33 U.S.C. § 12 : US Code - Section 12: Port Arthur Ship Canal

Search 33 U.S.C. § 12 : US Code - Section 12: Port Arthur Ship Canal

After there shall be conveyed to the United States, free of cost,
a valid title to the line of water communication between Taylors
Bayou and Sabine Pass, in the State of Texas, known as the Port
Arthur Ship Canal, together with a valid title to the turning basin
as existing June 19, 1906, and to the artificial slip on which the
lumber dock of the Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company is built, the
said waterways shall thereupon become free public waters of the
United States, and be subject to the laws enacted by Congress for
the maintenance, preservation, protection, and regulation of
navigable waters: Provided, That the company or corporation
conveying title to said canal as aforesaid shall also convey to the
United States, free of cost, the fee to a strip of land one hundred
and fifty feet wide along the westerly margin of the canal, except
that where the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company prevents the transfer of such strip of land along the
westerly margin of said canal there shall be conveyed such strip on
the easterly margin thereof as may be necessary to make up such one
hundred and fifty feet of width, with the reservation that until
Congress shall have authorized and provided for the enlargement and
widening of said canal the said company or corporation, its
successors or assigns, shall have the right to control, occupy, and
use the said strip of land and every part thereof in the same
manner and to the same extent as before the execution and delivery
of the conveyance, and also the right to transfer, lease, sell,
quitclaim, or otherwise dispose of said property and every part
thereof, subject to the grant made to the United States. The
charges for the use of said docks and wharves shall be just and
reasonable and shall not be greater than charges for similar
services at other ports of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico.