Volume 50
Public Law 75–546
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, a body politic of the State of New York, certain portions of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation, Rockland County, New York, including certain appurtenant structures, and for other purposes.
Approved July 30, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, a body politic of the State of New York, certain portions of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation, Rockland County, New York, including certain appurtenant structures, 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
Palisades Interstate Park, N. Y.
Conveyance of certain property to.
of Commerce is hereby authorized to convey to the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, for use for public-park purposes, certain portions of the Stony Point Light Station Reservation, State of New York, including certain appurtenant structures, which are not required to be retained for lighthouse purposes. The Secretary of Commerce shall describe by metes and bounds in the deed of conveyance the exact portions of the reservation transferred. The deed
Reversionary provision.
of conveyance shall also contain a clause that should the property so transferred at any time cease to be used for park purposes or for some other wholly public use, title thereto shall revert to the United States.
Sec. 2.
In exchange for the property to be transferred the Commissioners
Property transferred in exchange.
of the Palisades Interstate Park shall transfer title to the United States to the dwelling now erected on the portion of land retained by the United States for lighthouse purposes. The United
Rights-of-way reserved.
States also reserves the rights-of-way over, underground, or across the area to be transferred for any use whatsoever in conducting the Lighthouse Service or other activities of the Government.
Approved, July 30, 1937.