Chapter 2067. Granting certain lands to the city of Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, for park and cemetery purposes
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CHAP. 2067.— An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, for park and cemetery purposes. April 28, 1906. [[H. R. 10152](/us/bill/34/hr/10152).] [[Public, No. 133](/us/pl/34/133).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following-describedBiloxi. Miss.Lands granted to, for park, etc., purposes.Description. land, to wit: That part of section nineteen, township seven south, of range nine west, lying south of Back Bay of Biloxi, the northwest 150quarter of section thirty, township seven south, of range nine west, and all of section twenty-four, township seven south, of range ten west, lying south of Back Bay of Biloxi, formerly reserved for naval purposes, and which were restored to disposition under the town-site laws under the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteenVol. 28, p. 814. hundred and ninety-five, entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to certify to the Secretary of the Interior, for restoration to the public domain, lands in the States of Alabama and Mississippi not needed for naval purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, granted to the city of Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, for park and cemetery purposes, and the Secretary of the Interior is, upon the passage of this Act, authorized to cause the said lands to be patented to the said city of Biloxi, upon due proof of its incorporation.
Sec. 2. Reversion.That the said lands are granted solely for park and cemetery purposes, and shall revert to and become the property of the United States if used for any purpose whatever other than or foreign to those for which this donation is made. Approved, April 28, 1906.