Chapter 170. Granting the use of certain land to the town of Castine, Maine, for a public park
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CHAP. 170.— An Act Granting the use of certain land to the town of Castine, Maine, for a public park.July 30, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Castin, Me.Land granted for public park. That there is hereby granted to the town of Castine, in the State of Maine, the right to occupy, improve, and control, for the purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of the citizens of the United States, and for no other purpose whatever, the tract of land owned by the United States situated in the extreme southerly part of said town of Castine,containing three acres, more or less, and known as the “Fort Madison lot”—said tract being more fully described in the deed of Joseph and Phebe Perkins, conveying the said land to the President of the United States, dated April first, eighteen hundred and nine, which deed is recorded in the records of Hancock County, Maine, book numbered twenty-seven, page one hundred and five—upon the following conditions and provisions, namely:
First. That the said town of Castine shall ascertain by proper surveySurvey. and accurately mark in a permanent manner the boundaries of said tract of land according to the description given in said deed; that no 160 use of said laud shall be begun by the said town until after general plans of said improvement shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Second. Protection. That said town of Castine shall have and exercise power toApproval by Secretary of War. make, and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall properly protect all said property from injury.
Third. Fee, etc., reserved. That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tract and the right to resume immediate and entire possession whenever either of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession and occupy any portion thereof whenever, in the judgment of the President, the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same for public defense or otherwise, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine, without any claim for compensation to said town for improvement thereon or damage on account thereof.
Approved, July 30, 1894.