Chapter 209. to grant certain Seal Rocks to the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, in trust for the people of the United States
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CHAP. 209.— An Act to grant certain Seal Rocks to the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, in trust for the people of the United States.Feb. 23, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,San Francisco, Cal. That all the right and title of the United States in anti to the rocky islets known as the Seal Rocks, and all rights to seals resorting there, situated off Point Lobos, in the city anti county of San Francisco, State of California, are hereby granted, subject to the provisions named, in trust to said city and county, upon Seal Rocks granted to, in trust as a preserve.the following conditions and for the following uses, to wit:
Said city and county shall hold said Seal Rocks inalienable for all time, in trust for the people of the United States, and shall commit to the commissioners of Golden Gate Park the custody and care of said Seal Rocks, and shall keep said rocks free from encroachment by man, and shall preserve from molestation the seals and other animals now accustomed 409 to resort there, to the end that said Seal Rocks will continue to be a public preserve and resort for seals: *Provided*, That the United States*Provisos*.Control of number. may at all times control and limit or diminish the number of the seals resorting to said rocks so as to protect the fisheries and fishing industries:To revert when, required. *And provided further*, That whenever any of said rocks, or the space occupied by said rocks, shall be required by the United States for the erection or maintenance of any public work, or for any other purpose, then as to the rocks or space so required the provisions of this act shall terminate, and the United States shall be reinvested with the full title, control, and possession thereof.
Said city and county shall signify its acceptanceAcceptance. of this trust, and thereupon the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall tile in his office a plat showing the locus of said Seal Rocks, and said plat shall be the evidence of the extent and position of the premises hereby granted. Sec. 2. That all acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby declared inapplicable to the premises hereby granted. Approved, February 23, 1887.