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 PUBLIC lAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 111 STAT. 1571 (2) the landowners have occupied or improved their property in good faith reUance on the erroneous surveys of the properties; (3) the landowners believed that their entitlement to occupancy was finally adjudicated by a Judgment and Decree entered by the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada on October 26, 1989; (4) errors in the private surveys were discovered in connection with a dependent resurvey and section subdivision conducted by the Bureau of Land Management in 1990, which established accurate boundaries between certain federally owned properties and private properties; and (5) the Secretary has authority to sell, and it is appropriate that the Secretary should sell, based on an appraisal of the fair market value as of December 1, 1982, the properties described in section 2(b) to the adversely affected landowners, (b) CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTIES.— (1) PURCHASE OFFERS. — (A) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of the owners of real property located adjacent to the properties described in paragraph (2), may submit to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this Act as the "Secretary"), a written offer to purchase the properties. (B) INFORMATION TO ACCOMPANY OFFER. — An offer under subparagraph (A) shall be accompeinied by— (i) a description of each property offered to be purchased; (ii) information relating to the claims of ownership of the property based on an erroneous land survey; and (iii) such other information as the Secretary may require. (2) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES.— The properties described in this paragraph, containing 37.36 acres, more or less, are— (A) Government lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 in sec. 18, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; (B) Government lots 20, 21, and 24 in sec. 19, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; and (C) Those lands encroached upon in Government lot 1 in sec. 24, T. 19 S., R. 60 E., Mount Diablo Meridian, containing approximately 8 acres. (3) CONVEYANCE.— (A) IN GENERAL. — Subject to the condition stated in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall convey subject to valid existing rights to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the properties offered to be purchased under paragraph (1) on payment by the city of the fair market value of the properties, based on an appraisal of the fair market value as of December 1, 1982, approved by the Secretary. (B) CONDITION. —Properties shall be conveyed under subparagraph (A) subject to the condition that the city convey the properties to the landowners who were adversely

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