so far retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and
over all lands acquired or hereafter acquired as aforesaid; that all civil
and criminal process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or officers
having authority of law to issue such process, and all orders made by such
court or judicial officers duly empowered to make such orders, and necessary
to be served on any person, may be executed upon said land and in the buildings
that may be erected thereon, in the same way and manner as if jurisdiction
had not been ceded as aforesaid.
(Approved June 13, 1883.
Amended by act approved March 17, 1905, so as to make the limit “not
exceeding ten acres in any one township,”
etc. Laws of
(Soldiers’
This reservation,
situation in the
Title - Deed from
the
Jurisdiction -
See “General act of cession.”
(Soldiers’
This reservation
is situated in
Title - Deed form
Valeria M .Penrose, trustee, etc., dated September 19, 18787, conveying lots
212 to 265, inclusive, in section D of D.S. Ettinger’s plan No. 3 of
Ashland Cemetery, containing 540 by 16 feet.
Deed given as a
substitute for a deed dated in March, 1866, which was
lost.
Jurisdiction -
See “General act of cession.”
This reservation
is situated near the town of
Title - Deed from
Edmund Physic, attorney in fact for John Penn and Richard Penn, dated January
13, 1801, conveying above-described
tract. Recorded in book O, volume
1, page 79, etc. of the deed records of
Revocable licenses
- August 2, 1884, to the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co. .by Secretary of
Interior, to lay switch on reservation.
March 10, 1908,
to borough of
Jurisdiction -
Ceded by the State of
Frankford
Arsenal
This reservation
is situated in the city of
Title 1 - Deed
from Frederick Fralay and wife, dated May 27, 1816, conveying 20 acres and
34 perches of land, with bridge
privileges. Recorded in deed
book M R, No. 7, page 717, etc., of the deed records of
2.
Deed from Robert Kennedy, dated April 8. 1837, conveying 3 acres and
6 perches of land. Recorded in book S H F, No. 11 page 721, etc., of same
records.
3.
Deed from William S. Haines and wife, dated December 27, 1849, conveying
in the aggregate 38 acres and 158 perches of
land. Recorded in book G W C,
No. .31 page 515, etc. of same records.
Revocable licenses
- November 12, 1886, to the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Co. to cross the
reservation.
October 2, 1889,
to the Pennsylvania Co. to construct a branch upon the
reservation.
Jurisdiction -
ceded to the
Sec. 3 - That the jurisdiction of the State of
Pennsylvania is hereby ceded to the United States of America for the purpose
of erecting and maintaining thereon Arsenals, magazines and other necessary
buildings over all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying
and being in the town of Oxford and in the township of Passyunk in the County
of Philadelphia, *** being bounded as follows, to wit: (Here describes the
lands purchased by the United States from Frederick Fraley and Robert
Kennedy.) The evidence of the
several purchases of the land, which is hereby, ceded being recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of the
Sec. 4 - The jurisdiction with the United States
of American is granted upon the express condition that the said State of
Pennsylvania shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States
in and over the tracts of land aforesaid so far as that civil process in
all cases and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the
State of Pennsylvania against any person or persons charged with the crimes
committed without the said tracts of land may be executed thereon in the
same way and manner as if this jurisdiction had not be
ceded. The United States are
to retain such jurisdiction so long as said tract of land shall be used for
the purposes expressed in the foregoing section and no
longer. (Act approved June 13,
1840)
1.
Resolved, etc. That the consent of this Legislature be, and the same
hereby, given for the purchase by the United States of any lands not exceeding
forty acres adjoining the United States Arsenal at Frankford, in the County
of Philadelphia, for the enlargement of said Arsenal and the erection of
further buildings and machinery for such uses as the proper authorities of
the United States may deem proper, and that all the right title, property,
and interest of this Commonwealth in and to the said land adjoining the United
States Arsenal as aforesaid, together with all the buildings, improvements,
houses, forts, arsenals and other needful buildings now on or to be on said
property shall he and are hereby ceded to and vested in the United States
of America as fully, absolutely, and to the same extent as this Commonwealth
now holds and is entitled to the same;
Provided, that the Commonwealth may reoccupy and repossess the same
as they have occupied and possessed the same heretofore whenever the United
States of America shall cease to occupy the same for military purposes as
a fort, magazine, arsenal, or with other needful buildings for the
same; and proved, that the
jurisdiction over the said premises in civil and criminal cases be the same
as before the passing of this resolution.
(Act approved April 6, 1849)
This reservation contains an area of 17 acres,
and is situated at
Deed from David Wills, president of Soldier’s
Jurisdiction - Cession implied by an act of the
state of Legislature giving consent to the acquisition by the United States
of said cemetery property, approved, April 14, 1868, which act provides as
follows:
Whereas, by an act of the Thirty Ninth Congress
of the United States, entitled “An Act to establish and protect national
cemeteries,” approved February 22nd, 1867, Congress has adopted
a uniform system for the management and care of all the soldiers’ national
cemeteries throughout the United States, and made provision for their
maintenance; therefore,
Section 1 - Be it enacted, etc. that the board
of commissioners having charge and care of the Soldiers’
National Cemetery at Gettysburg,
are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer all the right, title, interest
and care of said Soldier’s National Cemetery, upon the completion of
the same, to the government of the United States, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania hereby ceding and relinquishing to the United States all its
title to the grounds and property of the said cemetery, vested in it for
the States which participated in the establishment of said national cemetery;
this cession being made up the condition that the United States Government
take upon itself the management and care of the said cemetery, and make provision
for its maintenance.
Section 3 - That the governor of this Commonwealth
is hereby authorized and empowered to do all acts and execute all papers
upon behalf of this Commonwealth, necessary to consummate the cession, and
to cause a copy of this act to be forwarded to the governors of the several
States who have appointed Commissioners, and also to the board of Commissioners
having charge of The Soldier’s National Cemetery at Gettysburg, and
to the President, the Senate and House of Representative of the United
States.
(Act approved April
14, 1868)
This reservation is situated near the town of
Acts approved March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 631); June
9, 1880 (21 Stat., 170); March 3, 1887 (24 Stat, 535); October 2, 1888 (25
Stat 538); March 2, 1889 (25 stat, 970); March 3, 1893 (27 stat, 599); Resolution
passed June 5, 1894 (28 stat, 584).
Acts approved August 18, 1894 (29 stat, 405); February 11, 1895 (28
stat, 599); and June 10, 1896 (29 stat, 384); the act of February 11, 1895,
being “An act to establish a
United States Military Reservations,
Etc.
