PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 302 , 303 -JULY 14, 1945 Mineral reservation. Use by city for wa- ter supply. and sixty-one and twenty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less; the south half of the north half, the northeast quarter of the north- east quarter, the south half of the southeast quarter, and the south- east quarter of the southwest quarter of section 22, township 14 north, range 70 west, aggregating three hundred and twenty acres, more or less; the west half of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the north half of the south half of section 26, township 14 north, range 70 west, aggregating two hundred and eighty acres, more or less; the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 30, township 15 north, range 70 west, containing forty acres, more or less; and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 30, township 15 north, range 70 west, containing forty acres, more or less, sixth principal meridian, Wyoming, upon condition that the city shall make payment for the said lands at their appraised price as fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, but at not less than $1.25 per acre, within six months after the approval of this Act: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, gas, coal, or other mineral deposits in the lands, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under regula- tions to be issued by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 2. The lands granted pursuant to this Act shall be used by the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the purposes of its water supply system and the protection of its reservoirs, and for no other purpose, and if said lands or any part thereof shall be abandoned for such use, said lands or such parts shall revert to the United States. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to declare a forfeiture of the grant if at any time he shall determine that the city has for more than one year abandoned the lands for the use herein indicated, and such order of the Secretary shall be final and conclusive, and thereupon and thereby the lands shall be restored to the public domain free from the operation of this Act. Approved July 14, 1945. [CHAPTER 303] July 14, 1945 III. R. 3291] [Public Law 151] District of Colum- bla. Salary adjustments for policemen and firemen. Ante, p. 318 . 46 Stat. 839. D.C . Code f 4-108, 405, 503-505, 801, 802; Supp. IV, 4-108, 405. Additional compen- sation in lieu of over- time, etc., pay. AN ACT To provide for an adjustment of salaries of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, and the members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, to conform with the increased cost of living in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the annual basic salary of any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police the United States Park Police, the White House Police, or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, whose rate of compensation is governed by the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Depart- ment of the District of Columbia", approved July 1, 1930, as amended, is hereby increased by 20 per centum of that part thereof which is not in excess of $1,200 per annum, plus 10 per centum of that part thereof which is in excess of $1,200 per annum but not in excess of $4,600 per annum, plus 5 per centum of that part thereof which is in excess of $4,600 per annum. SEC. 2. In lieu of overtime pay and night pay differential, officers and members of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of 8 per centum of their annual basic salaries as provided for in section 1 of this Act. [59 STAT. 470
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