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PUBLIC LAW 90-517-SEPT. 26, 1968

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Public Law 90-517 AN ACT

September26, 1968

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release, on behalf of the United States, a condition in a deed conveying certain lands to the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry so as to permit such Commission, subject to a certain condition, to exchange such lands.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- south Carolina, ing the provisions of subsection (c) of section 32 of the Bankhead- dition!^r"iea's°e" Jones F a r m Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011 (c)), the Secretary so s'tat. 525; of Agriculture is authorized and directed to release, on behalf of the ^^ ^*^*- ^^sUnited States, with respect to the following-described lands, the condition contained in the deed dated June 28, 1955, between the United States of America and the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry, conveying, pursuant to such subsection, certain lands, of which such described lands are a part, to such Commission, which requires that the lands conveyed be used for public purposes: A tract consisting of approximately seventy-two acres, being a portion of the five-hundred-and-ten-acre tract conveyed by such deed dated June 28, 1955, which is bounded on the south by the State Forestry Commission, on the east by McCray's Mill Club and E. T. Gulledge, on the north by the State Highway Numbered 763, and on the west by an unpaved county public road known as the Brunt Gin Road. SEC. 2. The Secretary shall release the condition referred to in the first section of this Act only with respect to lands covered by and described in an agreement or agreements entered into between the Secretary and the South Carolina Commission of Forestry in which such State agency, in consideration of the release of such conditions as to such lands, agrees that the lands with respect to which condition is released shall be exchanged for lands of approximately comparable value and that the lands so acquired by exchange shall be used for public purposes. SEC. 3. Upon application all the undivided mineral interests of the United States in any parcel or tract of land released pursuant to this Act from the condition as to such lands shall l>e conveyed to the South Carolina Commission of Forestry for the use and benefit of the Commission by the Secretary of the Interior. I n areas where the Secretiiry of the Interior determines that there is no activ^e mineral development or leasing, and that the lands have no mineral value, the mineral interests covered by a single application shall be sold for a consideration of $1. I n other areas, the mineral interests shall be sold at the fair market value thereof as determined by the Secretary of the Interior after taking into consideration such appraisals as he deems necessary or appropriate. SEC. 4. Each application made under the provisions of section 3 of this Act shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable deposit to be applied to the administrative costs as fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. If the conveyance is made, the applicant shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior the full administrative costs, less the deposit. If a conveyance is not made pursuant to an application filed under this Act, the deposit shall constitute full satisfaction of such administrative costs notwithstanding that the administrative costs exceed the deposit.

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