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Ante, p. 173.

PRIVATE LAW 888-AUG. 30, 1954

Evangelization Society, of LeveJock, 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 Society for missionary purposes, the following-described land situated in Alaska: A tract of land situated on the westerly bank of Kvichak River and lying between United States Survey 2444 and United States Survey 914, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at corner 1, identical corner 4, United States Survey 2444; thence north twenty-nine degrees fiftynine minutes east, four hundred twenty-seven and thirty-four onehundredths feet to corner 2, a one and one-half-inch pipe filled with concrete; thence south fifty-eight degrees twenty-three minutes east, two hundred and seventy-four feet to corner 3, identical corner 1, United States Survey 914; thence easterly to corner 4, identical M. C. 2, United States Survey 914; thence southerly along westerly shore of Kvichak River approximately four hundred and forty-three feet to corner 5, identical M. C. 3, United States Survey 2444; thence north sixty degrees two minutes west, three hundred ninety-nine and ninetysix one-hundredths feet to corner 1, point of beginning, and containing approximately three acres. SEC, 2. Such conveyance shall be subject to the terms and conditions provided for the sale of public lands to a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association under the Act of June 4, 1954 (Public Law 387, Eighty-third Congress, second session): Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public land laws, or a valid possessory right based upon section 8 of the Act of May IT, 1884 (23 Stat. 24), section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095), or section 27 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 321; 48 U.S.C. sec. 356): Provided further, That notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall convey the lands to the Alaska Evangelization Society only if the organization pays the price fixed by the Secretary within five years after notification by the Secretary of the price. Approved August 30, 1954. Private Law

August 30, 1954 [H. R. 2014]

Community Club of Chugiak, Alaska.

Ante, p. 173.

L68 S T A T.

CHAPTER 1093

AN ACT rj^Q authorize the sale of certain public land in Alaska to the Community Club of Chugiak, Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ossemMed, That the Community Club of Chugiak, Alaska, is hereby authorized for a period of one year from and after the effective date of this Act to file with the Secretary of the Interior an application to purchase, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue patent to it, for use as a community recreation center and for other community purposes, a tract of land described as lot 21 of section 9, township 15 north, range 1 west, Seward meridian, Alaska, containing four and ninetythree one-hundredths acres. SEC. 2'. Such conveyance shall be subject to the terms and conditions provided for the sale of public lands to a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association under the Act of June 4, 1954 (Public Law 387, Eighty-third Congress, second session): Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public land laws, or a valid possessory right based upon section 8 of the Act of May 17, 1884 (23 Stat.

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