Chapter 48. Granting certain public lands to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal purposes
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CHAP. 48.— An Act Granting certain public lands to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal purposes. July 15, 1921. [[H. R. 2421](/us/bill/67/hr/2421).] [[Public, No. 39](/us/pl/67/39).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the south half of thePublic lands. Granted Phoenix. Ariz., for municipal purposes. northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, township one north, range two east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, for municipal purposes, upon condition that the said city shall make payment for such land at the rate ofPayment. $1.25 per acre to the receiver of the United States land office at Phoenix, Arizona, within sixty days after the approval of this Act: *Provided*, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil,*Provisos.* Mineral, etc., deposits reserved. coal, or other mineral deposits found at any time in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same: *Provided further*, That the grant herein is made subject to any valid existing Report of use of grant.easements on said land and upon the express condition that 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 Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use of the land herein granted during the period named in such request, and that in the event of his failureForfeiture on non-compliance with terms. to so report, or if it is shown in such a report or if the Secretary shall otherwise determine that the terms of this grant have not been complied with, the grant shall be held forfeited, and the Attorney General of the United States shall institute suit in the proper court for the recovery of said lands.
Approved, July 15, 1921.