Page Boundary adjustment between the monument and the Dixie National Forest ..............Act of March 7, 1942 152 Dixie National Cedar Breaks Utah. An Act To adjust the boundaries of the Cedar Breaks National Monument and the Dixie National Forest, in the State of Utah, and for other purposes, approved March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 141) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to valid existing rights the following-described lands in the State of Utah are hereby eliminated from the Dixie National Forest and included in and made a part of the Cedar Breaks National Monument, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto, to wit: Salt Lake meridian: Township 36 south, range 9 west, west half southwest quarter section 22, west half west half section 27, west half west half section 34, west half of lot 8, section 36; township 37 south, range 9 west, west half of lot 3, section 1, lot 4, section 3, comprising four hundred and sixty-five and eighty-one one-hundredths acres. SEC. 2. That subject to valid existing rights the following-described lands in the State of Utah are hereby eliminated from the Cedar Breaks National Monument and included in and made a part of the Dixie National Forest, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto, to wit: Salt Lake meridian: Township 36 south, range 9 west, northwest quarter northeast quarter, north half northeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter, east half northwest quarter northwest quarter northwest quarter section 24, northwest quarter northeast quarter section 36, comprising one hundred and fifteen acres. 7. Craters of the Moon National Monument Lands eliminated from monument... Page .........Act of June 5, 1936 153 An Act To eliminate certain lands from the Craters of the Craters of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the north half and north half of the south half section 16, township 2 north, range 24 east, Boise meridian, Moon National Idaho, be, and the same are hereby, eliminated from the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Monument. Lands eliminated from. Patent of certain monument land to Johnson and Scott authorized.. Albert M. Johnson and Walter Scott. Land patent to. Payment. Description. Minerals reserved. Limitation on use. Transfer provisions. Page 154 155 155 An Act To grant a patent to Albert M. Johnson and Walter Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to prior valid existing rights the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue a patent to Albert M. Johnson and/or Walter Scott (Death Valley Scotty) for the following-described land in the Death Valley National Monument upon payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre or under any applicable public-land law subject, however, to the reservation of such rights-of-way as the said Secretary may determine to be necessary or advisable for use in connection with the administration of said monument, to wit: Those parts of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, township 11 south, range 42 east; and those parts of sections 5, 6, and 7, township 11 south, range 43 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, occupied by Albert M. Johnson and/or Walter Scott in the form of Upper and Lower Grapevine Ranches and marked on the ground by concrete fence posts according to the Roger Wilson survey of 1931 and on file in the General Land Office; also the remainder of the southwest quarter northwest quarter section 10, township 11 south, range 42 east, and south half northwest quarter (lots 11 and 12) section 6, township 11 south, range 43 east; containing, in all, approximately one thousand five hundred acres: Provided, That such patent shall contain a reservation to the United States of all the minerals the land may contain, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same; such minerals to be subject to disposal by the United States only as may hereafter be expressly authorized by law: And provided further, That such land shall not be used for any purpose inconsistent with the rules and regulations governing national monuments: And provided further, That in the event of transfer of title to the whole of this property or any estate therein by either one or both patentees, by voluntary conveyance or by operation of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized to reacquire the land by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise out of such funds as may be made available by Congress for this purpose. X. NATIONAL MONUMENTS - DEATH VALLEY An Act To authorize the exchange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley National Monument for Government lands in the monument, approved October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1193) 1 155 Death Valley ment, Calif. Lands in, Conveyed to United National Monu States. Selection in lieu thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the owner of the east half of the northeast quarter, section 35, township 15 south, range 44 east, of the Mount Diablo meridian, Inyo County, California, within the Death Valley National Monument, is hereby permitted and authorized to convey the fee-simple title thereto to the United States, and select in lieu thereof the west half of the southeast quarter, section 36, township 15 south, range 44 east, of the Mount Diablo meridian; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to accept such conveyance, and thereafter cause a patent for the lands so selected to be issued to such owner, reserving to the United States, however, such rights-of-way as may be needed for the construction and maintenance of roads in the national monument: Provided, That the lands so conveyed to the United States shall become and be a part of the said national monument, and also subject to all laws and regulations relating to other lands therein: And provided further, That the owner of such privately owned lands within said national monument shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish to the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patent lands of- Evidence fered in exchange. An Act To authorize the exhange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley National Monument for Government lands in the monument, approved July 8, 1943 (57 Stat. 389) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the exchange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley National Monument for Government lands in the monument", approved October 17, 1940, is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the owner of the east half of the northeast quarter, section 35, township 15 south, range 44 east, of the Mount Diablo meridian, Inyo County, California, within the Death Valley National Monument, is hereby permitted and authorized to convey the title thereto to the United States, and select in lieu thereof the west half of the southeast quarter, section 36, township 15 south, range 44 east, of the Mount Diablo meridian; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to accept such conveyance for said land, subject to the reservations contained in the patent issued by the State of California, to H. W. Eichbaum, dated March 8, 1928, recorded December 12, 1934, in book 32, page 308, of Official Records of Inyo County, California, 1 Amended by Act of July 8, 1943, immediately following. Provisos. Lands to become part of monument. of title. Death Valley National Monu ment, Calif. 54 Stat. 1193. Exchange of lands. and subject to an easement for State highway, as granted to the State of California by deed dated December 21, 1934, and recorded January 16, 1935, in book 32, page 396, of Official Records, and by deed dated December 19, 1934, recorded December 20, 1934, in book 32, page 338, of Official Records of Inyo County, and thereafter cause a patent for the land so selected in lieu thereof to be issued to such owner, reserving to the United States, however, such rightsof-way as may be needed for the construction and maintenance of roads in the national monument: Provided, That the land so conveyed to the United States shall become and be a part of the said national monument, and also subject to all laws and regulations relating to other land therein: And provided further, That the owner of such privately owned land within said national monument shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish to the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patented land offered in exchange." |