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Purchase by member of tribe.

L and s restored to public domain.

PUBLIC LAW 284-AUG. 15, 1953

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Station 308 to 309, bearing west, distance one-fonrth mile, thence from said corner the course bears west to the east one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 13 and 24, aforesaid. Station 309 to 310, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, the course then bears south to the northeast one-sixteenth corner of said section 24. Station 310 to 311, bearing west, distance three-fourths mile, thence west on the north one-sixteenth line of section 24 to the north onesixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 23 and 24, township 3 north, range 2 west, Wind River meridian, which point is the northwest corner of lot 4 section 24, aforesaid. Station 311 to 312, bearing south, distance three one-hundredths mile, thence south on the boundary between sections 24 and 23 to the southwest corner of lot 4 aforesaid, which point is a meander corner in the left bank of Wind River. Station 312 to 313, bearing north seventy-five degrees forty-five minutes west, distance twenty-eight one-hundredths mile, thence to a meander corner on the left bank of Wind River. Station 313 to 314, bearing south eighty-nine degrees forty-five minutes west, distance twenty-two one-hundredths mile, the course bears westerly to a meander corner. Station 314 to 315, bearing north fifty-seven degrees no minutes west, distance fifteen one-hundredths mile, thence to a meander corner on the left bank of Wind River. Station 315 to 316, bearing south eighty-one degrees no minutes west, distance eleven one-hundredths mile, the course continues upstream along the left bank of Wind River to a meander corner, and to the point of beginning: Provided, That any member, or the heirs or assignees of any member, of either of said tribes, who on the 24th day of July 1952, had an existing and valid assignment on any part of the above-described land, shall have the right, at his or her option, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to enter into a contract with the United States, by and through the Bureau of Reclamation, for the purchase, at a price and on terms satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, of all or any contiguous part of such assignment, and upon final payment of the purchase price therefor, a fee patent accordingly shall be issued to such assignee, subject to reservations of all oil, gas, and minerals to the United States, and subject to section 5 of this Act, and if any part of the land so selected shall contain land irrigable under the Riverton reclamation project, then said patented land shall be subject to all irrigation charges, taxes, and liens imposed by Federal or State law, to the same extent and in like manner as other lands of the Riverton reclamation project: Provided further, That all existing contracts relating to irrigation charges, with respect to such irrigable land, shall remain in full force and effect: And provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the rights and interests in and to any land embraced within the tract described herein that has been allotted to an individual member of either of the said tribes which, on the date of enactment of this Act, is held by the United States in trust for such member or his or her heirs. SEC. 2. Subject only to the existing rights and interests which are not extinguished and terminated by this Act, all unentered and vacant lands within the area described in section 1 hereof, are hereby restored to the public domain for administration, use, occupancy, and disposal under the reclamation and public land laws of the United States: Provided, That the sale or other disposition of such lands shall be at rates and upon terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the average price of all such lands disposed of by sale shall be not less than $6.25 per acre.

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