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[82 STAT. 1318]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[82 STAT. 1318]

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Mineral interests.

"Administrative c o s t s. "

PUBLIC LAW 90-625-OCT. 22, 1968

[82 STAT.

thence south 03 degrees 08 minutes 50 seconds west, 514.23 feet distance continuing along said westerly line of road to Fort Bayard to a point; thence south 09 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds west, 112.40 feet distance continuing along said westerly line of road to Fort Bayard to the southeast corner of the parcel herein described, being identified as the intersection of said westerly line of road to Fort Bayard with the northerly right-of-way line of new United States Highway Numbered 260 (Project Numbered F-013-1 (3)); thence north 88 degrees 35 minutes 00 second west, 906.91 feet distance along the northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 260 to the T-rail right-of-way marker on P.T. station 351 + 06.2; thence southwesterly 2,435.21 feet distance continuing along said northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 260 along the arc of a curve bearing to the left and having a long chord bearing south 83 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds west, 2,427.30 feet distance to the T-Rail right-of-way marker on P.(^. Station 327 + 00; thence south 75 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds west, 594.40 feet distance continuing along said northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 260 to the southwest, and beginning corner of the parcel herein described. SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act (1) shall protect existing valid rights, (2) shall reserve easeniients for existing facilities such as roads, telephone lines, pipelines, electric power transmission lines, or other facilities or improvements in place, and shall reserve such easements for roads as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary to assure access to lands of the United States or to meet public needs, and (3) may contain such additional terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions as may be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be necessary to protect the interests of the United States. SEC. 3. Upon application all the undivided mineral interests of the United States in any parcel or tract of land sold pursuant to this Act shall be convened to the Village of Central, State cf New Mexico, or its successors m title by the Secretary of the Interior. I n areas where the Secretary of the Interior determines that there is no active mineral development or leasing, and that the lands have no mineral value, the mineral interests covered by a single application shall be sold for a consideration of $1. In other areas the mineral interests shall be sold at the fair market value thereof as determined by the Secretary of the Interior after taking into consideration such appraisals as He deems necessary or appropriate. SEC. 4. Each application made under the provisions of this Act shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable deposit to be applied to the administrative costs as fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. If the conveyance is made, the applicant shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior the full administrative costs, less the deposit. If a conveyance is not made pursuant to an application filed under this Act, the deposit shall constitute full satisfaction of such administrative costs notwithstanding that the administrative costs exceed the deposit. SEC. 5. The term "administrative costs" as used in this Act includes, in addition to other items, all costs which the Secretary of the Interior determines are included in a determination of (1) the mineral character of the land in question, and (2) the fair market value of the mineral interest. SEC. 6. Amounts paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Approved October 22, 1968.