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Volume 49

Public Law 74–864

To authorize the adjustment of the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument, Florida, in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle, and for other purposes.

Approved June 29, 1936

Statutory text

AN ACT

To authorize the adjustment of the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument, Florida, in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary

Fort Marion National Monument, Fla.

Adjustment ef boundary.

of the Interior is hereby authorized to adjust the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument, Florida, in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle, and for said purpose is authorized to convey to adjacent property owners, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed satisfactory to him, title to such portions of monument land as he may determine to be no longer necessary for said monument, or he may accept in consideration therefor title to such portion of any adjacent property as he may deem desirable to satisfactorily acljust the boundary of said monument.

Sec. 2.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,

Acceptance of donations.

authorized to accept donations of land, interests in land or buildings, structures, and other property adjacent to and within a distance of one thousand five hundred feet of the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle and the Old City Gates, and donations of funds for the purchase and maintenance thereof, the title and evidence of title to lands acquired to be satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided,

Proviso.

Acquisition of lands.

That he may acquire on behalf of the United States out of any donated funds, by purchase at prices deemed by him reasonable or by condemnation under the provisions of the Act of August

Vol. 25, p. 357.

U. S. C., p. 1785.

1, 1888, such tracts of land adjacent to the boundary of the Fort Marion National Monument in the vicinity of Fort Marion Circle and the Old City Gates as may be deemed desirable by him for addition to the monument.

Sec. 3.

That any lands acquired on behalf of the United States

Addition of acquired lands to monument.

under the provisions of this Act shall be, and the same are hereby, added to the Fort Marion National Monument and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to said monument.

Approved, June 29, 1936.

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