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 980 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. sms. II. Cns. 2.23-325. 1925. ¤¤¤¤*¤d. *0 Rat patent to the cit of Redlands a duly or nized and existing mimi- mi mm cipal corporatioii of the State bf Califoiida, a bod corporate and litic, with full power to hold and own real estatei, of California, L<¤¤“°¤· iiir the following tract of public land, to wit: The south half of the southeast quarter of section 14, township 1 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino base and meridian, in the State of California, upon pay- ment therefor to the Secretary of the Interior for the Government of the United States the full sum of $1.25 per acre, which patent shall be issued upon the express condition that the city of Redlands hmm shall use said tract of land for the purpose of water conservation neveméu mr mm. for public benefit: Provided, That whenever said lands cease to be Y"°‘· used by said city for said purposes or are attempted to be sold or conveyed, then, in that event, title to said lands and the whole w,Mj§f'“ "'*h°’ '°‘ thereof shall revert to the United States: Provided further, That such patent shall contain a reservation to the United States of all gas, oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found in such land, and the right to the use of the land for extracting the same. Approved, February 25, 1925. F°i)l`iIli8lQiZf95'2’;iB5` CHAP. 324.-An Act Granting public lands to the town of Silverton, CololPubli¢, No- 471] rado, for public park purposes. Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the §“,§’,.“§,d1““'€§‘ Sum. United States ofy America in Congress assembled, That there is ¤<>¤· C¤*°·· M Wk hereby granted and conveyed to the town of Silverton, Colorado, www' for public park purposes, the following-described lands or so much Dggjptjgn. thereof as said town may desire, to wit: A tract of land situate in township forty north, range seven west; New Mexico principal meridian, in the county of San Juan an State of Colorado, conforming as nearly as practicable to legal subdivisions, and not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in extent, which land embraces what is commonly known as lower Molas p,,,,,m_,,,,_ Lake, in said county. That such conveyance shall be made of the said land to said town by the Secretary of the Interior, upon the payment by said town for the said land, or such portion thereof as it may select, at the rate of $1.25 per acre, and patent issued to said town for the said land selected, to have and to hold for public park purposes, subject to the existing laws and regulations concerning public parks; and the wid ,,,,h,_, ,,0, ,,_ grant here y made shall not include any lands which at the date §'§.‘§‘d,,,,,,,,, ,.9, right or claim initiated under the laws of the United S%ates: Pro- Ssmd- vided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found in the land so granted and all necessary use of the land for extracting the same: Provided further, That said town shall not have the right to sell or convey to any other purpose than as hereinbefore described; and that if the said land shall not be used as a public park, the same, or such parts thereof not so used, shall revert to the United States. Approved, February 25, 1925. FQIH. R.§iili.il25' CHAP. 325.——An Act Providing for an exchange of lands between Anton {P¤b1ic.No.47a.} Hiersche and the United States in connection with the North Platte Federal irrigation project. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the m§°;‘(,;,*¤*,{,¤¢bti¤,;¤¤§_·§ United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon proper Wm execution and delivery by Anton Hiersche of a deed conveying to
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