Chapter 162. To amend section 7 of the Act of February 6, 1909, entitled “An Act authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay, in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.” February 9, 1925.[[H
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CHAP. 162.— An Act To amend section 7 of the Act of February 6, 1909, entitled “An Act authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay, in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.” February 9, 1925.[[H. R. 2811](/us/bill/68/s/2811).][[Public, No. 379](/us/pl/68/379).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That section 7 of the Act of February 6, 1909, entitled “An Act authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay, in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes,” be amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 7. That the corporation named in section 1 of this Act, or Payment of purchase price by corporation.its assigns, shall, within six months from the approval of the plan mentioned in the preceding section, pay to the proper receiver the full purchase price of the lands applied for; and within five years Lands to be prepared for wharf and townsite.after the issuance of patent said corporation shall do all things necessary to render three hundred and twenty acres of the land purchased suitable and available for wharfage and town-site purposes in accordance with the plan thereof submitted as required in section 6 of Construction of dock, etc., on notice from Secretary of Interior.this Act, and shall within one year from the receipt of written notice from the Secretary of the Interior construct within said wharfage and dock area a public dock, wharf, or pier, with suitable approaches on the land side and with not less than thirty-four feet of water at mean low tide leading to and surrounding the same, so as to enable ocean steamers to approach, dock, discharge, and take on cargoes Condition of patent.thereat; that patent for said lands shall recite that they are issued under the provisions of this Act and are subject to cancellation and the land therein granted to forfeiture as herein provided; and if said Forfeiture if terms not complied with.corporation or its assigns shall fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Act, either before or after the issuance of patent, all interests, rights, or title which may have accrued or vested under this Act shall be forfeited to the United States, and the application under which they accrued, or the patent under which they vested, shall be canceled: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior *Proviso*.Time extension allowed.may, on satisfactory showing, reasonably extend the time within which any of the Acts enumerated in this Act may be performed.
” " Approved, February 9, 1925.