Chapter 168. To provide for the acceptance of a donation of land and the construction thereon of suitable buildings and appurtenances for the forest products laboratory, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 168.— An Act To provide for the acceptance of a donation of land and the construction thereon of suitable buildings and appurtenances for the forest products laboratory, and for other purposes. April 15, 1930.[[S. 3487](/us/bill/71/s/3487).][[Public, No. 128](/us/pl/71/128).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryForest Products Laboratory.Acceptance from University of Wisconsin of site for.*Post*, pp. 410, 1260. of Agriculture is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, from the regents of the University of Wisconsin, a donation by deed of conveyance satisfactory to the United States of such tract or tracts of land as in his judgment may be suitable as a site for a building or buildings for the forest products labora-168tory, and to pay from the appropriation herein authorized all costs incident to examining, transferring, and perfecting title to said *Proviso*.Reversion to University if no longer used for laboratory.land: *Provided*, That the deed of conveyance may provide for a reversion of title to the University of Wisconsin if and when the United States no longer uses said land for the purpose of a forest products laboratory, and upon such reversion the United States shall have a reasonable time within which to remove or otherwise dispose of the buildings and other improvements constructed by it on said lands.
Sec. 2. Construction and equipment of suitable building at Madison, Wis. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cause to be planned, by contract or otherwise, and to construct at Madison, Wisconsin, on said land, such fireproof building or buildings as in his judgment may be suitable for the use of the forest products laboratory of the Forest Service, with modern equipment for laboratory tests and experiments, including the moving and installation of existing equipment and the purchase and installation of necessary new equipment, the making of steam, sewer, water, gas, electrical, and other connections, and the construction of such railway sidings, roadways, sidewalks, and approaches as may be required.
Sec. 3. Sum authorized for expenses. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $900,000. Approved, April 15, 1930.