Title
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1. Deed from Gettysburg
Battlefield Memorial Association, dated February 4, 1896, conveying 124 tracts
of land, aggregating 521.77 acres.
Recorded in book X X, page 149, etc., of the deed records of
2. Deed from heirs
of Mary Jane Weikert, dated August 8, 1893, conveying 41,920 square feet
of land. Recorded in book T T,
page 379, etc. of same records.
3. Deed from Gettysburg
Battlefield Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square
feet of land. Recorded in book
T T, page 420, etc. of same records.
4. Deed from Gettysburg
Battlefield Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square
feet of land. Recorded
in book T T, page 420, etc. of same records.
5. Deed from Gettysburg
Battlefield Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square
feet of land. Recorded
in book T T, page 625, etc. of same records.
6. Deed from David
Zentz and wife, dated July 14, 1893, conveying 33, 495 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T page
383, etc. of same records.
7. Deed from John
A. Wolfe and wife, dated July 14, 1893, conveying 24,618 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
393, etc. of same records
8. Deed from William
H. Heagey and wife, dated July 14, 1893, conveying 12, 065 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T ,
page 390, etc. of same records.
9. Deed from William
H. Heagey and wife, dated July 14, 1893, conveying 3.55 acres. Recorded in
book T T , page 391, etc of same records.
10. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 53,060 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
404, etc of same records.
11. Deed from Jacob Masonheimer,
dated June 27, 1893, conveying 25,800 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
385, etc. of same records
12. Deed from Isaiah A. Trostle,
attorney in fact, etc. dated June 27. 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land Recorded in book T T, page
400, etc. of same records.
13. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated July 12, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
412, etc of same record.
14. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
412, etc. of same records.
15. Deed from widow and heirs
of John Bender, dated July 10, 1893, conveying 851 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
412, etc. of same records.
16. Deed from Samuel M Bushman,
dated June 7, 1893, conveying 12,000 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
424, etc of same records.
17. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
414, etc. of same records.
18. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
406 etc of same records.
19. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
408, etc. of same records.
20, Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
410, etc. of same records.
21. Deed from Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
418, etc of same records
22. Deed from John H. Miller and
wife, dated June 2, 1893, conveying 16,860 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
422, etc. of same records.
23. Deed from Anna L. Young and
husband, dated June 7, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
397, etc, of same records.
24. Deed from George Spangler
and wife, dated June 8, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
381 etc. of same records.
25. Deed from J. Emory Bair and
wife, dated June 27, 1893, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T T, page
381, etc. of same records.
26. Deed from Wellington J. Swope
and wife, dated June 28, 1893, conveying 57,230 square feet of
land. Recorded in
book T T, page 388, etc. of same
records.
27. Deed from Melchoir Wolf and
wife, dated June 28, 1893, conveying 10,300 square feet of
land. Recorded in book T, page
386, etc. of same records.
28. Deed from Charles F. Starner
and wife, dated November 23, 1893, conveying 5.16 acres of
land. Recorded in book U U, page
148, etc. of same recorded.
29.
Deed from James A Felix and wife,
dated November 24, 1893, conveying 0.75 acre of
land. Recorded in book U U, page
150, etc. of same records.
30. Deed from Agnew Crawford et
al., dated February 5, 1894, conveying 46 acres and 147 perches of
land. Recorded in book U U, page
449, etc. of same records.
31. Deed from W. Nelson Flaherty
and wife, dated November 13, 1894, conveying 0.55 acre of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
70, etc. of same records.
32. Deed from Simon J. Codori
and wife, dated November 13, 1894, conveying 0.55 acre of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
70, etc. of same records.
33. Deed from George W. Wolf and
wife, dated November 15, 1894, conveying 0.06 acre of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
74, etc. of same records.
34. Deed from George J. Benner,
dated April 2, 1894, conveying 161 acres and 7 perches of land, with
reservations. Recorded in book
U U, page 339, etc of same records.
35. Deed from Sarah A. C. Plank
and husband, dated August 28, 1894, conveying 1.88 acres of
land. Recorded in book U U, page
541, etc. of same records.
36. Deed from J.O. blocker and
wife, dated September 29, 1894 conveying 7.12 acres of
land. Recorded in book U U, page
579, etc. of same records.
37. Deed from L.E. Kumerant and
wife et al., dated March 30, 1895, conveying 0.71 acre of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
374, etc. of same records.
38. Deed from Maria S. Shultz,
dated April 11, 1895, conveying 0.04 acre of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
474, etc. of same records.
39. Deed from John B. McPherson,
dated April 30, 1895, conveying 58 acres and 29 perches of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
477, etc. of same records.
40. Deed form Oscar D. McMillan
and wife, dated June 15, 1895, conveying 1.7 acres of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
570, etc. of same records.
41. Deed from Calvin Gilbert and
wife, dated July 2, 1895, conveying 632 square feet of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
564, etc. of same records.
42. Deed from the Theological
Seminary of the General Synod of the
43. Deed from Selma J. Drum and
husband, dated August 13, 1895, conveying 0.1 acre of
land. Recorded in book W W, page
193 etc. of same records.
44. Deed from James A Felix and
wife, dated September 2, 1895, conveying 0.048 acre of
land. Recorded in book V V, page
560, etc. of same records.
45. Deed from Lucinda B. Bushman
and husband, dated September 13, 1895, conveying 9.42 acres of
land. Recorded in book W W, page
167, etc. of same records.
46. Deed from J. Emory Bair and
wife, dated October 10, 1895, conveying 0.11 acre of
land. Recorded in book W W, vol.
39, page 169, etc. of same records.
47. Deed from John B. Whitney,
et al, executors, etc. dated November 7, 1895, conveying 1,900 square feet
of land. Recorded in book W W,
page 498, etc. of same records.
48. Deed from the Gettysburg Water
Co., dated November 16, 1895, conveying 400 square feet of
land. Recorded in book W W, vol.
49, page 501, etc. of same records.
49. Deed from J.L. Sherfy and
wife, dated December 21, 1895, conveying 400 square feet of
land. Recorded in book W
W, page 333, etc, of same
records.
50. Deed from the Gettysburg
Battlefield Memorial Association, dated April 8, 1896, conveying 0.31 acre
of land. Recorded in book X X,
page 267, etc. of same records.
51. Deed from Amos Leister and
wife, dated May 20, 1896, conveying 0.059 acre of
land. Recorded in book X X, page
2167, etc. of same records.
52. Deed from the Gettysburg &
Harrisburg Railway Co., dated June 5, 1896, conveying 8.42 acres of
land. Recorded in book X X, page
341, etc. of same records.
