Public Law 69–412

That there is hereby granted and conveyed to the county of Kern, State of California, for public park purposes and for the use and benefit of said county, the following-described lands in county of Kern, State of California, or so much thereof as said county may desire, to wit:

Description.

Those certain drilling sites in naval petroleum reserve numbered 2, comprising approximately two acres each, known and designated as drilling sites numbered 9,10,17, and 18, in the town site of Ford, according to the map of the town site of Ford, which comprise the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 12, township 32 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo meridian, approved on July 31, 1923, by the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

Payment required.

That such conveyance shall be made of said land to said county of Kern, State of California, by the Secretary of the Interior, upon the payment by said county for said land, or such portion thereof as it may select, at the rate of $1.25 per acre, and patent issued to said county for the said land selected, to have and to hold for public park

Valid grants not included.

purposes; and the grant hereby made shall not include any lands which at the date of issuance of patent shall be covered by valid existing bona fide right or claim initiated under the laws of the United

Provisos.

Mineral deposits reserved.

States: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States, its grantees or lessees, all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found in the land so granted and all necessary use of the

Use restricted.

said land for prospecting for and extracting the same: Provided further, That said county shall not have the right to sell or convey the land herein granted, or any part, thereof, or to devote the same to

Reversion for nonuser.

any other purpose than as hereinbefore described: and that if said land shall not be used for public park purposes, the same, or such parts thereof not so used, shall revert to the United States:

Patent to include reservations.

Provided further, That the reservations to the Government provided for herein shall be stipulated in the patent.