Chapter 19. To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Yellowstone, Montana, for hotel and other purposes
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CHAP. 19.— An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Yellowstone, Montana, for hotel and other purposes. February 25, 1919. [[S. 41](/us/bill/65/s/41).] [[Public, No. 255](/us/pl/65/255).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Madison National Forest, Mont. Sale of land in, near Yellowstone, to Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, for hotel, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to sell and convey to Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Utah and authorized to do business in the State of Montana, its successors and assigns, for hotel and other purposes, and at a price to be fixed by appraisement at not less than $25 per acre, and under such terms, conditions, and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, the following described lands, situated in Gallatin County, Montana:
Lot three and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-four, in township thirteen south, of range five east, Montana principal meridian, including the area at present covered by the right of way for the wye tracks of said Oregon Short Line Railroad Company; also all that portion of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section thirty-four lying south of the right of way and station grounds of said company, the entire tract above described consisting of eighty-eight and two one-hundredths acres; the right of way and station grounds of said Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and the right of way for the wye tracks of said company being designated in the filing map of the Yellowstone Park Railroad Company filed with the Secretary of the Interior, the land described being within *Proviso*.
Regulations for operation.the boundaries of the Madison National Forest: *Provided, however*, That any hotel erected on said lands shall be operated by the said Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, or its successors in interest, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe for the conduct and operation of hotels within the Yellowstone National Park. Approved, February 25, 1919.