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Mineral rights.

PUBLIC LAW 709-AUG. 30, 1954

Monterey County, Calif. D a m and reservoir s i t e.

STAT.

North half of the north half of section 10, township 1 north, range 2 east. North half of the north half of section 9, township 1 north, range 2 east. North half of the north half of section 8, township 1 north, range 2 east. North half of the north half of section 7, township 1 north, range 2 east. North half of the north half of section 12, township 1 north, range 1 east. North half of the north half of section 11, township 1 north, range 1 east. North half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, township 1 north, range 1 east. Northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, township 1 north, range 1 east. North half of the north half of section 9, township 1 north, range 1 east. Northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 8, township 1 north, range 1 east. North half of the north half of section 7, township 1 north, range 1 east. North half of the northeast quarter of section 12, township 1 north, range 1 west. SEC. 4. With respect to all of the lands quitclaimed by this Act, all minerals are hereby reserved to the United States, together with the right of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees to enter upon the land to prospect for, drill for, mine, treat, store, transport, and remove such minerals and to use so much of the surface and subsurface as may be reasonably necessary for the foregoing purposes. SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act, the deeds from the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association referred to in sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall be deemed, insofar as the United States is concerned, to have created possessory interests in the grantees therein named, and the general release of easement referred to in section 2 of this Act shall be deemed, insofar as the United States is concerned, to have released possessory interests to the releasee therein named. SEC. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to create or recognize any obligation or liability whatsoever on the part of the United States. Approved August 30, -1954. Public Law 709

August 30, 1954 [S.3189]

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CHAPTER 1079

AN ACT Providing for the conveyance by the United States to the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Monterey County, California, of certain lands in Camp Roberts Military Reservation, California, for use as a dam and reservoir site and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secretary of the Army is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed, to the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District of Monterey County, California, for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining thereon a dam and reservoir area for its El Nacimiento Reservoir project, all right, title, and interest of the United States, except as reserved herein, in and to so much of the following

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