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PUBLIC LAW 89-579-SEPT. 16, 1966

and charges collected relevant to the administration of this Act shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. SEC. 22. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of revenues of the District of Columbia such funds as may be necessary to pay the expenses of administering and carrying out the purpose of this Act. SEC. 23. The Act entitled "An Act to create a board of accountancy for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved February 17, 1923 (42 Stat. 1261), as amended, is hereby repealed. SEC. 24. This Act shall take effect ninety days after the date of its enactment. Approved September 16, 1966.

793

Appropriation.

Repeal. D.C. Code 2-901 to 2-909. Effective date.

Public Law 89-579 AN ACT

September 16, 1966

To provide adjustments in order to make uniform the estate acquired for the Vega Dam and Reservoir, Colibran project, Colorado, by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reconvey mineral interests in certain lands.

[H. R. 399]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to provide.adjustments in the interests in land heretofore acquired for the Vega Dam and Reservoir, Colibran project, Colorado, and thereby make uniform the estate acquired to fulfill necessary real estate requirements of the project, the Secretary of the Interior is.authorized to reconvey to the former owner thereof any mineral interest, including oil and gas, heretofore acquired for said project, whenever the Secretary shall determine that the retention of such mineral interest is not required for public purposes and he shall have received an application for reconveyance as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. The Secretary shall give notice to the former owner of such mineral interest of the availability of the interest for reconveyance under the provisions of this Act. The former owner shall thereafter file an application within ninety days of the date of notice if he desires to have the interest reconveyed to him. SEC. 3. Any mineral interest reconveyed under this Act shall be transferred for an amount determined by the Secretary to be equal to the price at which the mineral interest was acquired by the United States. SEC. 4. As used in this Act the term "former owner" means the person from whom any mineral interest was acquired by the United States or, if such person is deceased, his spouse; or if such spouse is deceased, his children or heirs at law. SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior may delegate any authority conferred upon him by this Act to any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior. Such officer or employee Fhall exercise the authority so delegated under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Approved September 16, 1966.

Vega Dam and Reservoir, Colo. Mineral intere s t s, reconveyance.

'Former owner.'

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