Chapter 23. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 23.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, and for other purposes.February 1, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fort Cummings reservation, N. Mex.Reservation of spring from sale. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to withdraw from sale so much of the land of the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, in the Territory of New Mexico, as may be necessary to secure perpetually for public use the spring upon said reservation; the land to be reserved, as aforesaid, to embrace not only that upon which the spring is situated, but such other portions for right of way as may be necessary to secure to the public the right to have all the advantages of the spring aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,License to Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company to pipe water. authorized to grant to the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company a license to so much of the water of said spring as may be necessary for the operation of the road of said company, and to grant to said company a right of way for a pipe from said spring to the road of said company by the most direct line; to be located under the *Proviso*.Right of way for pipe.direction of the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That said right of way shall not exceed forty feet in width, and when the same is located the land covered by the right of way shall be withdrawn from entry, and after due appraisal shall be paid for by said company and be dedicated to the right of way aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That the license aforesaid shall continue as long as the existenceContinuance of license. thereof may be deemed not injurious to the public interest by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall at all times have the right to regulate the quantity of water to be used by said company, so as not to deprive the public of the benefits of the dedication to public use hereinabove made. Upon the cessation of the license the right of way for Revocation, etc.the pipe line aforesaid shall revert to the United States, upon refunding by the United States the sum of the appraised price thereof which may have been paid to the United States by said company under the Amendment, etc.previous provisions of this Act, and Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.
Approved, February 1, 1894.