To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of National Forest System land in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Florida, and for other purposes.
Summary
This law authorized the transfer of small parcels of land within the Apalachicola National Forest to the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church in Wakulla County, Florida. The transfer was designed to resolve long-standing boundary disputes between the federal government and the church by officially granting the church ownership of the land it was occupying. By correcting these property lines, the measure provided the local congregation with clear legal title to their grounds while allowing the U.S. Forest Service to finalize and secure the surrounding forest boundaries.
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