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 389 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 197-199--JULY 8, 1943 restored or, in lieu thereof, the value equivalent of such consideration as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be paid to the United States; and any consideration or value equivalent so restored or paid shall, so far as is practicable, be restored to the jurisdiction, or deposited to the credit, of the department, agency, appropriation, or fund from which the consideration was transferred or paid at the time of the acquisition of title by the United States. Approved July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 198] AN ACT Jly 8,1943 To authorize the exchange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley National [H. R. 137] Monument for Government lands in the monument. [Public Law 121] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the exchange of certain patented lands in the Death Valley National Monument for Government lands in the monument", approved October 17, 1940, is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the owner of the east half of the northeast quarter, section 35, township 15 south, range 44 east, of the Mount Diablo meridian, Inyo County California, within the Death Valley National Monu- ment, is hereby permitted and authorized to convey the title thereto to the United States, and select in lieu thereof the west half of the southeast quarter, section 36, township 15 south, range 44 east, of the Mount Diablo meridian; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to accept such conveyance for said land, subject to the reservations contained in the patent issued by the State of California, to H. W . Eichbaum, dated March 8 1928, recorded December 12, 1934, in book 32, page 308, of Official Records of Inyo County, California, and subject to an easement for State highway, as granted to the State of California by deed dated December 21, 1934, and recorded January 16, 1935, in book 32, pige 396, of Official Records, and by deed dated December 19, 1934, recorded December 20, 1934, in book 32, page 338, of Official Records of Inyo County, and thereafter cause a patent for the land so selected in lieu thereof to be issued to such owner, reserving to the United States, however, such rights-of-way as may be needed for the construction and main- tenance of roads in the national monument: Provided, That the land so conveyed to the United States shall become and be a part of the said national monument, and also subject to all laws and regulations relating to other land therein: And provided further, That the owner of such privately owned land within said national monument shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish to the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patented land offered in exchange." Approved July 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 199] AN ACT To amend the description of the area affected by the Act of May 28, 1928, entitled "An Act for the relief of the town of Springdale, Utah", 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 Act of May 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 787, ch. 818), is hereby amended by substitut- ing the following language in lieu of the language in the Act follow- ing the words "to grant permission to the town of Springdale, Utah," Death Valley Na- tional Monument, Calif. 54 stat. 1193. Exchange of landL July 8, 193 [H. R. 25271 [Public Law 1221 Springdale, Utab. Water supply.

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