Chapter 424. To authorize the exchange of certain public lands and the establishment of an aviation field near Yuma, Arizona
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CHAP. 424.— An Act To authorize the exchange of certain public lands and the establishment of an aviation field near Yuma, Arizona.May 29, 1926.[[H. R. 7911](/us/bill/69/hr/7911).][[Public, No. 314](/us/pl/69/314).] *Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Exchange of lands in Arizona. That in order that the entire southeast quarter of section 9, township 9, south of range 23, west of the Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona, may be reserved for a public aviation field, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue unrestricted patent for any public land in said section 9 in exchange for the east half of the southeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section 9.
Sec. 2. That upon the exchange being completed, the entire southeastLands reserved as aviation field. quarter of said section 9 shall be reserved as a public field for the landing and taking off of aircraft of all descriptions: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Maintenance by Yuma County. That the board of supervisors of Yuma County, Arizona, shall by resolution agree to assume the expense of clearing and maintaining the field, and that the following conditions are agreed to: That operators of Government-owned aircraft shall always haveFree use, etc., for Government aircraft. free and unrestricted use of said field; that rules and regulations governing the operation of aircraft upon said field shall include and coincide with rules and regulations prescribed and promulgated by the War Department; that Government departments and agencies operating aircraft shall have the right to erect and install upon said land such structures and improvements as the heads of such departments and agencies may deem advisable, including facilities for maintaining supplies of fuel, oil. and other materials for operating aircraft; that in case of emergency, or in the event that it shall beAbsolute control by War Deportment in case of emergency, etc. deemed advisable by the Secretary of War, the War Department may assume absolute control of the management and operation of said field.
Approved, May 29, 1926.