Chapter 31. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, a tract of land to be used for watershed and water-supply purposes
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CHAP. 31.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, a tract of land to be used for watershed and water-supply purposes. March 2, 1914.[[H. R. 10258](/us/bill/63/hr/10258).][[Public, No. 63](/us/pl/63/63).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of thePublic lands.Sale of tract to Lawton, Okla. Interior is hereby authorized to sell to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, and issue appropriate conveyance therefor at any time within six months from and after the passage and approval of this Act, for the sum of $1.25 per acre, the following-described tracts of land:
The west half of section one and all of section two, township three north, range thirteen west, the same to be used by the city of Lawton solely as a part of the watershed and water supply for said city and other public uses: *Provided*, That in the event the lands above described cease to*Proviso*.Reversion for nonuser. be needed or used for the purposes above mentioned, the same shall revert to the Government of the United States. Approved, March 2, 1914.