Chapter 800. To authorize the sale and disposition of the abandoned tract or tracts of lands formerly used as a life-saving station in Florida, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 800.— An Act To authorize the sale and disposition of the abandoned tract or tracts of lands formerly used as a life-saving station in Florida, and for other purposes.July 3, 1926.[[H. R. 8903](/us/bill/69/hr/8903).][[Public, No. 521](/us/pl/69/521).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Florida.Abandoned life station in, placed under Secretary of the Interior. That lots 4 and 5, section 5, township 41 south, range 43 east, Florida, containing eighty and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, formerly used as a life-saving station but having been abandoned for that purpose, are hereby placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior may cause the saidSubdivision of, into lots, etc. lands to be subdivided into town lots, blocks, streets, and alleys of such dimensions as he may deem advisable, reserving not less than five acres on the ocean front for park, aviation field, school, and other public purposes. Except as to the reservations mentionedSurvey and appraisal of lots. he shall cause the said town lots so surveyed and subdivided, and each tract thereof, to be appraised by three competent and disinterested men to be appointed by him.
When the appraisement hasSale at auction to highest bidder. been approved by him he shall cause the said lots to be sold at 904 public auction to the highest bidder on such terms as he may prescribe, at not less than the appraised value thereof, first having given not less than sixty days' public notice of the time, place, and terms of sale immediately prior to such sale by publication in at least one newspaper having a general circulation in the section of the country in which the lands are situated and in such Reoffering of unsold lots.other newspapers as lie may deem advisable; that any lots remaining unsold may be reoffered for sale at any subsequent time in the same manner at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior;
Sale at private sale of remaining.and if not sold at such second offering for want of bidders then the Secretary of the Interior shall sell the same at private sale for cash at not less than the appraised value. Sec. 3. Patent to municipality, of reservations for parks and other purposes at designated price.That when a town organized as a municipality embraces the lands in question, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue patent to the said municipality, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, for all reservations, for parks, aviation field, schools, and other public purposes, to be maintained for such purposes only.
Approved, July 3, 1926.