An Act to provide for the transfer of certain property situated in the State of Maine to the town of Casting, Maine.
PL 84-745 (H.R.11520), enacted 07/20/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 745-JULY 20, 1956 
SEC. 3. (a) The National Park Service under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall administer, protect, and develop the 
park, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to estsmlish 
a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 
25,1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended. 
(b) In order to provide for the proper development and mainte-
nance of the park, the Secretary of the Interior shall construct and 
maintain therein such roads, trails, markers, buildings, and other im-
provements, and such facilities for the care and accommodation of 
visitors, as he may deem necessary. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective if and when the requirements 
of section 1 and 2 hereof shall have been fully complied with to the 
satisfaction of the President of the United States, who shall then issue 
a notice declaring that the requirements herein have been met, and 
said notice shall formally dedicate and set aside the areas transferred 
to the United States in accordance with the provisions of section 1 
hereof. 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
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Admini stration. 
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ImprovementB. 
Dedication. 
Appropri ation. 
Public Law 745 
CHAPTER 654 
AN ACT 
To provide for the transfer of certain property situated in the State of Maine 
to the town of C'astine, Maine. 
Be it enucted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United Stat^es of America in Congress assemhled, That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey 
by quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the town of Cystine, 
Maine, for public-park purposes, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to that portion of the property known as the 
Dice Head Lighthouse Reservation, Maine, consisting of the light 
tower and the plot of land surrounding such tower one hundred feet 
square (together with any right of ingress and egress thereto), which 
was excepted from the conveyance transferring a part of such res-
ervation to the town of Castine, Maine, authorized by section 5 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce 
to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and for other pur-
poses", approved May 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 305), such property having 
been transferred to the Administrator of General Services for dis-
position as surplus property. 
The exact legal description of the 
property authorized to be conveyed under this Act shall be determined 
by the said Administrator. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall be subject to the 
conditions (1) that in the event the property conveyed pursuant to 
this Act ceases to be used for public-park purposes, all right, title, and 
interest so conveyed shall revert to the United States in accordance 
with the provisions of section 36 of the Act referred to in the first 
section of this Act, and (2) that the United States reserves the right 
to resume ownership, possession, and control, for Government pur-
poses, of any of such property so conveyed, at any time and without 
the consent of the grantee. 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
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Castine, Maine. 
Conveyance. 
Conditions. 
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