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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. 1. CH. 270 . JUNE 18,193 2. 325 purposes ; poles, towers, and lines for the conveyance and distribu- tion of electrical energy ; poles and lines for telephone and telegraph purposes ; roads, trails, bridges, tramways, railroads, and other means of locomotion, transmission, or communication ; for obtaining construction mate- stone, earth, gravel, and other materials of like character ; or any Right to obtain, con- other necessary purposes of said district, toget her with the righ t to tarred • take for its own use, free of cost, from any public lands, within such limits as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, stone, earth, gravel, sand, and other materials of like character necessary or useful in the construction, operation, and maintenance of aqueducts, reser- voirs, dams, pumping plants, electric plants, and transmission, tele- phone, and telegraph lines, roads, trails, bridges, tramways, railroads, and othe r means of locom otion, t ransmiss ion, and communic ation, o r any other necessary purposes of said district. This grant shall be conditions. effective upon (1) the filing by said grantee at any time after the pas sage of this Act, with the regis ter of the Unite d States local l and office in the district where said lands are situated, of a map or maps Descriptive map to sh owing th e bounda ries, lo cations, and ext ent of s aid land s and of befu rnish ed. said rights of way for the purposes hereinabove set forth ; (2) the Approval, etc. approval of such map or maps by the Secretary of the Interior, with such res ervation s or mod ificatio ns as he may deem appropr iate ; (3 ) the payment of $1 .25 per acre for all Government lands conveyed me tl nejtforGovern- under this Act other than for the right of way for the aqueduct, and (4) for all la nds conveyed in Indian reservati ons or in Indian allot- Indian lands . me nts whic h have n ot been conveyed to the allottee with fu ll power of alienation, the district shall pay for the benefit of the Indians such just compensation as may be det er min ed by the Secretary of the Prouaos. Interior : Provided, That said lands for rights of way shall be along Grants in conformity such locations and of such width, not to exceed two hundred and etc. construction lines, fifty feet, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior may be required for the purposes of this Act : And provided further, 'th at said lands for any of said purposes other than for rights of way for riLands other than for the aqueduct may be of such width or extent as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for such purposes. SEa. 2 . Whenever the lands or the rights of way are the same as Lands, or rights of are designated on any map heretofore filed by said district or by mapsp eoiosiysted n the city of Los Angeles in connection with any application for a right of way under any statute of the United States, which said application is still pending, or has been granted, and is unrevoked and has been transferred to and is now owned by said district, then upon the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of any such later ma wit h suc h mod if ica ti ons and un der s uch conditions as he may Da te or filing eo n_ P y sidereddateofgmnt ffl deem appropriate the rights hereby granted shall as to such lands or rights of way, become effective as of the date otj the filing of said earlier map or maps with the register of the United States local land office. SEC. 3. If any of the lands to which the said district seeks to Nati onal fore stlan ds. Approval of maps by acquire title under sections 1 and 2 of this Act are in a national forest, Secretar y of Agr ieul. the said map or maps shall be subject to the approval of the Secre- t"re' tary of Agricult ure so far as na tional-forest la nds are affected ; and upon such approval and the subsequent approval by the Secretary By Secretary of the of the Interior, title to said lands shall vest in the grantee upon' the interior. ,~or. date of such sub sequent approval . SEC . 4 . Said grants are to be made subject to the rights of all Subject to prior rights, etc. claimants or persons who shall have filed or made valid claims, locations, or entries on or to said lands, or any part thereof prior to the effective date of any conflicting grant hereunder, unless prior