Chapter 97. Granting certain lands to the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city
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CHAP. 97.— An Act Granting certain lands to the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, to protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city. March 1, 1921. [[H. R. 9702](/us/bill/66/hr/9702).] [[Public, No. 346](/us/pl/66/346).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Public lands.Granted to Sandpoint, Idaho, for protection of water supply. That the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, is hereby authorized to purchase, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue, in his discretion, patent to the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, for certain public lands in the Sand Creek and Sweitzer Creek Basins for the protection of the watersheds furnishing the water supply for the said city, the lands being described as follows:
Lots six and seven, the southDescription. half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section four; lots one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and the south half of the north half of section five; lots one, two, three, and eight in section six, all in township fifty-seven north, range two west, Boise meridian; also lots three, four, five, seven, and eight in section two, township fifty-seven north, range three west, Boise meridian; also the east half of section thirty-four, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight; the west half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight; the east half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and lot one in section thirty; the south half of the southwest quarter, the north half of the northwest quarter of section twenty; the east half of the southeast quarter of section eighteen, all in township fifty-eight north, range two west, Boise meridian.
Sec. 2. That the said conveyance shall be made upon the paymentPrice for lands. by said city for lands purchased at the rate of not less than $1.25 per acre: *Provided*, That the conveyance hereby*Provisos*.Legal rights not affected. authorized shall not include any lands which at the date of the issuance of patent shall be covered by a valid existing bona fide right or claim initiated under the laws of the United States: *Provided further*, That there shall be reserved to the UnitedMineral deposits reserved.
States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found on the lands so granted and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same: *And provided further*, That said city shall not have the right to sell or convey the landOther use forbidden. herein granted, or any part thereof, or to devote the same to any other purpose than as hereinbefore described; and if the said land shall not be used for such municipal purpose,Forfeiture for nonuser. the same, or such parts thereof not so used shall revert to the United States; the conditions and reservations herein provided for shall be expressed in the patent: *And provided further*, That the grant herein is made upon the express condition thatReport of use, etc., to be made. within thirty days of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the Interior, the mayor of said city shall submit to the said Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use made of the 1198land herein granted the city, during the preceding period named in such request showing compliance with the terms and conditions stated in this Act, that in the event ofForfeiture on failure to report. his failure to so report or in the event of a showing in such report to the Secretary of the Interior that the terms of the grant have not been complied with, the grant shall be held to be forfeited, and the Attorney General of the United States be instructed to institute suit in the proper courts for the recovery of said lands.
Approved, March 1, 1921.