WABASH VALLEY COMPACT

EXPLANATORY NOTES

1514

AMENDED CONTRACT WITH CONEJOS WATER CONSERVANCY

DISTRICT

An act to approve a contract with the Conejos Water Conservancy District, Colorado, to ratify its execution, and for other purposes. (Act of April 4, 1960, Public Law 86-404 74 Stat. 14)

[Execution of amendatory contract authorized-Reduction of operation and maintenance reserve fund authorized.]-The contract between the United States and the Conejos Water Conservancy District, Colorado, dated June 3, 1958, which provides, among other things, for a variable repayment plan based upon the availability of water for use on project lands within the district, is approved and its execution on behalf of the United States by the representative of the Secretary of the Interior is hereby ratified. The Secretary may reduce the amount required in said contract to be maintained in the operation and maintenance reserve fund to not less than $20,000, in which event the amount of any necessary annual deposits to such fund shall not exceed $2,000. (74 Stat. 14)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Legislative History. H.R. 6516, Public Law 86-404 in the 86th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular

Affairs Feb. 8, 1960; H.R. Rept. No. 1253.
Passed House Feb. 15, 1960. Reported in
Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs
Feb. 24, 1960; S. Rept. No. 1133. Passed
Senate Mar. 28, 1960.

1515

CONVEYANCE TO METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT

An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City, Utah, all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain lands located in Salt Lake County, Utah. (Act of April 4, 1960, Public Law 86-407, 74 Stat. 15)

[Conveyance of land authorized-Legal description of the land.]—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City, Utah, without consideration, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described land located in Salt Lake County, Utah:

That certain parcel of land located in the southwest quarter of section 25, and in the southeast quarter of section 26, township 1 south, range 1 east, Salt Lake base and meridian, Salt Lake County, State of Utah, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point from which the east quarter corner of said section 26 lies north 1,468.5 feet and east 61.6 feet, more or less, said point being on the north right-of-way boundary line of 33d South Street, and running thence south 89 degrees 58 minutes 45 seconds east 231.75 feet; thence north 25 degrees 20 minutes east 155 feet; thence north 3 degrees 17 minutes 10 seconds east 910.2 feet; thence along a regular curve to the left with a radius of 1,450 feet and a distance of 184.5 feet; thence west 283.4 feet; thence south 3 degrees 03 minutes west 987 feet; thence south 86 degrees 57 minutes east 50 feet; thence south 3 degrees 03 minutes west 40 feet; thence north 86 degrees 57 minutes west 50 feet; thence south 3 degrees 03 minutes west 208 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, containing 7.7 acres, more or less. (74 Stat. 15)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Background. The 7.7-acre tract originally was acquired by the Metropolitan Water District and conveyed to the United States by a donation warranty deed, dated September 14, 1949, for the Aqueduct division of the Provo River Federal reclamation project. Due to a change in project plans, the land was not so used and is not required for other needs of the Bureau of Reclamation. Department

1. Excess property

report of July 22, 1959, on H.R. 5270: reprinted in H.R. Rept. No. 822, 86th Cong., 1st Sess. 2; similar report in S. Rept. No. 1134, 86th Cong., 2nd Sess. 2.

Legislative History. H.R. 5270, Public Law 86-407 in the 86th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Aug. 10, 1959; H.R. Rept. No. 822. Passed House Aug. 31, 1959. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Feb. 24, 1960; S. Rept. No. 1134. Passed Senate Mar. 28, 1960.

NOTE OF OPINION

Inasmuch as the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, is "in addition and paramount to any authority conferred by any other law,"

its provisions giving other Federal departments and agencies a prior right to request a transfer of property no longer needed by the Bureau of Reclamation would apply to property originally donated by the Metro

CONVEYANCE TO METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT

1517

CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS TO NEVADA

An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada acting for the State of Nevada. (Act of April 22, 1960, Public Law 86-433, 74 Stat. 74)

[Sec. 1. Definitions.]-As used in this Act

(a) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior.

(b) The term "Commission" shall mean the Colorado River Commission of the State of Nevada.

(c) The term "State" shall mean the State of Nevada.

(d) The term "transfer area" shall mean all of the lands and interests in land owned by the United States and described in section 2 of this Act, except (1) lands in which the Fort Mohave Indian Tribe holds an interest, (2) lands excluded at the request of the Commission because of conflict with a mining claim or claims, and (3) lands or interests in land reserved to the United States pursuant to section 7 of this Act. (74 Stat. 74)

Sec. 2. [Legal description of public lands segregated from entry.]-The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to segregate from all forms of entry under the public land laws of the United States, during a period of ten years from and after the effective date of this Act, the following described lands, situated in the State of Nevada and comprising approximately 15,000 acres: (1) All of sections 1, 12, and 13 and fractional sections 24 and 25, township 33 south, range 65 east.

(2) All of sections 6, 7, and 8, fractional sections 4, 5, 9, 10, and 15, east half, east half northwest quarter, and southwest quarter section 16, west half northeast quarter, west half, and southeast quarter fractional section 17, all of section 18, fractional sections 19, 20, 21, and 30, township 33 south, range 66 east.

(3) East half section 20, all of sections 21, 22, and 23, fractional sections 24 and 26, all of sections 27 and 28, east half section 29, southeast quarter section 31, fractional sections 32, 34, and 35, township 32 south, range 66 east.

(4) Notwithstanding the specific land descriptions in items 1 through 3, the eastern boundary of the transfer area is the centerline of the Colorado River as it exists on the date of approval of this Act, and all range references contained in the foregoing refer to the Mount Diablo base and meridian. (74 Stat. 74; Act of April 26, 1963, 77 Stat. 14)

Sec. 3. [Option to have lands patented to the State.]-The Commission, acting on behalf of the State, is hereby given the option, after compliance with all of the provisions of this Act and any regulations promulgated hereunder, of having patented to the State by the Secretary all of the lands within the transfer area. Such option may be exercised at any time during the ten-year period of segregation established in section 2, but the filing of any application for the conveyance of title to the lands within the transfer area, if received by the Secretary from the Commission prior to the expiration of such period, shall have the effect of extending the period of segregation of such lands from all forms