Chapter 27. To provide for the disposition of certain public lands withdrawn and improved under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 847), as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 497), and which are no longer
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CHAP. 27.— An Act To provide for the disposition of certain public lands withdrawn and improved under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 847), as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 497), and which are no longer needed. January 26, 1921. [[S. 2379](/us/bill/66/s/2379).] [[Public, No. 297](/us/pl/66/297).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Public lands.Withdrawn lands no longer needed for Reclamation Service purposes, to be sold, etc.Vol. 36, p. 847.Vol. 37, p. 497.
That whenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior any lands which have been withdrawn under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 847), as amended by the Act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 497), for the purpose of exploratory drilling to discover water supplies for irrigation or other purposes, and which have had wells or other permanent improvements placed thereon by and at the expense of the United States, are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were withdrawn and improved, the Secretary of the Interior may appraise the lands, together with the improvements thereon, and thereafter sell the same to a citizen of the United StatesSales at auction. for not less than the appraised value at public auction to the highest bidder, after giving public notice of the time and place of sale by posting upon the land and publication for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the land.
Sec. 2. That upon payment of the purchase price the SecretaryPatent to issue. of the Interior is authorized by appropriate patent to convey all the right, title, and interest in and to said lands to the purchaser at said sale, subject, however, to such reservations, limitations, or conditions 1090 as said Secretary may deem proper: *Provided, *That not over one*Provisos.*Area limited. hundred and sixty acres shall be sold to any one person: *Provided further, *That any patent issued hereunder shall contain a reservationMineral, etc., deposits reserved. to the United States of all oil, gas, coal, and other mineral.
Sec. 3. That the moneys derived from the sale of such lands andDisposal of receipts. improvements be disposed of as are other receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands. Approved, January 26, 1921.