53. Deed from William Patterson
and wife, dated June 29, 1896 conveying 1.13 acres of
land. Recorded in book X X, page
302, etc. of same records.
54. Deed from George F. Basehore
and wife, dated August 21, 1896, conveying 0.12 acre of
land. Recorded in book X X, page
425, etc. of same records.
55. Deed from George Spangler
and wife, dated October 8, 1897, conveying 625 square feet of
land. Recorded in book Y Y, page
379, etc. of same records.
56. Deed from Nathaniel Lightner
and wife, dated October 22, 1897, conveying 0.012 acre of land less 15 square
feet. Recorded in book Y Y, page
414, etc. of same records.
57. Deed from Samuel O. Robinson
and wife, dated November 13, 1897, conveying 8 acres and 22 perches of land
less 25,800 square feet with
reservations. Recorded in book
Z Z, page 55, etc. of same records.
58. Deed from Samuel M. Bushman,
dated December 16, 1897, conveying 8,964 acres of
land. Recorded in book Z Z, page
53, etc. of same records.
59. Deed from Chas. A
60. Deed from the Gettysburg Water
Co. dated January 8, 1898, conveying 0.035 acre of
land. Recorded in book Y Y, page
560, of same records.
61. Deed from Calvin Gilbert,
dated May 23, 1898, conveying 0.11 acre of
land. Recorded in book Y Y, page
612, etc. of same records.
62. Deed from Lucinda Bender et
al, dated June 21, 1898, conveying 0.22
acre. Recorded in book Y Y, page
614 etc. of same records.
63. Deed from Alex W. Little,
dated September 20, 1898, conveying 0.18
acre. Recorded in book Z Z, page
304 of same records.
64. Deed from J.P.S. Tobin, dated
October 8, 1898, conveying 2,968 square feet of
land. Recorded in book Z Z, page
311, of same records.
65. Deed from William Patterson,
dated January 19, 1899, conveying 48.3 acres of
land recorded in book 53, page
25, etc. of same records.
66. Deed from Henry Spangler and
wife, dated April 11, 1899, conveying 25.32 acres of
land. Recorded in book 53, page
171, of same records.
67. Deed from George Trostle,
administrator, etc. dated January 26, 1899, conveying 104.3 acres of
land. Recorded in book 53, page
27, etc of same records.
68. Deed from Samuel M. Bushman,
dated June 29, 1899, conveying 17.27 acres of
land. Recorded in book 53, page
286, of same records.
69. Deed from James E. Swisher,
dated November 9, 1899, conveying 22.6 acres of
land. Recorded in book 53, page
453, of same records.
70. Deed from Edward H. Culp,
administrator, etc. dated April 27, 1900, conveying 40.95
acres. Recorded in book 55, page
14, of same records.
71. Deed from Wm. W. Hafer and
wife, dated July 6, 1900, conveying 40
acres. Recorded in book 55, page
130, of same records.
72. Deed from Basil Biggs and
wife, dated September 8, 1900 conveying 48.07 acres of
land. Recorded in book 55, page
111, of same records.
73. Deed from Peter D. Swisher,
dated December 11, 1900, conveying 2.42 acres of
land. Recorded in book 55, page
260, etc. of same records.
74. Deed from Francis A. Althoff
and wife, dated December 11, 1900, conveying 12.76 ages of
land. Recorded in book 54, page
476, of same records.
75. Deed from Peter D. Swisher,
dated February 16, 1901, conveying 9.2 acres of
land. Recorded in book 55, page
333, of same records.
76. Deed from Wm. H. Tipton and
wife, dated December 31, 1901, conveying two tracts of land, aggregating
14.2 acres of land. Recorded
in book 55, page 524 of same records.
77. Deed from John T. Cox et al,
trustees, dated March 25, 1902, conveying a slab or memorial to General Zook,
standing on land which the United States held in fee.
78. Deed from Jeremiah Bender,
dated July 22, 18902, conveying 13,061 square feet of
land. Recorded in book 57, page
48 of same records.
79. Deed from John S. Forney,
dated July 22, 1902, conveying 0.57 acre.
Recorded in book 57, page 46, of same records.
80. Deed from the heirs of Amos
Leister, dated September 1, 1902, conveying 0.08 acre. Recorded in book 57,
page 102 of same records.
81. Deed from Benjamin Redding
and wife, dated August 27, 1902, conveying 10 acres and 91 perches of
land. Recorded in book 57, page
104 of same records.
82. Deed from John E. C. Miller
and wife, dated November 24, 1902, conveying
33½
acres. Recorded in book
57, page 252, of same records.
83. Deed from John Rosensteel,
dated February 29, 1903, conveying 38 perches of
land. Recorded in book 56, page
515, etc. of same records.
84. Deed from Emanuel Weikert
and wife, dated may 19, 1903, conveying 2.56 acres of
land. Recorded in book 58, page
149, etc. of same records.
85. Deed from Martin Winter, dated
February 13, 1902, conveying 7 acres, 94.5 perches, more or
less. Recorded in book 56, page
246, of same records.
86. Deed from Mary Ann Pfeffer,
dated May 12, 1903, conveying 10.25
acres. Recorded in book 58, page
188, etc of same records.
87. Deed from Sarah A.C. Plank
and husband, dated September 23, 1903, conveying 24.3
acres. Recorded in book 59, page
8 of same records.
88. Deed from Henry A. Wolf and
wife et. Al, dated October 7, 1903, conveying 0,6 acres.
Recorded in book 59, page 104
of same records.
89 Deed from Newton A.
Tawney and wife, dated December 19, 1903, conveying 0.67
acres. Recorded in book 48, page
537, etc. of same recorded.
90. Deed from Calvin P. Krise,
dated March 3, 1904, conveying 3 acres, 136
perches. Recorded in book 58,
page 495, etc. of same records
91. Deed from George A. Thayer
and George W. Morse, surviving trustees, dated June 9. 1904, conveying site
up, which is, erected a monument to the Second Massachusetts Infantry, containing
576 square feet. Recorded in
book 59, page 125, of same records.
92, Deed from E. Layton Trostle
and wife, dated June 9, 1904, conveying 2
acres. Recorded in book 59, page
134, etc. of same records.
93. Deed from Andrew J. Smith,
dated August 12, 1904, conveying 3.28
acres. Recorded in book
59, page 171, of same records.
94. Decree of United States Circuit
Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in United States v. Five Tracts
of land; rendered October 2, 1900, condemning three tracts, aggregating 40.47
acres. Money paid into court
December 2, 1900.
