Chapter 141. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent in fee simple to the county of Huron, in the State of Michigan, for a certain-described tract of land for public-park purposes
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CHAP. 141.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent in fee simple to the county of Huron, in the State of Michigan, for a certain-described tract of land for public-park purposes. April 15, 1920. [[H. R. 202](/us/bill/66/hr/202).] [[Public, No. 176](/us/pl/66/176).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Public lands.Patent to Huron County, Mich. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue patent in fee simple to the county of Huron, in the State of Michigan, for Description and price.the following tract of land, to wit:
Lots one and two, section seventeen, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty, township eighteen north, range eleven east, in Michigan, *Provisos*.Mineral rights reserved.upon the payment of $1.25 per acre: *Provided*, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other mineral deposits found in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the Valid rights not impaired.same: *And provided further*, That this grant shall be subject to all prior, valid existing rights under the land laws of the United States, and that if the grantee shall fail to use the land for public-park purposes or shall devote the same to other uses the title thereto shall Conditions.revert to the United States: *And provided further*, That said grantee shall, within two years from the approval of this Act, file its application and make entry and use of the land under this Act, for the purposes herein specified, and the grant herein is made upon the express condition that, within thirty days of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the Interior, the county clerk shall submit to the said Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use made of the land herein granted the county, during the preceding period named in such request, showing compliance with the terms Forfeiture for noncompliance, etc.and conditions stated in this Act, and that in the event of his failure to so report, or in the event of a showing in such report to the Secretary of the Interior that the terms of the grant have not been complied with, the grant shall be held to be forfeited, and the Attorney General of the United States shall institute suit in the proper court for the recovery of said lands.
Approved, April 15, 1920.