Chapter 830. To authorize the city of Napa, California, to purchase certain public lands for the protection of its water supply
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CHAP. 830.— An Act To authorize the city of Napa, California, to purchase certain public lands for the protection of its water supply. July 3, 1930.[[H. R. 5292](/us/bill/71/hr/5292).][[Public, No. 503](/us/pl/71/503).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryNapa, Calif.Patent to, of certain lands, for protecting water supply, authorized.Description. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to patent to the city of Napa, California, the west haff southwest quarter section 5, the southeast quarter southeast quarter section 6, the northeast quarter northeast quarter section 7, the east half northwest quarter and the west half northeast quarter section 8, township 6 north, range 3 west, of the Mount Diablo meridian, California, for the protection of the water supply of said city: *Provided*, That the city shall make*Provisos*.Payment. payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre within six months after the approval hereof: *Provided further*, That there shall beMineral rights reserved. reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other mineral deposits found at any time in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: *And provided further*, That theConditions. grant herein is made subject to any valid existing claim or easements, and that the land hereby granted shall be used for the purpose for which it was granted, and if the said land or any part thereof shall be abandoned for such use said land or such part thereofReversion for non user. shall revert to the United States; and the Secretary of the Interior isDeclaration of forfeiture. hereby authorized and empowered to declare such a forfeiture of the grant and to restore said premises to the public domain if at any time he shall determine that the city has for more than one year abandoned the land for the uses herein indicated, and such order of the Secretary shall be final and conclusive.
Approved, July 3, 1930.