95. Deed from Edward H. Culp,
administrator, etc. Dated September 16, 1904, conveying 7.32
acres. Recorded in deed book
59, pages 217, et seq. of same records.
96. Deed from John S. Forney,
dated December 6, 1904, conveying two tracts aggregating 2.23
acres. Recorded in deed book
59 page 319 of same records.
97. Decree of condemnation of
9 acres and 83 perches of land belonging to
98. Deed from Henry O. Foler et
al, as receivers of the Gettysburg Springs & Hotel Co., dated December
24, 1904, conveying four certain parcels of land aggregating 36.56
acres. Recorded in deed book
60, pages 22-30 of same records.
99. Deed from Robert Sheads, dated
June 20, 1905, conveying 0.331 acre.
Recorded in deed book 59, page 403 of same
records.
100. Deed from J. Emory Bair and wife, dated
May 13, 1905, conveying, in the aggregate, 31.22
acres. Recorded in deed book
59, page 373, of same records.
101. Deed from Mary E. Bridges and husband
et al, dated April 17, 1905, conveying 8.6
acres. Recorded in deed book
59, pages 375, et seq, of same records.
102. Decree of condemnation in
103. Deed from Henry O. Towels, et al. receivers
of Gettysburg Springs & hotel
104. Deed from Sabina C. Patterson and husband,
dated September 20, 1905, conveying 70.01 acres of
land. Recorded in deed book 60,
page 488, of same records.
105. Deed form Howard L Diehl and wife, dated
July 7, 1905 conveying 11.498 acres.
Recorded in deed book 59, page 424, of same
records.
106. Deed from J. Emory Bair and wife, dated
September 10, 1906, conveying 1.144
acres. Recorded in deed book
62, page 40, of same records.
107. Deed from Francis N. Fronmeyer and wife,
dated October 20, 1906, conveying 2.18
acres. Recorded in deed book
61, page 353, of same records.
108. Deed from J. Emory Bair and John B. McPherson,
receivers of the Gettysburg Springs Hotel Co. , dated June 21, 1907, conveying
three tracts aggregating 360.75 acres.
Recorded in deed book 63, page 36, of same
records.
109. Deed from Harriet L. Goss et al, dated
August 15, 1907, conveying 16.6
acre’s. Recorded in deed
book 62, page 103, of same records.
110. Deeds from Mary L. Heller and from Morris
E. Munshaur and wife, dated May 18, 1908 and June 27, 1908, respectively,
conveying 1.87 acres. Recorded,
respectively, in deed book 63, page 543 and deed book 64, page 96 of same
records.
111. Quit claim deed from the Ehrhart-Conrad
Co. a corporation dated August 5, 1908, of same
property. Recorded in deed book
64, page 93, of same records.
112. Deed from A. Winton Crouse and wife, dated
February 8, 1908, conveying 1,800 square
feet. Recorded in deed book 63,
page 436, of same records.
113. Quit claim deeds from James Mordy, Ellen
Thompson et al., Harry A Eckert et al., Jacob H. Butt et al.,
114. Deed from Pius A Althoff and wife, dated
June 24, 1909, conveying 9.39 acres.
Recorded in deed book 65, page 347, of same
records.
115. Deed from Maggie A Wible et vir, dated
September 27, 1909, conveying two tracts of land aggregating 15.483
acres. Recorded in deed book
65, page 466, of same records.
116. Deed from Calvin Gilbert and wife, dated
November 15, 1909, conveying 13¾
acres. Recorded in deed book
65, page 574, of same records.
117. Deed form Geo E. Stock and wife, dated
December 13, 1909, conveying 1.02 acres.
Recorded in deed book 67, page 17, of same
records.
118. Deed from Martin Winter, dated April 28,
1910, conveying 51.26 acres.
Recorded in deed book 62, page 593, of same records.
119. Deed from Martin Winter, dated July 11,
1910, conveying two tracts containing 80.7 acres and 2.02 acres
respectively. Recorded in deed
book 62, page 152, of same records.
120. Deed from John Reid et al., trustees for
the association of survivors of the 72nd Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteers, dated March 20, 1911, conveying 900 square
feet. Recorded in deed book 66,
page 442 of same records.
121. Deed from William S. Bushman, widower,
dated August 11, 1911, conveying 1.83
acres. Recorded in deed book
67, page 215, of same records.
122. Deed from Charles C. Rider and wife, dated
October 12, 1912, conveying 1.8 acres.
Recorded in deed book 117, page 264, of same
records.
123. Deed form William B. Kurts and wife, dated
November 21, 1913, conveying 0.14 acres. Recorded in deed book 74, page 137,
of same records.
124. Deed from Calvin Gilbert and Donald P.
McPherson, receivers of the Gettysburg Springs & Hotel Co., dated December
18, 1913, conveying 55.38 acres.
Recorded in deed book 73, page 473 of same
records.
125. Deed from same parties, dated December
18, 1913, conveying 39.62 acres.
Recorded in deed book 73, page 468, of same
records.
126. Deed from Frank B. Twisden and wife, dated
September 15, 1914, conveying 200 square
feet. Recorded in deed book 73,
page 422, of same records.
Consent of supervisors
of
Recovable license
- June 11, 1908, to the Theological Seminary of the General Synod of the
Jurisdiction -
Ceded to the
Whereas Legislation
is required to enable the United States to obtain title to property within
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of erecting monuments or
tablets to mark the position occupied by the several commands of the Army
of the United States engaged at the battle of Gettysburg, and to enable the
government of the United States to properly indicate and mark positions held
by federal and confederate armies during said battle, and for the preservation,
for historical and other purposes, of the said battlefield; therefore,
Section
1. Be it enacted,
etc.. That the consent of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby given to the acquisition, by the United
States, of such pieces and tracts of land situated upon and in the neighborhood
of the battlefield of Gettysburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, as may be
selected by the Secretary of War, or such officer as he may direct, for the
purpose of erecting monuments or tablets for the proper marking of the positions
of each of the several commands of the army of the United States engaged
in the battle of Gettysburg, for opening and constructing roads and avenues,
in connection with the positions occupied by the federal or confederate forces
engaged in said battle, for the preservation of the grounds covered by said
battlefield for historical and other purposes, and for making such other
improvements in connection with said battlefield as the Government of the
United States may, from time to time deem
proper. For the purposes aforesaid,
the United States shall have, hold, use, occupy and own said lands, when
purchased or acquired, and exercise jurisdiction and control over the same
and every part thereof, subject to the restrictions hereinafter
mentioned.
