Chapter 979. Providing for the conveyance of Widows Island, Maine, to the State of Maine
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CHAP. 979.— An Act Providing for the conveyance of Widows Island, Maine, to the State of Maine. March 2, 1903.[[Public, No. 136](/us/pl/57/136).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Widows Island, Me. Conveyed to Maine. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to convey, for and in behalf of the United States, to the State of Maine, when said State shall decide to accept the same, to be used for public purposes, Widows Island, situated in Fox Island thoroughfare, on the coast of *Provisos*.
Maine, with all of the buildings and improvements thereon: *Provided*, Resumption of possession. That whenever, in the judgment of the President of the United States, the building and grounds herein ceded to the State of Maine are needed by the Navy Department, the United States may resume Payment for improvements. possession of the same: *And provided further*, That should the United States resume possession of said building and grounds the value of any improvements made by the State of Maine shall be refunded to the State of Maine, and that the Secretary of the Navy shall ascertain and fix the value of said improvements, if any there be: *Provided Reversion if not used by State. further*, That if the State of Maine shall at any time cease or fail to use the aforesaid property for public purposes it shall immediately revert to the United States, and in that case no compensation shall be made by the United States for any improvements or betterments.
Approved, March 2, 1903.