Chapter 37. For the exchange of certain lands situated in the Fort Douglas Military Reservation, State of Utah, for lands adjacent thereto, between the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Government of the United States
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CHAP. 37.— An Act For the exchange of certain lands situated in the Fort Douglas Military Reservation, State of Utah, for lands adjacent thereto, between the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Government of the United States. January 23, 1909.[[H. R. 23863](/us/bill/70/hr/23863).][[Public, No. 191](/us/pl/70/191).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A merica in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War,Fort Douglas Military Reservation.
Utah.Exchange of lands in. with the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association. authorized.Description. for and on behalf of the United States, is hereby authorized and directed to grant and convey by deed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, of Salt Lake City, Utah, the following-described tract of land: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Fort Douglas Military Reservation and running thence east along and upon the south line of said Fort Douglas Military Reservation eighty rods; thence north parallel with the west boundary line of the said military reservation to the southeast corner of the Mount Olivet Cemetery grant; thence west along the south boundary line of the said Mount Olivet Cemetery grant eighty rods to the intersection of said line with the west line of said military reservation; thence south along and upon said west line of said military reservation to the place of beginning, containing an area of fifty acres, more or less.
Said land to be by the said Mount Olivet Cemetery Association permanently used as a cemetery for the burial of the dead: *Provided*, That when it shall cease to*Proviso.*Reversion. be used for such purpose it shall revert to the United States. Sec. 2. That the αeed provided for in the foregoing section of thisLand to be conveyed to Government. Act shall not be delivered to the said Mount Olivet Cemetery Association until said association shall have conveyed, or caused to be conveyed, to the United States in fee simple, free and clear of all incumbrances, subject to the approval of the Attorney-General of the United States, the following-described land, to wit:
The fractionalDescription. southwest quarter of section two, township one south, range one east, Salt Lake meridian, containing one hundred and fifty and ninety-two one-hundredths acres, situate in Salt Lake County, State of Utah. Approved, January 23, 1909.