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PRIVATE LAW 90-292-JULY 11, 1968

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tract or tracts to be described by metes and bounds survey which shall be completed by the Secretary of the Interior within six monMis after the effective date of this Act, excepting and reserving, however, unto the United States an easement of access through and across the tract or tracts, together with the right at such time or times and at such place or places on the tract or tracts as is deemed necessary or desirable by the laiited States, at its own expense, to construct and maintain means of access or game crossings in, across and through the tract or tracts, in addition to those constructed by and at the expense of American Metal Climax, Incorporated, at the time said railroad is constructed: Provided, That the construction, maintenance and use of said additional means of access or game crossings shall not obstruct, interfere with or otherwise hinder, impede or delay the operation of the mine, mill, railroad, or related facilities belonging to American Metal Climax, Incorporated, its successors and assigns. Title to the tract or tracts patented pursuant to this subparagraph of this section shall, however, be conveyed to and held by American Metal Climax, Incorporated, its successors and assigns, subject to the following condition: Whenever said company, its successors and assigns, shall no longer require the use and possession of the said consolidated tract, the then owner thereof shall tender to the United States its deed conveying said consolidated tract to the United States in such form and under such conditions as may then be prescribed by the United States. The then owner shall be deemed to no longer require the use and possession of the said consolidated tract only (A) when the fixtures, structures, and improvements constructed or maintained thereon have been removed, without being replaced, within a period of five years from the time of such removal, with fixtures, structures, and improvements constructed for uses substantially similar to or associated with the uses to which the fixtures, structures, and improvements so removed were put, or (B) when the use and possession of said consolidated tract shall have been permanently abandoned. SEC. 2. The value of the tracts hereby directed to be patented to American Metal Climax, Incorporated, shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and shall not exceed the value of the lands to be accepted by the United States in exchange therefor as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. The patent issued for lands granted pursuant to this Act shall express the conditions and contain the reservations provided for in section 1 of this Act with respect to the separate titles thereby granted. Approved July 5, 1968. Private Law 90-292 July 11, 1968 l^s- ^02]

Oil and g a s l e a s e (Wyo

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AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to consider a petition for reinstatement of an oil and gas lease (Wyoming 0310090). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior shall receive, consider, and act upon any petition of Paul T. Walton, Thomas F. Kearns, and Jerome B. Guinand filed within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, for reinstatement of United States oil and gas lease (Wyoming 0310090), and accompanied by the required rental, including

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