Chapter 39. For the protection of the water supply of the city of Baker a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon
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CHAP. 39.— An Act For the protection of the water supply of the city of Baker a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon. March 14, 1914.[[S. 3206](/us/bill/63/s/3206).][[Public, No. 71](/us/pl/63/71).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Whitman National Forest.Lands in, reserved for Baker, Oreg., water supply. That the public lands within the Whitman National Forest situated in the county of Baker, State of Oregon, hereinafter described, are hereby reserved from all forms of location or entry and set aside as a municipal water-supply reserve for the benefit of the city of Baker, a municipal corporation of theLocation.
State of Oregon, to wit: South half of northeast quarter and north half of southeast quarter section four, township nine south, range*Proviso*.Reversion for nonuser. thirty-eight east of the Willamette meridian: *Provided*, That if the said city of Baker shall at any time cease to use said land for said purpose, then, and in that event, the rights hereby granted to said city shall cease and the unrestricted title to said land shall revert to and vest in the United States. Sec. 2.
Construction of reservoirs, pipe lines, etc. That to accomplish the purpose of this Act as defined in section one hereof, said city of Baker shall have the right, subject to approval by the Secretary of Agriculture, to the use of any and all parts of the land above described for the storage and conveying of water and the construction and maintenance thereon of reservoirs, pipes, pipe lines, mains, conduits, and other like or any improvements or means for the storage, diversion, or transmission of water.
Sec. 3. Vested rights not affected. That this Act shall be subject to the vested rights of any municipality, person, or persons in or to the above-described premises or any part thereof or the water thereof. Sec. 4. Amendment. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 14, 1914.