Chapter 27. Granting certain lands to Converse County, Wyoming, for a public park
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CHAP. 27.— An Act Granting certain lands to Converse County, Wyoming, for a public park. June 24, 1921.[[H. R. 2428](/us/bill/67/hr/2428).][[Public, No. 22](/us/pl/67/22).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the public lands within Public lands.Granted Converse County, Wyo., for public park.the areas hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to Converse County, Wyoming, in trust, for the purposes of a public park, reserving, however, to the United States all oil, coal, Mineral deposits reserved.and other mineral deposits within said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same, to wit:
Lots twelve to nineteen, Description.inclusive, in section six; lots one to sixteen, inclusive, in section seven; lots two, three, four, seven, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, in section eighteen; the northeast quarter northwest quarter of section nineteen, township thirty-two north, range seventy-four west; lots five, six, and seven, the south half northwest quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter, and southwest quarter of section one: lots one to fifteen, inclusive, and the west half northwest quarter of section twelve; lots one to nineteen, inclusive, of section thirteen; lots one to eight, inclusive, lots eleven to fifteen, inclusive, and lots seventeen to twenty, inclusive, of section twenty-four, township 66thirty-two north, range seventy-five west, sixth principal meridian, containing approximately three thousand and eighty-eight and Prior rights not affected.twenty-six one-hundredths acres; but nothing herein contained shall in any wise affect any claim or title heretofore acquired or asserted to any of the lands herein described.
Sec. 2. Report of compliance with terms. That the grant herein is made upon the express condition that within thirty days of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the Interior, the county clerk shall submit to the said Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use made of the land herein granted the county during the preceding period named in such request, showing compliance with the terms and conditions Recovery on failure, etc.stated in this Act; and that in the event of 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 shall institute suit in the proper court for the recovery of said lands.
Approved, June 24, 1921.