Section
2. The jurisdiction of the State
of Pennsylvania in and over the said lands, when acquired by the United States,
shall be, and the same is hereby ceded to the United States, shall continue
so long as the said lands shall remain the property of the United States,
and no longer, and the same shall be and continue exonerated from all taxes,
assessments and other charges which may be levied under the authority of
this Commonwealth; provided, however, that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
shall, and hereby does, retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States,
in and over said lands, so far as that all civil process in all cases, and
such criminal or to her process as may issue under the authority of the State
of Pennsylvania against any person or persons charged with crimes or
misdemeanors, committed within said State, including said lands may be executed
therein in the same manner as if consent to acquisition had not been given
or jurisdiction ceded, except as far as such process may affect the personal
or real property of the United States.
Section
1.
Be it enacted, etc. that the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth is
hereby ceded to the United States of America over the public roads, and parts
of the same hereinafter specified and described, included within the limits
of the National Park at Gettysburg, as defined by the act of Congress entitled
“An act to establish a National Military Park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
“approved February 11th, 1895, to wit;
First.
That part of the public road known as the
Second.
That part of the public road known as the Newville or
Third.
That part of the public road knows as the
Fourth.
That part of the public road known as the Hunterstown road, extending
from its junction with the
Fifth.
That part of the public known as the
Sixth.
That part of the public road know as the Taneytown road, extending
from the borough line of
Seventh.
That public road connecting the Taneytown road and the Baltimore pike,
extending from the Taneytown road at the common corner of Patterson and
Baker’s lands on that road eastward by sundry courses 4,300 feet to
the Baltimore pike near McAllister’s Hill.
Eighth.
That public road known as the Wheatfield road, extending from its
junction with the Taneytown road at Sedgwick Post Office westward by sundry
courses and crossing the Emmitsburg road and Confederate Avenue 8,550 feet
to the boundary of the aforesaid National Park.
Ninth.
That part of the public road known as the Emmitsburg road, extending
from the crossing of the Wheatfield road at the Peach Orchard southwestward
7,800 feet or more to the boundary of the aforesaid National
Park.
Tenth.
That part of the public road known as the
Eleventh.
That part of the public road known as the Herster’s Mill road
which begins at the Hagerstown road about a furlong west of Reynolds Avenue
extending the northwestward by sundry courses, and crossing Willoughby run,
4,000 feet to the boundary of the aforesaid National
Park.
Twelfth.
That part of the public road which begins at the
Thirteenth. That part of
the public road known as the Mummasburg road, extending from the borough
line of
Fourteenth. That public road
connecting the Mummasburg road with the Chambersburg pike, beginning at the
Mummasburg road on the summit of Seminary Ride and extending thence southward
by sundry courses 3,800 feet, crossing the railroad just east of where the
56th Pennsylvania regiment fired the first musket in the battle,
to the Chambersburg pike, about a furlong from where Reynolds
fell: Provided, nevertheless.
That this cession is upon the express condition that the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania so far retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United States
over said roads and parts of roads above described, as that all civil and
criminal thereon in like manner as if this act had not be passed; provided
further, that all offenses again the criminal laws of Pennsylvania upon said
roads or parts of road shall remain, as before, cognizable in the Courts
of this Commonwealth, but nothing herein contained shall in anywise interfere
with the jurisdiction of the United States over any matter embraced in the
act of Congress establishing said National Park, approved February 11, 1895,
nor with any laws, rules or regulations which have been or may be adopted
by the Government of the United States for the preservation and protection
of its property and rights on said ceded roads and parts of roads, and proper
maintenance of good order thereon.
(Act approved June 26, 1895.
Laws of Pennsylvania, 1895, page
371) See Appendix, page
496.
La Fayette
Cemetery
(Soldier’s
Lot)
This lot is situated
in the La Fayette Cemetery, in the city of Philadelphia, and is known and
designed as lot No. 42, containing an area of 80 square
feet.
Title - Deed from
Mary Sutherland et al. to Burton Kollock; assigned by Burton Kollock to the
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon Committee, and by the latter assigned
to the United States, June 7, 1875, transferring above
lot. Recorded in book F T W No.
231, page 342, etc., of the deed records of the city and county of Philadelphia.
Jurisdiction -
See “General Act of Cession.”
Lebanon
Cemetery
(Soldier’s
Lot)
This reservation
is situated in the Lebanon Cemetery of Philadelphia, in the city of Philadelphia,
and contains an area of about 4,480 square feet.
Title - Deed from
Jacob C. White and wife, dated June 1, 1867, conveying 56 lots in section
D of the Lebanon Cemetery of Philadelphia, numbered 195-202, inclusive; 211-218,
inclusive 227-234, inclusive 243-250, inclusive 259-266, inclusive 275-282,
inclusive and 291-298, inclusive; containing about 4,480 square feet of
land. Recorded in book JTO, No.
60 page 15, etc. of the deed records of the city and county of
Philadelphia.
Jurisdiction -
See “General Act of Cession.”
Mechanics
Cemetery
(Soldier’s
Lot)
This reservation
is situated in what was formerly Islington Park in Penn Township, now city
of Philadelphia, and embraces lots 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 in division B. section
14, of Mechanic’s Cemetery.
Title - Deed from
United American Mechanics and United Daughters of America Cemetery Association,
dated October 16, 1874, conveying the above-described property, with right
of way, etc.
Jurisdiction, -
See “General Act of Cession.”
Fort
Mifflin
This reservation
is situated in the Delaware River, near League Island within the corporate
limits of the city of Philadelphia.
It originally contained an area of about 317 acres; but it was reduced
by the sale of 49.707 acres, August 29, 1899, to the International Navigation
Co., under authority of act of Congress of January 6, 1893 (27 Stat.,
414). By letters of the Secretary
of War, dated July 31, 1895, June 21, 1898, September 29, 1899 and May 6,
1905, portions of the remaining lands were transferred to the Navy Department
for use in connection with the naval magazine at hat place, leaving under
control of the War Department the southerly portion of the reservation, including
Fort Mifflin.
Title -
1. Act of the State legislature
approved April 15, 1798, ceding to the United States an island in the Delaware
River, called Mud Island.
2. Deed from the Philadelphia Board of Health,
dated August 5, 1808, conveying “The Lazaretto” lands on State
Island, containing 6 acres 3 roods and 25 perches of
land. Recorded in book EF, No.
31, page 320, etc. of the deed records of the city and county of Philadelphia
(Sale authorized, without specifying to whom, by act of the State legislature
approved February 14, 1801.)
