Chapter 116. To authorize the use by the city of Tucson, Arizona, of Certain public lands for a municipal aviation field, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 116.— An Act To authorize the use by the city of Tucson, Arizona, of Certain public lands for a municipal aviation field, and for other purposes.April 12, 1926. [[S. 2029](/us/bill/69/s/2029).] [[Public, No. 99](/us/pl/69/99).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Lease of, to Tucson, Ariz., for aviation field. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to lease to the city of Tucson, Arizona, for the establishment and maintenance of a municipal aviation field, sections 26 and 27 in township 14 south of range 14 east, G. and S.
R. B. and M, Pima County, Arizona, containing one thousand two hundred and eighty acres, more or less. Sec. 2. That said lease shall be for a period of twenty years, andPeriod of lease, etc. be subject to renewal for a like period, on condition that the city pay to the United States a rental of $1 per year for the use of the said land: *Provided*, That Government departments and agencies operating*Proviso*.Government free use, etc., retained. aircraft shall always have free and unrestricted use of said field and the right to erect and install upon said land such structures and improvements as the heads of such departments and agencies may deem advisable, including facilities for maintaining supplies of fuel, oil, and other materials for operating aircraft, and that in case of emergency, or in event it shall be deemed advisable, the Government of the United States may assume absolute control of the management and operation of said field for military purposes.
Approved, April 12, 1926.