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 PUBLIC LAWS-HS. 299-301 -JULY 15, 1941 lowing: "Anything in any other Acts of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding"; by striking out "range 35" wherever it appears in such section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "township 35 north"; by striking out the word "of" following the word "owner- ship" appearing in the first proviso of the said section; and by striking 52 tat. 0O. out the word "constitutent" in section 1 and inserting in lieu the word "constituent". Approved, July 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 3001 July 15,1941 [S. 128891 iPubicu Law 178] Copper River and Northwestern Rail- way Company. Conveyance of right-of-way, etc., to U.S. Acceptance of prop- erties for highway purposes. 48U. .C.ii32- 327. Status of properties acquired. 43 U.S.C. 912. July 15,1941 [H. R. 2308] [Public Law 177] Mission Indians, Calif. Lease of land to Palm Springs, Calif., ratified. AN ACT Authorizing the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Company to convey to the United States its railroad right-of-way and other railroad properties in Alaska, for use as a public highway, tramroad, or tramway, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Company, or any of its successors in interest or assigns, is hereby authorized to give and convey to the United States of America (1) all or any portion of its railroad right-of-way acquired under grants made by Congress or otherwise, including station and terminal grounds and lands used as sites for railroad structures or purposes of any kind, and (2) equipment, including telephone and telegraph poles and lines, ties, rails, rolling stock, bridges, buildings, and other properties in Alaska used in con- nection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of the rail- road. SEc. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to accept, on behalf of the United States and without cost to the United States, gifts and conveyances of said properties to be used, operated, and maintained, as far as may be practicable or neces- sary, as a public highway, tramroad, or tramway under the provi- sions of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 446), notwithstanding anything within any Act to the contrary. SEC. 3. The provisions of the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 414), shall not affect the right-of-way, or any portion thereof, or any other lands or properties donated, granted, or conveyed to the United States pursuant to the authorization contained in this Act. Approved, July 15, 1941. [CHAPTER 301] AN ACT To ratify a lease entered into by certain Mission Indians of California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a lease bearing date of December 8,1939, between the Agua Caliente or Palm Springs Band of Mission Indians of California and the city of Palm Springs, California, in the following words, is hereby ratified and confirmed subject, however, to the conditions stated in section 2 hereof: This indenture of lease executed at Palm Springs, California, as of the 4th day of December, 1939, by and between the Agua Caliente or Palm Springs Band of Mission Indians of California, the party of the first part hereinafter referred to as lessor and the City of Palm Springs, a municipal corporation of the State of California the party of the second part, hereinafter referred to as lessee, both of said parties being within the County of Riverside, State of California [55 STAT.

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