Chapter 182. Granting certain lands to Escambia County, Florida, for a public park
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CHAP. 182.— An Act Granting certain lands to Escambia County, Florida, for a public park. March 2, 1923.[[H. R. 7967](/us/bill/67/hr/7967).][[Public, No. 469](/us/bill/67/pl/469).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Granted Escambia County, Fla., for public park. That the public lands within the areas hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to Escambia County, Florida, in trust, for the purposes of a public park, reserving, however, to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits within said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same, to Description.wit:
The north half northeast quarter section thirty-four, township three south, range thirty-two west; south half southwest quarter section twenty-six, township three south, range thirty-two west; lot three, section twenty-six, township three south, range thirty- two west; lot one, section twenty-seven, township three south, range thirty-two west, comprising two hundred and fifty-three and nine-tenths acres, all Tallahassee meridian, within Escambia County, Prior rights not affected.State of Florida, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre; but nothing herein contained shall in any wise affect any claim of title heretofore acquired or asserted to any of the lands herein described.
Sec. 2. Report of use to be submitted, etc. That 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 and Forfeiture on failure, etc.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 or otherwise 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, March 2, 1923.