Volume 75
Private Law 87–157
To authorize the sale of a portion of the former light station property in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Approved August 25, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the sale of a portion of the former light station property in Scituate, Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That any sale to Mrs. Elmer J. Bloom, of Peoria, Illinois, of—
the portion of the parcel of land conveyed to the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, pursuant to the Act of June 28, 1916 (ch. 184, 39 Stat. 241), which underlies the veranda and porch of a house owned by the said Mrs. Elmer J. Bloom; and
such other portions of such parcel of land as may be found by the board of selectmen of such town to be reasonable in connection with such house;
shall not be considered to be in violation of the last proviso of such Act of June 28, 1916, or in violation of any provision of the deed by which such land was conveyed to such town, recorded with Plymouth Deeds, book 1282, page 284, if the said Mrs. Elmer J. Bloom also pays to the United States the current appraised fair market value of the interest of the United States, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, which was reserved or otherwise retained pursuant to such Act of June 28, 1916, in the portions of such parcel sold to her under this Act. Upon payment of such current appraised fair market value of the interest of the United States, and completion of the sale of such portions to the said Mrs. Elmer J. Bloom, the Secretary of the Treasury shall convey by quitclaim deed all such reserved or retained right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the portions of such parcel sold to her under this Act.
Approved August 25, 1961.