Chapter 221. To relinquish to the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, all right, title, and interest of the United States in two unsurveyed islands in the Kalamazoo River
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CHAP. 221.— An Act To relinquish to the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, all right, title, and interest of the United States in two unsurveyed islands in the Kalamazoo River. February 12, 1925.[[H. R. 7144](/us/bill/68/hr/7144).][[Public, No. 409](/us/pl/68/409).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That upon the payment Battle Creek, Mich.May acquire two islands in Kalamazoo River for public purposes.of $1.25 per acre whatever right, title, or interest the United States may have in or to the two unsurveyed islands shown upon the official plat of the survey of township 2 south, range 8 west, Michigan, approved July 14, 1826, as being in the Kalamazoo River in section 2 of said township, shall be relinquished unto the city of Battle Creek, in the said State of Michigan, for public purposes, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed by appropriate conveyance to carry out the purposes of this Act: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Reversion for non-user.however, in case said islands are not used or held by said city for public purposes, title to the same shall revert to the United States upon a finding and declaration by the Secretary of the Interior, that they are not used or held.
Approved, February 12, 1925.