3. Deed from John W. Ashmead and wife, dated
Marc 23, 1851, conveying 98 acres and 11 perches of
land. Recorded in book GWC No.
91, page 491, etc. of same records.
Revocable
licenses: November 5, 1880, to
the Treasury Department to erect a set of range lights on the
reservation.
November 16, 1882,
to the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co. to land cable and erect poles on
the reservation.
Jurisdiction -
Ceded to the United State by act of the State legislature cited above, which
is as follows:
Section
1: Be it enacted, etc. that all
the right, title, property, and interest of this Commonwealth in and to the
Island commonly called Mud Island, situate in the River Delaware, together
with all the improvements thereon erected, placed, or being, shall be, and
hereby are, ceded to and vested in the United States of America, as fully,
absolutely, and to the same extent, as this Commonwealth now holds and is
entitled in and to the same; provided
always. Nevertheless, that if
the said United States shall not accept the same within one year from the
passing of this act, then, and in that case, the cession hereby made shall
be absolutely void, and of no effect, provided
further. That the State of
Pennsylvania may at all times occupy the said island and fortifications,
whenever the same shall not be possessed by a military force under the United
States, and provided further. That
the jurisdiction of the State of Pennsylvania over the said island, in civil
and criminal cases, be the same as before the passing of this
act. (Act approved April 15,
1795)
Cessions of
jurisdiction over portions of the reservation acquired subsequently to the
cession of Mud Island have not been found.
Militia Rifle
Range
This range is situated
in Delaware County (87.83 acres) and in the fortieth ward, city of Philadelphia
(40 acres) total area, 127,83 acres.
Title - Deed dated
December 16, 1910, from John Scott, Jr., and wife, conveying 87.83 acres,
in Delaware County. Recorded
in office for recording of deeds in and for Delaware County in deed book
R, No. 14, page 229.
2. Deed dated August 18, 1910, from William
S.P. Shields and wife, conveying 40 acres in the fortieth ward, city of
Philadelphia. Recorded in the
office for recording of deeds in and for the city and county of Philadelphia,
in deed book W S V, No. 1380, page 485.
Odd Fellows’
Cemetery
(Soldiers
Lot)
This reservation
is situated in Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, on north side of Islington Lane,
in Penn Township, now city of Philadelphia, and contains an area of about
9.040 square feet.
Title - Deed from
the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery Co., of Philadelphia, dated April 27, 1868,
conveying above property. Recorded
in book JTO, No. 151, page 354, etc., of the deed records of the city and
county of Philadelphia.
Jurisdiction -
See “General Act of Cession.”
Philadelphia Depot
of the Quartermaster’s Department
This reservation
is situated in the city of Philadelphia and contains an area of 8 acres 2
roods and 16 perches. The name
was changed from Schuylkill Arsenal” to “Philadelphia depot of
te Quartermaster’s Department” by G.O. 78, W.D., July 25,
1873.
Title - Deed from
Elizabeth Sober et al. to Hon. James McHenry, in trust for the United States,
dated July 6, 1799, conveying by description the above
lands. Recorded in book No. 77,
page 516, etc. of the deed records for the city and county of
Philadelphia.
Easement - Right
of way granted throught this reservation to the Schuylkill River East Side
Railroad Co., by act of Congress May 1, 1886 (24 Stat.,
17). Location approved May 21,
1886, and accepted by grantee June 8, 1886.
Jurisdiction -
Ceded to the United States by an act of the State legislature approved June
13, 1840, which provides as follows:
Sec.
3
- That the jurisdiction
of the State of Pennsylvania is hereby ceded to the Untied States of America,
for the purpose of erecting and maintain thereon, arsenals, magazines and
other necessary buildings, over all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels
of land situate in the County of
Philadelphia. And the description
and boundaries of the last-mentioned of the foregoing tracts, as set forth
in the deed executed by Elizabeth Sober, et al to James McHenry on the
6th day of July, 1799, being as follows, to
wit: (Here describes tract near
Schuylkill River, at Grays Ferry.)
The evidences of the several purchases of land, which is hereby, ceded
being recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of
Philadelphia.
Sec. 4 - The
jurisdiction so ceded to the United States of America, is granted upon the
express condition, that the said State of Pennsylvania, shall retain a concurrent
jurisdiction with the United States, in and over the tracts of land aforesaid,
so far as the civil process in all cases and such criminal process as may
issue under the authority of the State of Pennsylvania, against any person
or persons charged with the crimes committed, without the said tracts of
land, ay be executed therein, the same way and manner, as if this jurisdiction
had not been ceded. The United
States are to retain such jurisdiction so long as said tracts of land shall
be used for the purposes expressed in the foregoing sections and no
longer.
Philadelphia
National Cemetery
This reservation
is situated at Germantown, within the corporate limits of the city of
Philadelphia, being the east corner of Haines Street and Limekiln Turnpike
Road, in 22 ward of said city, and contains an area of 13 acres 1 rood and
11.7 perches.
Title - Deed from
Henry G. Freeman and wife, dated January 26, 1885, conveying above
tract. Recorded in book G G P.
No. 20, page 127, etc., of the deed records of the city and county of
Philadelphia.
Jurisdiction -
See “General Act of Cession.”
Pittsburgh Storage
and Supply Depot
This reservation
is situated on the east side of the Allegheny River, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, and contains an area of about 19¾ acres, excluding the tract
of about 5 acres which was transferred to the Treasure Department, June 1,
1904, under act of Congress approved march 3, 1903 (32 Stat. 1088), for marine
hospital site. It was formerly
known as the Allegheny Arsenal, but the arsenal was abolished May 1, 1901,
and the name was changed to Pittsburgh Storage and Supply Depot,” by
G.O. 40, W.D., February 24, 1906.
Title -
1. Deed from William B. Foster
and wife, dated April 29, 1814, conveying 30 acres of
land. Recorded in book T, page
??, of the deed records of Allegheny County, at Pittsburgh, May 2,
1814.
2. Deed from Alba Fisk and wife, dated may
13, 1831, conveying 6.46 acres.
Recorded in book P2, volume 40, page 601, etc. of same
records.
3. Deed from Anthony Dravo and wife, dated
June 8, 1833, conveying 1 acre and 0.64 of a perch of
land. Recorded in book V2, volume
45, page 136, of same records.
4. Deed from William F. Hamilton et al.,
dated November 26, 1836, conveying right to water,
etc. Recorded in book C 3a, volume
52, page 480, etc. of same records.
