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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 215. 216. MAY 4, 1934. 665 located thereon, said reservation being described as follows : A tract of land known as the "Pass A'Loutre Lighthouse Reservation", situated in township 22 south, range 21 east, on the southwest portion of Middle Ground at the confluence of North Pass and Pass A'Loutre, Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, comprising all that portion of sections 1 and 2 on Middle Ground west of a bayou which runs approx imatel y nort h and south acros s Midd le Gr ound, the mo uth of said bayou being about seven hundred and sixty yards east of Pass A'Loutre Lighthouse tower, containing approximately two hundred acres : Provided, That if the use of the land is discontinued for State park purposes the title shall revert to the United States. Approved, May 4, 1934. Description. Proviso. Reversionary pro vi- sion. [CHAPTER 216 .1 AN ACT May 4, 1934. To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the city of Bridgeport, 	[H .R.7744.1 Connecticut, a certain unused light-station reservation. [Public, No. 205.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the Secre- Bridgeport, Conn. Co nveyance to, of tary of Commer ce is authori zed on behalf of the United States to " Faye rwea ther Is- convey to the city of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, State land", authorized. of Connecticut, a certain island known as "Fayerweather Island " which has been used as the Black Rock Light Station Reservation and which has heretofore been leased to said city of Bridgeport by the United States for use as a public park. A portio n of F ayerwe ather Islan d was conve yed to the U nited States by de ed dat ed Ju ne 17, 1807, from Nicho las Fi sh to the United States of America, and described as follows That certain piece or parcel of land lying in the town of D escri ptio n. Fairfield in the said State of Connecticut known and called the ``Fayerweather Island" and which forms the outer side of the " Black Rock Harbor " so called, and the same is bounded northerly on Black Rock Harbor, westerly on the mouth of said harbor, southeasterly on the sea beach or Long Island Sound, and north- easterly on the beach including the rocky point thereof adjoining the said island and is about eight acres in quantity, be the same more or less, which deed is recorded in volume 32, pag e 545, and in book B, page 43, of the town of Fairfield . And the remaining portion of said island was conveyed to the United States by deed dated July 10, 1807, from Daniel Fayer- weather to the United State s of America, one undivided half of a certain piece of land in qu antity about eight acres in the whole piece, be the same more or less, and which piece of land lies in the town of Fairfield, in said county, and is known and called by the name of "Fayerweather Island", and the whole of said land is bounde d nort herly on Bl ack Ro ck Har bor, w ester ly on the mo uth of said harbor, easterly on the sea or L ong Island Sou nd, north- easterly on the beach including the rocky point thereof adj oining said premises, which deed i s recorded in volume 32, pa ge 25, and in book B, page 44, of the town of Fairfield. Said deed from the United States shall convey all of said property prk , etc., as public to said city in perpetuity and shall provide that it shall always be used and maintained by said city as a public park, and if at any s` Reversionary provi- time the city discontinues the maintenan ce of said pro perty as a public park, t hen the same shall revert to the Governm ent of the United States. Approved, May 4, 1934.