Chapter 305. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the city of Port Huron, Michigan, a portion of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan
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CHAP. 305.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the city of Port Huron, Michigan, a portion of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan. February 24, 1925.[[H. R. 9537](/us/bill/68/hr/9537).][[Public, No. 455](/us/pl/68/455).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the SecretaryPort Huron, Mich.Granted part of Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Reservation. of Commerce is hereby authorized to convey by deed to the city of Port Huron, Michigan, a portion of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan: *Provided*, That the city of Port Huron will*Provisos*.Improvements by the city. open and maintain in first-class passable condition an extension of Garfield Street through the lighthouse property to Lake Huron; that the city will rebuild the pile groin now near the northerly side of the lighthouse reservation in a manner similar to its present form of construction or one of equal efficiency on the northerly line of the said reservation extended, and that the city will maintain pile groin numbered 6 in a serviceable condition at its present location or at some other location approved by the Lighthouse Service: *Provided further*, That the city of Port Huron will maintain theMaintenance of tract as public park. tract to be conveyed in a presentable condition and at all times accessible to the public as a public park and for no other purpose, and will construct and maintain a suitable wire fence on the line separating the said tract from the lighthouse premises: *And provided further*, That the exact location of the property to be conveyedLocation. to the city under the conditions herein recited shall be agreed upon between the city of Port Huron and the Secretary of Commerce and be described by metes and bounds in the deed: *And pro*970 *vided further*,Reversion on failure to observe conditions, etc.
That should the city of Port Huron fail to carry out, within one year from the date of the transfer hereby authorized, any of the conditions of transfer herein recited, or should at any time thereafter fail for a period of one year to observe the conditions of maintenance herein provided for, the title to the premises shall revert to and be revested in the United States. Approved, February 24, 1925.