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PRIVATE LAW 152-AUG. 8, 1953

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Bishop of Northern Alaska, a religious corporation sole organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Alaska, is hereby authorized for a period of one year from and after the effective date of this Act to apply for the purchase of, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the corporation, for use as a mission school, the following-described public lands situated in Alaska: Lots 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 and the north half of the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 15, township 3 north, range 1 west. Copper River Meridian, Alaska, containing approximately two hundred and fifty-six acres; and lots 6 and 7 and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 3 north, range 1 west, Copper River Meridian, Alaska, containing approximately two hundred and six acres. SEC. 2. That the conveyance shall be made upon the payment by the said corporation for the land at its reasonable appraised price of not less than $1.25 per acre, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public-land laws: Provided further, That the coal and other mineral deposits in the land shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable laws and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved August 8, 1953. Private Law 152

CHAPTER 373

August 8, 1953 AN ACT — [ " • ^ ' 2011]— rp^j authorize the sale of certain public lands in Alaska to the Alaska Council of Boy Scouts of America for a campsite and other public purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Alaska C o u n c^^ il of B o y S c o u t s of United. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Alaska AiiMrica. ° "* Council of Boy Scouts of America is hereby authorized for a period of one year from and after the effective date of this Act to apply for the purchase of, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the organization for a campsite and other public purposes, the following-described public lands situated in Alaska: Lots 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8 of section 10, township 5 north, range 9 west, Seward meridian, embracing approximately one hundred thirty-three and eighty-six one-hundredths acres. SEC. 2. That the conveyance shall be made upon the payment by the said council for the land at its reasonable appraised price of not less than $1.25 per acre, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public-land laws: Provided further, That the coal and other mineral deposits in the land shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable laws and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved August 8, 1953.

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