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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS. III. Ciis. 264, 265. 1931 .

1201 CHAP. 264.-An Act To provide for conveyance of certain lands in the State of Alabama to vocational or other educational uses or to dispose of the lands upon condition that they shall be used for such purposes . Be it enac ted by the Senate and House of Rep res ent ati ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Alabama. of la nd of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, upon payment of for educational pu r- $1 .25 per acre, to transfer and convey to the State of Alabama, sub- p§ses, authorized . ject to valid existing rights, including rights heretofore granted to Henry T. Henderson and associates by Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, the following-described parcels of land : In township 8 south, range 9 east, Huntsville meridian, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 1;lots1,'2,and3,section2; lots1and2,section10;lots1,2,3,4,5, and 6, section 11 ; lot 1, section 12 ; lots 1, 2, and 3, section 14 ; lots 1,2,3,and4,section15;lots1,2,3,and4,section22;lots1,2,3,and 4, section 23 ; lots 1 and 2, section 26 ; east half northeast quarter and lots1,2,3,4,and5,section27;lot1,section28;lots1,2,3,and4, section 33 ; and lots 1 and 2, section 34, containing one thousand six hundred and twenty-five and nineteen one-hundredths acres, more or less, the same to be held and made available permanently by said State, its transferees or lessees, for vocational or other educational purposes : Provided, That should the State of Alabama or its trans- Revea§s n ersion for non- ferees or lessees fail to k eep and h old the s aid land for vocat ional or user. other educational purposes, or devote it to any use inconsistent with such purposes, then at the option of the Secretary of the Interior, after due notice to said State and such proceedings as he shall de- termine, title to said lands shall revert to and be reinvested in the United States : Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United Reservation of min- States all gas, oil, coal, or other mineral deposits found at any time eral rights . in the said lands and the right to prospect for, mine and remove the same : Provided further, That there is expressly reserved to the of user, etc ., for United States , its permit tees o r lice nsees, the ri ght to enter upon, power purposes. take, or use any or all of the said lands for power purposes in accordance with the terms and conditions of section 24 of the Federal Water Power Act (Forty-first Statutes, page 1063) . SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for conveyance of certain lands in the State of Alabama for State park and game pre- serve purp oses, " ap prove d Feb ruar y 17, 1927, is hereby repealed . Approved, February 21, 1931 . February 21, 1931 .

[H. R. 12094.] [Public, No . 706 .] vol. 41, p. 1075. Reversion of certain lands . Vol, 44, p. 1104, re- pea led . CHAP. 265 .-An Act To reserve four hundred and forty acres of public-

[H .R A . February , 1931 . 164 .] domain land for addi tion to the Temecula or Pechanga Reserva tion, California. [Public, No . 707.] Be it enac ted by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That four hundred and forty acres of land, described as the northwest quarter northeast quarter, east half northeast quarter, and south half section 36, town- ship 8 south, range 2 w est, San B erna rdino meri dian, Cal iforn ia, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from the public domain and reserved as an addition to the Temecula or Pechanga Indian Reservation, a trust patent to be issued therefor to the band in accordance with and under authority contained in the Act of Janu- ary 12, 1891 (26 Stat. 712), as amended by the Act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1015-1022) : Provided, That the rights and claims of any bon a fide settl er ini tiated under the pu blic l and la ws pri or to September 27, 1930, the date of withdrawal of the land from all form of entry, shall not be affected by this Act . Approved, February 21, 1931, 57 894§-31-76 Te mecula or Pe- change Indian Reserva- tion, Calif . Land added to. Trust patent to issue . Vol.26,p.712; Vol .34 , p . 1022, amended . Proviso . Rights of bona fide s ettle r not aff ected .