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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 372-DEC. 21, 1943 [CHAPTER 372] AN ACT [57 STAT. December 21, 1943 [H. R. 2641] To authorize the acquisition by exchange of certain lands for addition to the [Public Law 209] Sequoia National Park. Sequoia National Park, Calif. Addition of lands. Description. Title. Lands in exchange. 41 Stat. 1076 . 16 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 818. Southern California Edison Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to accept title to lands and interests in lands near the entrance to the Sequoia National Park, subject to existing easements for public highways and public utilities, within the following described tracts: Tract A. A portion of tract 37, township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California, comprising approximately two acres. Tract B. A portion of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 4, township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California, comprising approximately thirty-eight acres. Tract C. A portion of the south half of tract 37, township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California, comprising approximately sixty one-hundredths acre. The owners of the lands to be conveyed to the United States, before any exchange is effective, shall furnish to the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to such lands. Such property shall become a part of the Sequoia National Park upon the acceptance of title thereto by the Secretary, and shall thereafter be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to the park. SEc. 2. That in exchange for the conveyance to the United States of tract A, as provided in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary is author- ized, in his discretion, to patent to the owner of tract A, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem necessary, certain lands of approximately equal value described as follows: Tract D. A portion of the southeast quarter of section 33, township 16 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, Cali- fornia, comprising approximately two and fifty one-hundredths acres. In exchange for the conveyance to the United States of tracts B and C, as provided in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to Ipatent, .n a similar manner, to the owner of tracts B and C certain lands of approximately equal value described as follows: 'lTract E. The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 4, which shall be subject to section 24 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S. C ., sec. 818) ; the south half of the northeast quarter of section 5; and approximately sixty-eight acres of the north half of the south- east quarter of section 5. which shall not include the surveyed two- hundred-foot strip as shown on map "D" of exhibit "K", entitled "Detailed Map of Kaweah Project of the Southern California Edison Company, Ltd.", and filed in the office of the Federal Power Commis- sion on December 12, 1923; all of said lands in tract E being situated in township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, com- prising approximately one hundred and eighty-eight acres. SEc. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or affect in any manner the provisions, or extend the term, of the permit here- tofore granted to the Southern California Edison Company and predecessors thereof for the use of lands in the Sequoia National Park for electric power development purposes, or to relieve the com- pany of any financial or other obligation under said permit, or under agreements or orders relating or supplementary thereto. Approved December 21, 1943. 606

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