Chapter 43. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey the Federal Point Lighthouse Reservation, North Carolina, to the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, as a memorial to commemorate the Battle of Fort Fisher
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Chap. 43: To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey the Federal Point Lighthouse Reservation, North Carolina, to the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, as a memorial to commemorate the Battle of Fort Fisher. 1928-12-21 43 Chapter 45 Stat. 1066 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 43.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey the Federal Point Lighthouse Reservation, North Carolina, to the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, as a memorial to commemorate the Battle of Fort Fisher.
December 21, 1928.[[S. 4302](/us/bill/70/s/4302).][[Public, No. 643](/us/pl/70/643).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Battle of Fort Fisher.Federal Point Lighthouse Reservation, conveyed to Wilmington, N. C., as a memorial to commemorate. That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to convey, subject to the conditions contained in section 2 of this Act, the Federal Point Lighthouse Reservation, North Carolina, to the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, for improvement and maintenance as a memorial to Description.commemorate the Battle of Fort Fisher.
The property to be transferred under this Act was conveyed to the United States by deed of April 7, 1817, from Charles B. Gause, registered in the records of New Hanover County in Book P, page 305, and is described therein as “a certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the State of North Carolina and County of New Hanover on Federal Point near the new inlet of Cape Fear River, whereon the beacon erected by the United States now stands, to contain one square acre of land, the beacon being the center of said square acre,” together with “the use and privilege of the most convenient and usual landing place on said point from the river and from said landing place free egress and regress over the said point of land.
” Sec. 2. Reversion on failure to maintain etc., the property. In the event the city of Wilmington should fail to improve or to maintain the said property in the manner contemplated by this Act the Secretary of Commerce may at any time by letter addressed to its chief executive officer or officers notify the city of Wilmington that the property conveyed will revert to the United States, and if the city of Wilmington does not begin or resume the performance of such improvement or maintenance within a period of six months from the date of such notice, the said property shall, upon the expiration of such period, revert to the United States without further notice or demand or any suit or proceeding, such conditions to be recited in the deed or instrument of conveyance.
The United Rights reserved.States reserves the right to resume ownership, possession, and control for Government purposes of the said property so conveyed at any time and without the consent of the grantee. Approved, December 21, 1928.
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To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey the Federal Point Lighthouse Reservation, North Carolina, to the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, as a memorial to commemorate the Battle of Fort Fisher
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