Chapter 268. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to subdivide a part of the town site of Plummer, Idaho, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 268.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to subdivide a part of the town site of Plummer, Idaho, and for other purposes. August 4, 1916[[H. R. 14725](/us/bill/64/hr/14725)][[Public, No. 172](/us/pl/64/172)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of thePlummer, Idaho.Townsite subdivided. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be subdivided that part of the town site of Plummer, Coeur d’Alene Reservation, Idaho (which town site was created under the Act ofVol. 34, p. 337.
June twenty-one, nineteen hundred and six; Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and thirty-seven), described as the southeast quarter of section eighteen, township forty-six north, range four west, into streets or roads and into tracts of not exceeding five acres each, and to causeSale of tracts. the tracts to be appraised, except such as are hereinafter reserved for the town of Plummer, and sold at not less than their appraised value.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized andLands granted to town for public uses, directed to cause a patent to be issued to the town of Plummer for five acres of land so subdivided for the purpose of a reservoir site for the Plummer water-works system, described as the east half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section eighteen, township forty-six north, range four west, as well as ten acres of the land so subdivided for the purpose of a public park, described as the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section eighteen, same township and range as above.
Sec. 3. That the purchase price of the tracts authorized to be soldPayments. shall be paid at such times and in such installments and upon such terms as the said Secretary may direct, and he shall cause twentyUse for public buildings. per centum of the net proceeds arising from said sale to be set apart and expended under his direction in the construction of schoolhouses or other public buildings or improvements within said town site. Approved, August 4, 1916.