Volume 50
Public Law 75–691
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to exchange with the people of Puerto Rico the Guanica Lighthouse Reservation for two adjacent plots of insular forest land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, department of agriculture and commerce, and for other purposes.
Approved August 17, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to exchange with the people of Puerto Rico the Guanica Lighthouse Reservation for two adjacent plots of insular forest land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, department of agriculture and commerce, 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 of Commerce is hereby authorized to convey to the people of Puerto Rico the parcel of land and certain improvements comprising the Guanica Lighthouse Reservation in exchange by deeds of conveyance of two adjacent plots of land required for establishing the Guanica Light at a higher elevation to provide greater visibility, and provide for necessary roadway and wharf facilities. The deeds of conveyance shall describe by metes and bounds the lands involved in the exchange, and acceptable titles free of all encumbrances are required to be furnished the United States.
Approved, August 17, 1937.