Chapter 35. To authorize the sale of a portion of the Copper Harbor Range Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan, to Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan
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CHAP. 35.— An Act To authorize the sale of a portion of the Copper Harbor Range Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan, to Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan. February 5, 1921. [[H. R. 14122](/us/bill/66/hr/14122).] [[Public, No. 302](/us/pl/66/302).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Copper Harbor Range Lighthouse Reservation, Mich.Sale of portion to Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. That the Secretary of Commerce for and on behalf of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, in his discretion, to sell and convey to Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, in the State of Michigan, for the sum of $2,000, that certain piece or parcel of the Copper Harbor Range Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan, with the improvements thereon, which is that portion of lot two, section thirty-three, township fifty-nine north, range twenty-eight west, Michigan, lying east of the creek that drains Lake Fanny Hooe, and on which portion is located Fort Wilkins (abandoned), no longer required for lighthouse purposes: *Provided,**Provisos.* Conditions.
That said counties shall forever maintain the site and structures thereon as an historic landmark or as a public park; that said counties shall construct and forever maintain a bridge suitable to the Lighthouse Service across the creek from Lake Fanny Hooe in the rear of the rear range light and station buildings; that the road which now 1097 passes in front of the said rear range light structures shall be diverted by said counties from the north to the south side of the structures, crossing the creek by the bridge just mentioned; that the portion of the road west of the creek shall be constructed by said counties in accordance with specifications to be furnished by the Lighthouse Service; that the officers and employees of the Government of the United States shall have the right at all times to pass and repass over the said bridge and over the land transferred hereunder, by any route they may select, and to transport all necessary materials thereover; that the maintenance of the site and structures, the construction and maintenance of the bridge, and the diversion of the road, as hereinbefore provided for, shall be without expense to the United States: *Provided further, *That in the event of the discontinuanceReversion on noncompliance with condition. by said counties of the maintenance of said piece or parcel of land as an historic landmark or as a public park, or of the failure of the said counties to perform any of the terms and conditions preceding, the title to the premises hereunder transferred shallPurchase price retained. revert to the United States, and the $2,000 paid by said counties shall be retained by the United States in consideration of the provisions hereof.
Sec. 2. That the United States hereby consents to the transferTransfer to State authorized. of the premises by said counties to the State of Michigan, the State in such case to assume all the terms and conditions herein stipulated. Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, February 5, 1921.