5, Deed from Alba Fisk and wife, dated June
6, 1837, conveying 6,886 square feet of
land. Recorded in book D 3, volume
53, page 400, etc. of same records.
6. Deed from Philip Weisenberger et al.,
trustees, etc, dated April 19, 1867, conveying lots 1,2,3, and 4 of the borough
of Lawrenceville, containing about 10,000 square feet of
land. Recorded in deed book,
volume 218, page 396, of same records.
Deed to the city
of Pittsburgh, dated October 3, 1913, conveying 13¼ acres of land within
the reservation in exchange for 11½ acres conveyed to the United states
for the use of the Bureau of Mines, Interior Department, and for perpetual
right to be furnished from the city water mains all the water thereafter
needed for all purposes up the
reservation. Exchange made pursuant
to section 26 of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1913, (37 Stat.
886)
Easements - Act
of Congress, approved February 14, 1853 (10 stat, 754), granted a right of
way across the reservation to the Allegheny Valley Railroad
Co. Act of June 23, 1874
(18 stat 280), provided for the extension of a line between the existing
line and the Allegheny River. Act
of February 28, 1900 (31 stat, 35), granted additional right of way and provided
for a siding within the reservation.
The reservation
is bisected by a public paved street called Butler Street, upon which is
located a streetcar track.
Lease - October
22, 1914, to city of Pittsburgh of land on corner of 44th and
Grants Streets know as “springs site,” with right of way,
etc.
Revocable licenses
- November 19, 1885, to the Philadelphia Co. to lay a 24” pipe through
the reservation.
June 27, 1887,
to the Chartiers Valley Gas Co. to lay a 24” pipe through the
reservation.
September 11, 1889,
to Equitable Gas Co., to lay a 16” pipe through the
reservation.
March 30, 1901,
to the city of Pittsburgh to lay a water main through the
reservation.
August 9, 1904,
to the Pittsburgh Natural Gas Co. to lay a 16” gas line through the
reservatino.
September 7, 1904,
to the Philadelphia Co. to maintain a line of poles upon the reservation,
heretofore placed and maintained under permission of the post
commander.
January 8, 1914,
to Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce to erect small temporary kiln
on reservation.
Jurisdiction -
ceded to the United States by acts of the State legislature, passed March
19, 1816, and February 14, 1845, which acts provide as
follows:
Section
1
- Be it enacted, etc.,
that the consent of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is
hereby granted to a purchase, which the United States have lately made form
William B. Foster, of a certain tract of land situate on the Allegheny River,
about two miles above Pittsburgh, bounded as
follows: (here describes land
as state out in the Forster deed, supra.)
For a military station and establishment for the ordinance
department: provide, that nothing
herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, so as to impede
or prevent the execution of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority
of this State. (Act approved
March 19, 1816)
Section
1
- Be it enacted, etc.
that the assent of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is
hereby granted to a purchase made by the United States of certain land from
Alba Fisk and wife on the 13th day of May, 1831, and also to the
purchase of certain other land from Anthony Dravo and wife on the
8th date of June, 1833, and also to the purchase of certain other
land from Alba Fisk and wife on the 6th day of June, 1837, all
of which pieces of land are included within the boundaries of the United
States Arsenal near Pittsburgh and adjoining the piece described in the act
to which this is an addition and containing about 8 acres, according to the
boundaries described in the deeds of the purchase above mentioned and under
like terms and conditions as are prescribed in the act to which this is an
addition.
Section
2 - That is at any time hereafter
any further or additional quantity of land shall be purchased by the United
States for the use of said arsenal, this act shall be construed to vest in
the United States jurisdiction over the same to the same extent as it is
vested by this act over the pieces above
described. (Approved February
14, 1845)
Presque
Isle
This reservation
is a peninsula lying to the northward of and inclosing the bay of Presque
Isle, commanding the entrance to the harbor of Erie, in Erie County, and
contains an area of about 2,024 acres.
Title and Jurisdiction
- Deed from “The Marine Hospital of Pennsylvania”, dated may 25,
1871, conveying the above 2.024 acres of
land. Recorded in book #40, page
634, etc. of the deed records of Erie County.
Consent to the
purchase of said land and jurisdiction ceded to the United States by acts
of the State legislature approved April 18, 1795, and May 11, 1871, which
acts provided as follows:
Section 3 - And
be it further enacted, etc. that the said Commissioners shall also survey
or cause to be surveyed, previously to and exclusively of the survey of the
said town lots and outlets, one lot of sixty acres of the southern side of
the harbor of Presque Isle one moiety thereof upon the bank and the moiety
below the bank comprehending the point at the entrance of the harbor, and
one other lot on the peninsula, to contain 100 acres for the accommodation
and use of the United States, in erecting and maintaining forts, magazines,
arsenals and dockyards thereon, and in such other improvements as the United
States may judge proper to make for their advantage and convenience; and
the situations and forms of the said three lots shall be chosen and fixed
with a special reference to the uses aforesaid by the said Commissioners,
and the engineer who shall be employed by the United States, if any such
shall be appointed and shall attend for that purpose; and the said Commissioners
shall with all convenient dispatch, return and file in the office of the
secretary of the Commonwealth, and draft of the location and survey of the
said three last mentioned lots, and the said draft being approved by the
Governor, and recorded by the secretary, shall be deposited in the office
of the Surveyor - General, and it shall be lawful for the United States at
any time thereafter to take possession of an occupy the said three last mentioned
lots, and thereon to erect, establish and maintain all necessary forts,
magazines, arsenals, and dockyards and to make such other improvements thereon
as they may judge proper and the same to continue to possess, occupy and
hold so long as they shall deem it expedient to maintain and shall actually
maintain a fort, garrison or other military establishment at or near Presque
Isle and no longer; proved, always,
that if the mill seats on the creek running near the ruins of the old French
fort should fall within the cessions hereby made to the United States, the
same shall nevertheless be, and hereby made to the United States, the same
shall nevertheless be, and hereby are, reserved for the use of this State
with the right of erecting mills thereon, but no buildings, mills excepted,
shall be erected within 600 yards of the center of any fort which shall be
erected by the United States, on either of the lots ceded to them as
aforesaid; provide also, that
it shall be lawful to lay out and open convenient roads through such parts
of the said 3 lots as the reasonable accommodation of the State or its citizens
may require without injury to the United States, with respect to the object
of the cession; and it is the express intent and meaning of this act, that
nothing herein contained shall be deemed, construed, or in any wise taken
to cede and transfer unto the United States the jurisdiction or right of
soil in and to the said three last mentioned lots, but only the occupancy
and use thereof for the purposes
aforesaid. (Act approved April
18, 1795).
