Chapter 402. Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey the Fort Griswold tract to the State of Connecticut
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CHAP. 402.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey the Fort Griswold tract to the State of Connecticut. March 3, 1931.[[S. 4248](/us/bill/71/s/4248).][[Public, No. 789](/us/pl/71/789).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Connecticut.Conveyance to, of Fort Griswold tract authorized. That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the State of Connecticut, for the purposes of a public park and historic memorial, the tract of land owned by the United States known as the Fort Griswold tract, situated on the east shore of New London Harbor, in the State of Connecticut, and bounded northerly by the Fort Griswold monument reservation and by the land of various private parties, easterly and southerly by the land of various private parties, and westerly by New London Harbor and by the Right to repossess.land of various private parties; reserving to the United States, however, the right to resume possession and occupy said tract or any portion thereof whenever in the judgment of the President an emergency exists that requires the use and appropriation of the same for the public defense.
Approved, March 3, 1931.