Chapter 499. To authorize an exchange of lands between the United States and the State of Nevada
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CHAP. 499.— An Act To authorize an exchange of lands between the United States and the State of Nevada.June 8, 1926.[[S. 3072](/us/bill/69/s/3072).][[Public, No. 355](/us/pl/69/355).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Exchange of, with Nevada. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to not exceeding thirty thousand acres of land owned by the State of Nevada, and in exchange therefor may patent to *Proviso*.Mineral deposits reserved.said State not more than an equal area or surveyed, unreserved, and unappropriated public lands in said State: *Provided*, That all patents issued under this Act shall contain a reservation to the United States of all oil, coal, or other mineral at any time found in said lands, together with the right to reenter upon said lands and to prospect for, mine, and remove said mineral, under such conditions and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
Approved, June 8, 1926.