United States Military Reservations National Cemeteries And Military Parks

Author : James B. McCrellis
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ISBN 13 : 9781331016441
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Download or read book Military Reservations, National Military Parks written by James B. McCrellis and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Military Reservations, National Military Parks: And National Cemeteries, Title and Jurisdiction Jurisdiction as to first-described tract was ceded by an 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 tjps 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 jurisdiction over said enclosure; Provided, however, That all civil and criminal 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 all respects as if this act had never been passed." Approved March 6, 1875. This reservation contains about 493.92 acres, and is situated on Mobile Point, Baldwin County, on the eastern side of entrance to Mobile Bay, 33 miles from Mobile. 1. Title to the original reservation was acquired as follows: Included in the cession by Spain under treaty of 1819, part of Western Tlorida. Reserved by Executive order for military purposes February 13, 1844, being part of the public domain. 2. Under decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama, rendered June 13, 1905 (copv of decree and of the certificate of payment of the award, recorded in record book No.9 Ns, pages562-567, probate records of Baldwin County) and deed from the Navy Cove Harbor and Railroad Company, dated June 13, 1905(recorded in record book No.10 Ns, page 275), the United States acquired two tracts of land, aggregating 171.5 acres, adjoining the reservation on the East See Gr. O.No. 16, W.D., January 22, 1906. Jurisdiction over this reservation was ceded to the United States by an act of the 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 respect to 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. " See also General Act of Cession. Revocable Licenses: License June 14, 1888, to the Mobile and Gulf Telegraph Company to occupy two rooms in the quarters at Fort Morgan. License, January 20, 1899, to The Tow Boat Company to locate and maintain a telegraph office on the reservation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.