Chap. 343.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act entitled an Act to
Provide for the Relinquishment to the United States, in certain cases,
of Title to and Jurisdiction over Lands, for Sites of Lighthouses,
Beacons, and other aids to Navigation, in the Waters of this State,
approved April 16, 1874.

Approved March 31, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That
an act, entitled an act to provide for the relinquishment to
the United States, in certain .cases, of title to and jurisdic-
tion over lands for sites of lighthouses, beacons, and other
aids to navigation in the waters of this state, approved April
sixteenth, cightcen hundred and seventy- four, ue amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. The general assembly do enact, That whenever the
United States desire to acquire title to, or to lease land be-
longing to the state, and covered by or adjacent to the navi-
gable waters within the limits thereof, for the site of a light-
house, beacon, life-saving station, or other aid to navigation,
and application is made by a duly authorized agent of the
United States, describing the site required for one.of the
purposes aforesaid, then the governor of the state is autho-
rized and empow ered to convey or to lease the site to the
United States, and to cede to the United States jurisdiction
over the same: provided, no single tract shall contain more
than ten acres.

§ 2. All the land and privileges over which jurisdiction is
hereby ceded, and the buildings and property which may be
placed thereon by the United ‘States, shall be exempt from
taxation so long as the same shall be used for’ the said pur-
poses hereinbefore mentioned.

§ 3. Provided, That this act shall in no manner tako away
or interfere with the jurisdiction of this state for the pur-
pose of serving or cxecuting any legal process. And pro-
vided further, that the title to said land so conveyed or leased
to the United States, shall escheat and the possession revert
to the. state, unless the construction of a lighthouse, beacon,
life-saving station, or other aid to navigation, be begun within
two years after such conveyance is made, and be completed
within ten years thereafter; and such title shall escheat, and
such possession revert, in case the use of the site for the
purpose for which it is granted be discontinued by the Uni-
ted States for five years after such construction is completed.

2. This.act shall be in force from its passage.