Chapter 330. Authorizing transfer of certain abandoned or unused lighthouse reservation lands by the United States to the State of New York for park purposes
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CHAP. 330.— An Act Authorizing transfer of certain abandoned or unused lighthouse reservation lands by the United States to the State of New York for park purposes. June 7, 1924.[[S. 2887](/us/bill/68/s/2887).][[Public, No. 252](/us/68/pl/252).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That theLighthouse Service.Unused lands of, transferred to New York, for park purposes.Lloyds Harbor, Long Island. Secretary of Commerce be, and hereby is, authorized to transfer and convey to the State of New York all right and title now vested in the United States in land and buildings known as the Lloyds Harbor Lighthouse Reservation, located in Suffolk County at Lloyds Harbor, Long Island, New York, consisting of about two and five-tenths acres, located and described as follows:
Beginning at a rock or boulder near low-water mark on the eastDescription. beach in Huntington Bay and running thence due west to a stake on the highest part of the neck, and thence on the same line (due west) to the water on the west side of the point in Lloyds Harbor, containing two and a half acres, more or less, and the right of way to and from it. And to transfer and convey to the State, of New York all rightFire Island, Long Island. and title now vested in the United States in certain lands forming a part of the Fire Island Lighthouse Reservation, Fire Island, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, consisting of about six hundred acres, located and described as follows:
Beginning at a line drawn from north to south through a UnitedDescription. States Coast and Geodetic Survey monument, located two thousand two hundred twenty-five feet, two hundred twenty-five degrees and sixteen minutes, from the Fire Island Lighthouse tower and extending to the western end of Fire Island, with the exception of such land as is occupied or needed by the United States Coast Guard: *Provided*, That any leases with private parties which the Lighthouse*Proviso*.Private leases.
Service may have at the time of passage of this Act will not be affected until the expiration of such leases: *Provided*, That the saidUse for public parks. lands transferred from the United States shall be forever reserved by the State of New York as public parks: *Provided further*, That ifRevision for non-user. the said lands are not used as public parks they shall revert to the United States. Sec. 2. The lands transferred from the United States shall beRight reserved for Government uses, etc. subject to the right of the United States to at any and all times in any manner assume control of, hold, use, and occupy, without license, consent, or lease from the State of New York or the city of New York, any or all of the said lands for any and all military, naval, or other governmental purposes, free from any conveyances, charges, encumberances. or any license made, created, permitted, or sanctioned therein by the State of New York.
The rights reserved to the United States shall apply to all additional lands that may be formed by accretions of the sea at Fire Island. The United States further re-636serves the right of access to the land and water adjacent to Lloyds Neck for the purpose of taking gravel for the use of the Lighthouse Service. Approved, June 7, 1924.