Chapter 477. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell the unsold and unappropriated portions of lands within the town site of Newell, South Dakota, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 477.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell the unsold and unappropriated portions of lands within the town site of Newell, South Dakota, and for other purposes. September 8, 1916.[[H. R. 12889](/us/bill/64/hr/12889).][[Public, No. 285](/us/pl/64/285).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Newell, S. Dak.Town-site lands in, reserved for irrigation project. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to reserve and set apart such portions of the unsold and unappropriated lands within the town site of Newell, Butte County, South Dakota, as he Sale of remaining lots.deems necessary for administrative purposes in connection with the Belle Fourche irrigation project, and after subdividing the remaining portions of such lands into tracts that in his judgment would render the same most salable, and, appraising the reasonable value of each such tracts, sell the same, for not less than the appraised value, at public auction to the highest bidder, on such terms and under such rules and regulations as he may establish.
Sec. 2. Proceeds.Amount for town water supply. That of the proceeds of such sales, after deducting all expenses incurred in the subdivision, appraisement, and sale of said land, an amount not exceeding $15,000 shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States in a special fund available only for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior to provide or assist in providing the said town of Newell, Butte County, South Dakota, an adequate system of water supply for domestic purposes, under such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Secretary of the Interior, or for such other and further public improvements as the Secretary of the Interior and the municipal authorities of said town Balance to reclamation fund.may agree upon.
The net proceeds of such sale in excess of $15,000, if any there be, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United 853States and credited to the reclamation fund in accordance with existing law for the sale of town sites on reclamation projects. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorizedRegulations, etc. to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. Approved, September 8, 1916.