Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 49 Part 1.djvu/1938

 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 733. JUNE 23, 1936. 189 3 situated in Mono County, California, which may be necessary, as found by the Secretary of the Interior, for any or all of the follow- ing purposes bp Rights-of-way ; buildings and structures ; construction and mainte- nance camps ; dumping grounds ; flowage, diverting, or storage dams ; pumping plants ; power plants ; canals, ditches, pipes, and pipe lines ; flumes, tunnels, and conduits for conveying water for domestic, irri- gation, power, and other useful purposes ; poles, towers, and lines for the conveyance and distribution of electrical energy ; poles and lines for te lep hon e an d t ele gra ph pur pose s ; roads, trails, bridges, tram- ways, railroads, and other means of locomotion, transmission, or com- munication ; for obtaining stone, earth, gravel, and other materials of like character ; or any other necessary purposes of said city, toge ther with the righ t to take for its own use, free of c ost, from any public lands, within such limits as the Secretary of the Interior may determ ine, sto ne, ear th, grav el, san d, and o ther ma terials of like characte r neces sary or useful in the c onstruc tion, op eration, and maintenance of aqueducts, reservoirs, dams, pumping plants, electric lants, and transmission, telephone, and telegraph lines, roads, trails, ridges, tramways, railroads, and other means of locomotion, trans- mission, and communication, or any other necessary purposes of the city of Los Angeles. That there is hereby excepted ted and reserved unto the United States bJ7nerals reserved; 3r t excepexception . from said grant, minerals, other than sand, stone, earth, gravel, and other ma terials of like charac ter : Provided, how ever , That such Regulations. minerals so excepted and reserved shall be prospected for, mined, and removed only in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. This grant shall be effective upon (1) the filing by said grantee Conditions. at any time after the passage of this Act, with the register of the United States local land office in the district where said lands are si tuated, of a ma p or map s showi ng the b oundari es, loca tions, and extent of said lands and of said rights-of-way for the purposes hereinabove set forth ; (2) the approval of such map or maps by the Secretary of the Interior, with such reservations or modifications as he may deem appropriate ; (3) the payment of $1 .25 per acre Purchase price. for all Government lands conveyed under this Act other than for the right-of-way for the Mono Basin aqueduct : Provided, That said 1 r-4108 . r Righ ts- way; mca - lands for rights-of-way shall be along such location and of such tion, width, etc. width, not to exceed two hundred and fifty feet, as in the judgment of the Sec retary of the I nterior may be require d for th e purpo ses of this Act : And provided further, That said lands for any of said duc t, 111 "o hB-or-wayq ue- purpos es other than rights- of-way for the Mono Ba sin aqueduct may be of such width or extent as may be determined by the Sec- retary of the Interior as necessary for such purposes . SEC. 2 . That where any of the lands to which the city of Los National forest lands . An geles se eks to acquire title u nder sec tion 1 of this Act, ar e in a national forest, the said map or maps shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture so far as national-forest lands are affected ; and upon such approval and the subsequent approval by the Secretary of the Interior, title to said lands shall vest in the grantee upon the date of such subsequent approval . SF-c . 3 . Said grants are to be made subject to rights-of-way, ease- Provisions of grants. ments, and permits heretofore granted or allowed to any person or corporat ion in accordance wit h any Act or Acts of C ongress and subject to the rights of all claimants or persons who shall have Prior rights. filed or made valid claims, locations, or entries on or to said lands, or a ny part thereof prior to the e ffectiv e date o f any c onflicti ng grant hereun der, unless prior to such effective date proper rel inquish-