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 interest of the United States and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in such land and the timber thereon, to be determined as hereinafter provided, within the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the State of North Carolina as may be necessary for the construction Description and maintenance of such parkway over the following course: Begin- ning at a point in State Highway Numbered 293 near Soco Gap and extending to a junction with State Highway Numbered 107, near the mouth of the Ravens Fork of the Oconoluftee River by way of the following approximate controls: Leaving Soco Gap and following the east and northerly slopes of Soco and Bunches Bald ridge and crossing through Docks Gap to the south and west side of Soco and Bunches Bald; thence crossing Lickstone Ridge and entering Bunches Gap from the south; thence from Bunches Gap, following the south slopes of the main ridge, crossing Jenkins Divide ridge and entering Big Witch Gap from the southeast; thence leaving Big Witch Gap in a northwesterly direction and keeping on the northerly and westerly slopes of the main ridge, but crossing the various spur ridges circling around the heads of Mingo Creek and Sherrills Cove, and around the north end of the ridge lying immediately northeast of the Ravensford Mill site, crossing the Oconoluftee River to the junction with State Highway Numbered 107, previously referred to, and in addition, start- ing in a northeasterly direction from Bunches Gap passing about one-half mile north of Soco Bald- thence turning north and inter- secting the boundary between the Qualla Indian Reservation and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at a point approximately one mile northeast of Bunches Gap. uveya before con SEO. 2 . Before making such conveyance, the Secretary of the Interior shall have the lands along such course surveyed and shall determine the exact location and boundaries of the land to be conveyed for use as such right-of-way, which shall not exceed one hundred Deedoconveyance. and twenty-five acres per mile. The deed of conveyance for such land shall contain an accurate description of the location and bound- aries of such land in order that the interests of the United States and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians may be properly protected. tayment by ta te SEo. 3. In consideration of conveyance, the State of North Carolina shall pay to the United States the sum of $40,000 or $30 per acre for the lands embraced in the right-of-way described in section 1, which- Deposit. ever sum is the largest, which shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and held in trust by Statenighwayhn the United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. It is tion. understood and agreed that the State of North Carolina shall build without further payment for right-of-way, and without expense to the United States or the Cherokee Indians, a suitable State highway between Soco Gap and Cherokee Village, subject to the same laws, rules and regulations applicable to all State highways of North Carolina. Eastern Band ofA Cherokee Indians. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his Granting to, of in- discretion, to grant to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the lands, authorized. beneficial interest in any lands selected by the council of said band within the Boundary Tree tract, contaming approximately eight hundred and eighty-four acres; and the said Secretary is hereby directed to exclude from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Prment by tran any lands so selected and granted. Prior to the consummation of any such grant, payment shall be made for all lands included therein by the transfer of a sum equal to the fair market value of such lands, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, from any funds in the United States Treasury to the credit of said band, including funds made available under section 3 hereof, to the credit of the fund 300 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 318 - -JUNE 11, 1940 [54 STAT.

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