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 940 73d CO NGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 470, 471 . JU NE 12, 1934. [CHAPTER 470 .] AN ACT June 12, 1934. [H .R .5312.)	 To provide for the conveyance of the abandoned lighthouse reservation and [Public, No . 312 .] buildings, including detached tower, situate within the city limits of Erie, Pennsylvania, to the city for public-park purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Erie, eyayance of old United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Conveyance lighthouse reservation of Commerce is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the city to city for public park . of Erie, Pen nsylv ania, all that cert ain piece and parce l of land belonging to the United States of America situate in the city of Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, known as the old lighthouse property and being the lands and premises described in a certain deed made by Myron Sanford and Susan M . Sanford, his wife, dated Novemb er 22, 1884, record ed in record er's o ffice for Erie County, Pennsylvania, in deed book numbered 80, page 606, Desc ripti on. bounded and described as follows : Begi nnin g fif ty-ei ght perch es down Lake Erie from the corner post of John Kelso's survey, thence south twenty-seven degrees east, twenty perches to a post ; thence north sixty-three degrees east, sixteen perches to a post ; thence north twenty-seven degrees west, twenty perches to a post on the bank of the lake ; and thence up the lake to the place of beginning, containing two acres of land being the same piece of land conveyed to the United States for lighthouse purposes by John Kelso on April 1, 1812, purchased at public auction from the United States by said Myron Sanford March 1, 1881, and conveyed to said Myron Sanford by Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury, by deed dated May 8, 1883, which deed is recorded in the registry of deeds of Erie County Pennsylvania, in deed book numbered 76, page 525 ; the same to be held and made available permanently by said city Proviso. for public-park purposes : Provided, That should the city of Erie averReversion for non- user. fail to kee p and hold t he des cribed parcel of la nd and build ings f or public-park purposes or devote same to any use inconsistent with said purpose, then title to said land shall revert to and be reinvested in the United States. Approved, June 12, 1934. [CHAPTER 471 .] AN ACT June 12, 1934. [H .R. 7982.] Validating certain conveyances heretofore made by Central Pacific Railway Com- [Public, No. 313 .] pany, a corporation, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, involving certain portions of right-of-way, in and in the vicinity of the city of Lodi, and near the station of Acampo, and in the city of Tracy, all in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, and in or in the vicinity of Galt, and Polk, in the c ounty of Sacrame nto, State of California, acquired b y Central Pacifi c Railway Company under the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1862 (12 Stat.L. 489), as amended by the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1864 (13 Stat .L. 356). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Centr al Pa cifi c Rai l- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the con- way Company. veyances hereinafter particularly described and heretofore executed Conveyances of land on'ri ~tiof- ay ' made by Central Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, involving certain lands or interests therein, in and in the vicinity of the city of Lodi, and near Location. the station of Acampo, and in the city of Tracy, all in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, and in or in the vicinity of Galt, and Polk, in the county of Sacramento, State of California, and forming a part of the right-of-way of said Central Pacific Railway Company, granted by the Government of the United States of 13Vol. 12, p . 489 America by an Act of Congress approved July 1, 1862, entitled "An Act to aid in the c onstru ction of a r ailroad and t elegra ph lin e from
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