Chapter 331. Granting certain lands to the town of Yuma, Arizona
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CHAP. 331.— An Act Granting certain lands to the town of Yuma, Arizona.August 22, 1912.[[H. R. 19409](/us/bill/62/hr/19409).][[Public, No. 286](/us/pl/62/286).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Granted to Yuma, Ariz., for public purposes. That the following-described tracts of lands be, and the same are hereby, granted to the town of Yuma, a municipal corporation of Yuma County, Arizona, and its successors for public purposes as herein limited and defined, to wit:
Tract numbered one: That portion of the tract of land lying and being within the exterior boundaries of section thirty-five, township sixteen south, range twenty-two east, San Bernardino meridian, in Arizona, and known as the United States military reservation, or the quartermaster’s depot reservation, and set aside by Executive order of August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, for the use of the United States Reclamation Service, described as follows: CommencingDescription. at the southeast corner of the said United States military reservation, and running thence north along the east boundary line thereof and the west boundary line of block numbered five of said town of Yuma three hundred and seventy-eight and five one-hundredths feet to the northwest of the said block numbered five, thence west five hundred and forty-seven and ninety-seven one-hundredths feet, thence south one hundred and twenty-eight and five one-hundredths feet, thence west five hundred and ninety feet, thence south twenty-seven degrees twenty-eight and one-half minutes west two hundred and eighty-one and seventy-eight one-hundredths feet to the north line of First Street in said town, thence east one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven and ninety-seven one-hundredths feet to the place of beginning, containing eight and fifty-three one-hundredths acres; and there is reserved from said grant an easement and right of way eighty326 feet in width for the extension due north of Second Avenue of said town over, through, and across said described and granted tract of land.
Tract numbered two: Another portion of said United States military reservation more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on the east boundary line of said United States military reservation, and on the west boundary line of block numbered four, of said town of Yuma, according to White’s survey thereof, which is two hundred and eight and seventy-one one-hundredths feet south from the left and south bank of the Colorado River, and running thence west one hundred and fifty feet; thence north to the left and south bank of the Colorado River; thence along the left and south bank of the said river to a point due north of the place of beginning; and thence south to said commencement point, and containing, approximately, one acre; together with a perpetual easement and right of way over, across, through, and under a strip of land forty feet in width on the east side of said United States military reservation, and adjoining the west side of said block numbered four, for a roadway and conduit way to and from said last-described and granted tract of land: *Provided*, That the said town of Yuma shall pay *Proviso*.Survey, etc.all expenses of an official survey and platting of the tracts to be so patented.
Sec. 2. Public use to be perpetual.That no part of said described and granted tracts of land shall be sold or conveyed by said town to any person or corporation whatsoever for private use, but shall be held in perpetuity by said town and its successors for public purposes: *Provided, however*, That *Proviso*.Conveyances permitted.said town and its successors may convey any portion or portions thereof to the State of Arizona, or any of its county, municipal, educational, or military corporations or organizations for actual public use, and such conveyances may be made by the proper officers of said town or its successor upon and by the resolution of its governing body, notwithstanding any law of said State describing the manner in which municipalities shall convey real property.
Approved, August 22, 1912.