Chapter 131. Permitting Leo Sheep Company, of Rawlins, Wyoming, to convey certain lands to the United States and to select other lands in lieu thereof, in Carbon County, Wyoming, for the improvement of the Medicine Bow National Forest
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CHAP. 131.— An Act Permitting Leo Sheep Company, of Rawlins, Wyoming, to convey certain lands to the United States and to select other lands in lieu thereof, in Carbon County, Wyoming, for the improvement of the Medicine Bow National Forest.April 13, 1926. [[S. 1462](/us/bill/69/s/1462).] [[Public, No. 114](/us/pl/69/114).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Leo Sheep Company.Exchange of lands of, in Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyo., for other public lands.
That upon delivery to the Secretary of the Interior by Leo Sheep Company, of Rawlins, Wyoming, of its properly executed deed or deeds conveying to the United States of America the lands of Leo Sheep Company in sections 11 and 15, the north half of section 23, and the north half of the south half of section 23, township 18 north, range 82 west of the sixth principal meridian, containing approximately one thousand seven hundred and sixty acres, within the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, the said company shall be authorized and permitted to select not to exceed an equal value of public lands of the United States within townships 13, 14, and 15, In range 90 west *Proviso*.Condition of exchange.of the sixth principal meridian, in Carbon County, Wyoming: *Provided*, That in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture the Nature of lands conveyed.interests of the United States will be benefited by such exchange of lands: *And provided further*, That the lands proposed to be conveyed to the United States are found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for national forest purposes.
Sec. 2. Patent to issue for selected lands.That when the title to the lands herein described shall have revested in the United States pursuant to the foregoing provisions, and selection of lands in lieu thereof has been made as above by Leo Sheep Company, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a Mineral deposits reserved.patent to issue conveying such selected lands to Leo Sheep Company; but in such patent there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits within said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same.
Sec. 3. Conveyed lands made part of the national forest.That lands conveyed to the United States under the provisions of this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become a part of the national forest within the exterior boundaries of which they are situated, and shall be subject to the control of the Secretary of Agriculture. Approved, April 13, 1926.