Public Law 70–368

That upon conveyance to and acceptance by the State of California of either the North Calaveras Big Tree Grove, described as the west half of the southwest quarter of section 14; the east half of the southeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15; the north half of the northeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter; the east half of the northwest quarter of section 22, township 5 north, range 15 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; or, the South Calaveras Big Tree Grove, described as the south half of the northwest quarter; the north half of the southwest quarter; the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 28; the southeast quarter; the south half of the southwest quarter of section 29; the north half of the northeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter; the northwest quarter; the north half of the southwest quarter of section 32; the east half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter; the north half of the southeast quarter; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; the southwest quarter of section 31, township 5 north, range 16 east, Mount Diablo base and

Public lands.

Patent to be issued to the State, on dedication of park.

meridian; or, both of the aforesaid groves, and the dedication as a State park of the lands so conveyed and accepted by the State of California, within six years from the passage of this Act, then the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon request of the Governor of California, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture

Description.

issue a patent to the State of California for the following-described lands: The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22; the north half of the southeast quarter of section 24; the north half; the southwest quarter; the west half of the southeast quarter of section 25; the east half of the west half, the southeast quarter, the south half of the northeast quarter of section 26; the north half of the northeast quarter of section 35, township 5 north, range 15 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 5 north, range 16 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian.

Sec. 2.

That the conveyance hereby authorized shall be subject to the right of the United States to occupy or to authorize the occupancy of so much of the conveyed lands as may be required for rights of way for roads, trails, railroads, transmission lines, conduits or other works constructed and maintained by or under the authority of

Provisos.

Sale, etc., of acquired land, forbidden.

the United States: Provided, That the said State of California shall not have the right to sell or convey the land acquired under the provisions of this Act, or any part thereof, or to devote said land to other than State park purposes, and if the said land is sold or conveyed or is used for other than State park purposes, contrary to the

Reversion.

provisions of this Act, the part so conveyed or used shall revert to the United States; the conditions and reservation herein provided for to be expressed in the patent: Provided further, That there shall

Reservation of mineral deposits.

be reserved to the United States all oil, gas, coal, or other mineral deposits found at any time in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.