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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 200, 201-JUNE 13, 1939 poses all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that portion of the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Reservation, Lincoln County, Maine, which is not required to be retained for lighthouse purposes subject to the payment of a purchase price to be determined by the Treasury Department: Provided,That the total purchase price shall not be less than 50 per centum of the appraised value of the land and buildings thereon, except the light tower, and the Secre- tary of the Treasury may enter into a long-term contract for the payment of the purchase price in such installments as he deems fair and reasonable and may furthermore waive any requirement for interest charges on deferred payments: Provided further, That the proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscel- laneous receipts. The Secretary of the Treasury shall describe by metes and bounds in the deed of conveyance the exact portion of such reservation transferred. SEC. 2 . Such conveyance shall contain the express condition that if the town of Bristol shall at any time cease to use the property as a park for public recreation, or shall alienate or attempt to alienate such property, or shall fail to perform any contract entered into with the United States for the purchase of the property, title thereto shall revert to the United States for the use of the Lighthouse Service, Commerce Department, or other agencies of the United States, or for disposal under the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 885; U. S . C., title 40, sec. 304a), or under the Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 800; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 345). Approved, June 13, 1939. [CHAPTER 201] AN ACT To amend the United States mining laws applicable to the area known as the watershed of the headwaters of the Bonito River in the Lincoln National Forest within the State of New Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter mining locations made under the United States mining laws upon lands within the watershed of the headwaters of the Bonito River in the Lincoln National Forest within the State of New Mexico, specifi- cally described as those certain pieces or parcels of land situate, lying, and being in the county of Lincoln, State of New Mexico, described as follows: The east half east half section 12, east half east half section 13, east half northeast quarter section 24, township 10 south, range 10 east, New Mexico principal meridian; southeast quarter section 25, southwest quarter section 26, south half section 27, southeast quarter and south half southwest quarter section 28, southeast quarter section 31, and all of sections 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 9 south, range 11 east, New Mexico principal meridian; all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,23,27,28, and 29, north half section 19, north half and southwest quarter section 24, northwest quarter section 26, north half northeast quarter section 32, and north half north half section 33, township 10 south, range 11 east, New Mexico principal meridian; southwest quarter section 25, south half of fractional section 26, all of fractional section 35, and all of section 36, township 9 south, range 12 east, New Mexico prin- cipal meridian; all of section 1, all of fractional section 2, all of frac- tional section 11, all of section 12, all of section 13, all of fractional section 14, north half of fractional section 23, and north half section 24, township 10 south, range 12 east, New Mexico principal meridian; Provisos. Purchase price. Use of proceeds of sale. Deed to describe portion transferred. Reversionary provi- sion. 49 Stat. 885, 800. 40 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 304s, 345b. June 13, 1939 I[S. 1879] [Public, No. 125] Lincoln National Forest, N. lex. Mining locations upon certain lanls within, limitation on use of surface. Description.