Chapter 261. Granting certain lands in the Coconino National Forest, in Arizona, for observatory purposes
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CHAP. 261.— An Act Granting certain lands in the Coconino National Forest, in Arizona, for observatory purposes. May 30, 1910.[[H. R. 9304](/us/bill/61/hr/9304).][[Public, No. 195](/us/pl/61/195).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lowell Observatory, Ariz. Lands in Coconino National Forest granted for. That there be, and hereby is, granted to Percival Lowell, his heirs and assigns, section numbered seventeen, in township numbered twenty-one north of range seven east of the Gila and Salt River base and meridian, the said tract of land being within the Coconino National Forest, in the Territory of Arizona, for observatory purposes in connection with the Lowell *Provisos*.
Reversion for nonuser. Observatory: *Provided*, That in the event of the removal or abandonment of the said observatory or the use of said land by the grantee for other than observatory purposes the said land shall revert to the Timber rights excluded. United States: *Provided further*, That the title to the merchantable timber thereon and the right to cut and remove the same in such manner as to preserve the herbage and undergrowth in their natural condition shall remain in the United States.
Approved, May 30, 1910.