Chapter 3. Conveying the peninsula of Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania, to the State of Pennsylvania, its original owner, for public park purposes
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CHAP. 3.— An Act Conveying the peninsula of Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania, to the State of Pennsylvania, its original owner, for public park purposes. November 28, 1922.[[H. R. 10144](/us/bill/67/hr/10144).][[Public, No. 366](/us/67/pl/366).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the United StatesPresque Isle, Pa.Reconveyance of peninsula of, to Pennsylvania. hereby grants, quitclaims, and reconveys to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania all of its rights, title, and interest in and to the peninsula of Presque Isle at Erie, Pennsylvania, acquired by the United States1062under and by virtue of the act of Assembly of said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved May 11, 1871 (Public Law 731), authorizing Rights reserved.the conveyance of said peninsula of Presque Isle to the United States, subject nevertheless to the rights on said peninsula of Presque Isle heretofore granted by the United States to the Commission of the Water Worts of the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, to the Department of Fisheries of Pennsylvania, and to the Department of Commerce *Provisos*.Reversion if not used for public park.for lighthouse purposes: *Provided*, That in the event at any time the said lands are not used for public park purposes the same Condition.shall revert to the Government of the United States: *And provided further*, That the land shall be subject to the right of the United States to at any and all times and in any manner assume control of, hold, use, and occupy without license, consent, or leave from said State any or all of said lands for any and all military, naval, lighthouse, or other purposes, free from any conveyances, charges, encumbrances, or liens made, created, permitted, or sanctioned thereon by said State.
Approved, November 28, 1922. PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the fourth session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1922, and was adjourned without day on Sunday, the fourth day of March, 1923*. Warren G. Harding, President; Calvin Coolidge, Vice President; Albert B. Cummins, President of the Senate *pro tempore; *George H. Moses, Acting President of the Senate *pro tempore*, December 9, 1922, January 16 and 23, February 6, 7, 12, and 13, 1923;
Frank B. Willis, Acting President of the Senate *pro tempore*, January 20, 1923; Irvine L. Lenroot, Acting President of the Senate *pro tempore*, January 22, 1923; Wesley L. Jones, Acting President of the Senate *pro tempore*, January 26, 1923; Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Philip P. Campbell, Speaker of the House of Representatives *pro tempore*, January 10 to 12, February 23 to 28, March 1 to 4, 1923.