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Volume 52

Public Law 75–235

To authorize the conveyance of the Mattapoisett (Ned Point) Lighthouse Reservation at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, to the town of Mattapoisett.

Approved May 17, 1938

Statutory text

AN ACT

To authorize the conveyance of the Mattapoisett (Ned Point) Lighthouse Reservation at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, to the town of Mattapoisett.

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

That for a price of not less than 50 per centum of the appraised value of the property hereinafter authorized to be conveyed, as may be established by the Treasury Department after due allowance for the value of any improvements which the town of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, may have already erected on the property, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the board of selectmen of the town of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, for roadway and public-park purposes, such portions of the Mattapoisett (Ned Point) Lighthouse Reservation, Massachusetts, as are not required

Deed.

to be retained for lighthouse purposes. The deed of conveyance shall describe by metes and bounds the exact portions of the reservation

Easements reserved.

transferred, and shall contain a clause reserving to the United States easements for the transportation of men and materials to and from the area retained by the United States and for the unobstructed showing of light rays between ninety degrees and three hundred and

Condition.

ten degrees true seaward from the light tower. The said deed shall further provide that the said town of Mattapoisett shall take the property conveyed by said deed subject to any encroachments thereon and subject to any defects or deficiencies in area or description arising by reason of discrepancies between the description in the deed to the United States and the description in the deed to the town.

Approved, May 17, 1938.

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