United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/1st Session/Chapter 92
Chap. XCII.—An Act to authorize the re-conveyance of a lot of land to the mayor and corporation of the city of New York.
Whereas the mayor and corporation of the city of New York, on the sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and eight, did convey to the United States, a lot of land at the foot of Hubert-street, in the city of New York, called the North Battery, “so long as the same should be used and applied to the defence and safety of the port of New York, and no longer:”
President of United States authorized to re-convey North Battery to the city of New York, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, whenever the President of the United States shall determine that the said lot is no longer useful for the same purposes aforesaid, he be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause the same to be re-conveyed to the mayor and corporation of New York, the works thereon to be dismantled, and the materials thereof to be disposed of, in such manner as, in his judgment, the public interest may require.
Approved, May 10, 1830.