Section 1 - Be
it enacted, etc. that the sum of $30,000 is hereby appropriated to the Marine
Hospital at Erie, for the purpose of fitting the building for the reception
of patients and paying the debt of the corporation, but only on the condition
that the said Marine Hospital Corporate shall reconvey to the State of
Pennsylvania, by good and sufficient deeds, to be approved by the Attorney
General, all lands in any granted to said Marine Hospital by its act of
incorporation, approved march 22nd, Anno Domini, 1,867, and the
buildings now thereon, with the appurtenances, to be held by the State for
the uses and purposes defined in said act incorporating the Marine Hospital
at Erie, and on the further condition that said Marine Hospital Corporation
shall convey to the United States of America all title it may have to the
Peninsula of Presque Isle, obtained from the State of Pennsylvania by act
of February 4th, Anno Domini 1,869, entitled “A supplement
to an act incorporating the Marine Hospital at Erie”, to be held by
said United States as near as may be, in its present condition, and only
for the purposes of national defense and for the protection of the harbor
of Erie, but in all other respects to be subject to the civil and criminal
jurisdiction of the State of Pennsylvania; and the consent of the State of
Pennsylvania is hereby given to such transfer of title, only for the purposes
and under the limitations hereinbefore
mentioned. (Act approved may
11, 1871)
The acceptance
of title from “The Marine Hospital of Pennsylvania” was authorized
by act of Congress approved May 27, 1872 (17 stat, 162) as
follows:
Be it enacted,
etc. that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered
to receive and accept from “The Marine Hospital of Pennsylvania”
a corporation duly incorporated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the
title to a piece or parcel of land, being the peninsula lying to the northward
of an inclosing the bay of Presque Isle, and containing 2,024 acres more
or less, to be held by the Government of the United States for the protection
of the harbor of Erie; provided, that the deed conveying the same shall not
be received or accepted until the title to the same is complete and indefeasible,
nor unless the acceptance thereof shall be recommended by a board of officers
of the corps of engineers appointed by the President.
Title to said peninsula
was finally accepted, on December 14, 1886, by the Secretary of War, although
not reported as complete and indefeasible, by directing that the same should
be entered upon and taken possession of in behalf of the United States under
authority of the following provision of act of congress approved August 5,
1886 (24 stat, 312)
That the Secretary
of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and accept
for the United States, from the Marine Hospital of Erie, Pennsylvania, the
title to the peninsula of Presque Isle, at Erie, Pennsylvania, as tendered
by the said Marine Hospital agreeably to the provisions of an act of the
legislature of the State of Pennsylvania approved May 11th,
1871.
Easements - Act
of congress, approved February 23, 1893 (27 stat, 472), authorized the
commissioner of water works of the city of Erie to extend the intake pipe
across the bay of Presque Isle to the peninsula, and thence across the lands
of the Untied States into Lake Erie.
Act of Congress,
approved March 24, 1910 (36 stat. 262), authorized the Department of Fisheries
of the State of Pennsylvania to occupy a portion of the “Presque Isle
Peninsula” for the purpose of establishing and maintaining thereon a
hatchery for the propagation of game and food fishes under such plans and
specifications as might be approved by the Secretary of
War. Plans and specifications
therefore approved by the Secretary of War, November 28,
1913.
Revocable license
- December 21, 1910 to the Department of Commerce and Labor to occupy two
strips of land on Presque Isle Peninsula, each 100 years wide, for lighthouse
purposes.
Prospect Hill
Cemetery
(Soldiers
Lot)
This reservations
is situated about ¼ of a mile north of the borough of York, on the west
side of the Harrisburg Turnpike road in York County, and is know as Lot #.
689, Section A, in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Title - Evidenced
by a certificate issued under the seal of the trustees of the Prospect Hill
Cemetery, signed by William A. Wilt, president and W. Butzel, secretary,
a copy of which is on file in the office of the Judge Advocate General at
Washington, D.C.
Tobyhanna Artillery
Target Range
This reservation
is situated near Tobyhanna, in the townships of Cool Baugh, Monroe County
and Lehigh, Wayne County. It
contains an area of 18.410 acres, of more or less and was acquired under
authority of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1913 (37 stat,
710)
Title -
1. Deed from Charles J. Sherman
and wife dated July 20, 1914, conveying 155¾
acres. Recorded in deed book
74, page 619, of the deed records of Monroe County.
2. Deed from Sydenham H. Rhodes dated November
27, 1914, conveying 399 acres, 90
perches. Recorded in deed book
75, page 146, of same records.
3. Deed from the Monroe Water Supply Co.,
dated June 12, 1915, conveying 17.855 acres, more or
less. Recorded in deed book 76,
page 34, of same records; also in book 107, page 390, of the deed records
of Wayne County.
Philippine
Islands
Army
Morgue
See “Manila
Reservations.”
Augur
Barracks (Including
Asturias)
This reservation
is situated in the municipality of Jolo, Province of Moro, Island of Jolo,
and comprises six tracts of land having an aggregate area of 216.8026 hectares
(about 535.71 acres), with metes and bounds as given in paragraph 1, b, executive
order of November 10, 1904 (G.O. 177, W.D. November 21, 1904), and in executive
order of February 14, 1913 (no. 1703).
It is known as military reservation case #30, in the court of land
registration, Philippine Islands, and is shown on the following bureau of
lands plans: Augur Barracks,
Jolo, II 6480, and Asturias II 6490.
Final decree, under act 627, Philippines Commission, reported in February,
1914 as pending.
Name of reservation
changed from Jolo to Augur Barracks (G.I. 219, W.D., October 30,
1909).
Title - executive
order of November 10, 1904 (G.L. 177, W.D. November 21, 1904), setting aside
for military purposes a main reservation of about 339.7 acres and Fort Asturias
(Princesa de Asturias), containing about 58.42
acres. Executive orders of May
17, 1905 (G.O. 76, W.D. May 25, 1905), and of February 14, 1913 (No. 1703),
increasing the area of the main reservation to 477.3
acres.
The following
certificates of title cover the acquisition of private tracts within the
reservation:
1. Transfer No. 19; December 13, 1906; from
Leopoldo Canizares Tiana; 432.91 square meters.
2. Transfer No. 24; June 29, 1909; from same
person; 344.95 square meters.
¹ Data as to
reservations in the Philippine Islands compiled in part from report of the
department commander. Philippine
Department, made in February, 1914, and in part from title papers on file
in the office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army.
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