Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/960

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940 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 123. 1917. February 26. 1917- CHAP. 123.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and convey lS· 7%] to the Great Northern Railwiig Company certain lands in the State of Montana for [Public, Ne. 356.] division terminal yards and 0 er railway purposes, and for other piuposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §§}§*,*$,’§}‘,§§; N,,,,,,_ States of Amerka in Congress assembled, That_the Secretary of the syl Rigger ggmgyg Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be ° °°r ’m m a praised all those arts of section thirty-two and thirty-three, townsliiip thirty-one nortlli, ra e thirty-two east, and of section five, township thirty north, rangellziirty-two east, Montana meridian, State of Mcipetana, descritlipd as follcgwsz f h ht f f laws M 1·¤ av- ` at e oint o intersection o the present rig o way o p°°°°°d° the Great gorthernxllailway with the east line of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-three, which point is seventy-five feet northerly at right angles from the center line of said Great Northern Railway as the same is now constructed across said section thirty-three; thence westerliy; to a point on the west line of said uarter uarter section three hun ed feet northerly at right anglw gpm said center line; thence southwesterly parallel with said center line to an intersection with the east and west quarter quarter section line in the southwest quarter of said section thirty-three; thence westerly along said quarter quarter section line to the west line of said section thirty-three; thence westerly along the east and west quarter quarter section line in the south half of said section thirty-two to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section thirty-two; thence southerly along the west line of said uarter quarter section to the north line of section five, township iliirty north, range thirty-two east; thence westerly along said -nort line to the northwest corner of said section five; thence southerly along said west line to the present northerly right-of—way line of said railway, which right-of-way line is sevent Eve feet northerly at right angles from the center line of said railzva as the same is now constructed· thence northeasterly parallel said center line to the place of beginning. Also at the point of intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of said railway with the east line of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirt - two said point being seventyifive feet distant southerl at right angles from said center line; thence southwesterly parallelrwith said center line to the west line of lot three, section five, township thirty north, range thirty-two east; thence southerly along said west line to a point two hundred feet distant southerly at right angles from said center line; thence northeasterly parallel with said center line to the east line of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-two; thence northerly along said east line to the place of beginning, the said tracts containing in the aggregate one hundred ` and seventy and seven one-hundredths acres, more or less. The said center line of railway is described as beginning one hrmdred and twenty-nine feet south of the east quarter corner of said section thirty-three, rrmning thence southwesterly in a straight line, intersecting the west line of said section thirty-two nine hundred and twentv—one feet north of the southwest corner, a distance of ten thousand four hundred and twenty-two feet; thence on a curve to the left, with a radius of eleven thousand four hundred and fifty-nine and two-tenths feet a distance of five hundred feet; thence southwesterly, tangent to said curve,_five hrmdred and eleven and four-tenths feet _ to the west hne of said section five at a point eight hundred and In F P mmm twentyfdve and five—tenths feet south of the northwest corner. Mm‘?_{°mf*°'° Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, further authorized and directed to cause to be appraised all those parts of sections fourteen and fifteen, township twenty-seven north, range forty-seven east Montana meridian, in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, State of Montana, described as follows: