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 PRIVATE LAW 94-133—OCT. 15, 1976

90 STAT. 3009

Private Law 94-133 94th Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Haines, Alaska, interests of the United States in certain lauds.

Oct. 15, 1976 [S. 1365]

Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- Haines, Alaska, ing the provisions of the Act of August 23, 1950 (64 Stat. 470), requiring that lands patented thereunder be used only for school or other public purposes, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter the "Secretary") is hereby authorized and directed to issue a new patent or deed to the city of Haines, Alaska, for the following described lands, without such a use restriction, but containing all other reservations to the United States required by that Act, upon relinquishment of the existing deed, provided that the requirements of sections 2 and 3 of this Act have been met: Beginning at the northwest corner of lot 17 in block 13, which is the same as corner 1 of the Native School Reserve; thence north 76 degrees 231/^ minutes west 58.11 feet to corner numbered 2; thence south 17 degrees 58 minutes west 165.26 feet to corner numbered 3; thence south 76 degrees 45 minutes east 82,08 feet to corner numbered 4; thence north 9 degrees 38 minutes east 164.65 feet to corner numbered 1, the place of beginning, containing 17,531 square feet. Lots 8 and 9 of block 13 in the townsite of Haines, Alaska, containing a total of 7,330 square feet. Lot 17 of block 13 in the townsite of Haines, Alaska, containing a total of 5,885 square feet. SEC. 2. No conveyance may be made under this Act unless the city of Haines has shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that— (1) the city of Haines will sell such land and improvements identified in section 1 at not less than fair market value; (2) the proceeds from the sale thereof will be used to acquire property to be used for school or other public purposes; and (3) any amounts by which the proceeds from the sale of such lands and improvements identified in section 1 exceed the fair market value of the property acquired under clause (2) of this section shall be paid to the United States. SEC. 3. If the requirements of section 2 are satisfied, the Secretary is authorized and directed to enter into an agreement or agreements with the city of Haines, Alaska, whereby in consideration of issuance of a new patent pursuant to section 1, the city of Haines— (1) agrees that title to property acquired pursuant to section 2(2) will vest in the United States if such property ever ceases to be used for school or other public purposes; and (2) agrees to execute, within ninety days after acquiring such property pursuant to section 2(2), a deed to this effect and deliver said deed to the Secretary. Approved October 15, 1976.

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