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PUBLIC LAW 572-JUNE 7, 1956 Public Law 572

June 7, 1956 [S. 2822]

Hualapai Indian Reservation, Ariz. Land transfer.

Pu b 1 i c ation in FR.

Mineral rights.

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ST A T.

CHAPTER 377

AN ACT To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer approximately nine acres of land in the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona, to School District Numbered 8, Mohave County, Arizona.

Be it enacted by the Senate atid House of Representatives of the United States of A^nerlca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to transfer by patent to School District Numbered 8, Mohave County, Arizona, all right, title, and interest of the United States and the Hualapai Tribe of Indians in and to a tract of approximately nine acres of land within the Hualapai Indian Reservation described as part of the southwest quarter of section 23, township 25 north, range 11 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, as long as such lands are used for school purposes and are available to Indians and non-Indians on the same terms unless otherwise approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That if said tract no longer is used for school purposes or is made available to Indians and non-Indians on ditl'erent terms without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary shall immediately publish in the Federal Register a declaration to that effect and all right, title, and interest therein shall revert to the United States in trust for the Hualapai Tribe: Provided also, That the Secretary of the Interior may not approve any terms or conditions which would discriminate against Indians: And provided further, That all mineral rights, including gas and oil, are reserved for the use and benefit of the Hualapai Tribe. The lands to be so transferred to said school district are described in detail as follows: Starting at the north quarter corner of section 23, township 25 north, range 11 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, Mohave County, Arizona, marked by a Government set brass capped iron pipe; thence, north 89 degrees 57 minutes east, along the north line of said section 23, a distance of 109.09 feet to a point; thence, south 2 degrees 48 minutes 30 seconds west, a distance of 2646.76 feet to a point; thence, north 84 degrees 20 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 109.04 feet to a point; thence, south 33 degrees 28 minutes 15 seconds west, a distance of 949.8 feet to the place of beginning, marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, south 28 degrees 31 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 313.73 feet to a corner, marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence south 61 degrees 48 minutes 15 seconds east, a distance of 167.08 feet to a corner and point along the northwesterly right-of-way boundary of an oil cake paved road, marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, south 26 degrees 41 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 273.58 feet along the said northwesterly right-of-way boundary of said paved road, marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, north 63 degrees 29 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 446.41 feet to a corner marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, south 26 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds west, a distance of 188.92 feet to a corner marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, north 63 degrees 29 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 403.75 feet to a corner marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, north 9 degrees 16 minutes 15 seconds east, 365.56 feet to a corner marked by a halfinch iron pipe; thence, south 88 degi*ees 47 minutes 15 seconds east, a distance of 433.09 feet to a corner point marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, north 75 degrees 12 minutes 45 seconds east, a distance of 289.71 feet to a corner marked by a half-inch iron pipe; thence, south 79 degrees 28 minutes 45 seconds east, a distance of 202.51 feet to the place of begimiing. Approved June 7, 1956.

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