Public Law 74–861

That subject to valid rights existing on the date of this Act, the State of California may, within five years, select for State park purposes by legal subdivisions all or any portion of the public land not reserved for public purposes in the following townships:

Description.

Township 13 south, range 4 east, San Bernardino meridian, sections 25, 26, 35, and 36; township 13 south, range 5 east; township 13 south, range 6 east; township 13 south, range 7 east; township 13 south, range 8 east; township 13 south, range 9 east.

Township 14 south, range 4 east, sections 1 and 12; township 14 south, range 5 east, sections 1 to 26, inclusive, 35, and 36; township 14 south, range 6 east; township 14 south, range 7 east; township 14 south, range 8 east; township 14 south, range 9 east.

Township 15 south, range 6 east, sections 1 to 18, inclusive; township 15 south, range 6 east, sections 21 to 27, inclusive; township 15 south, range 6 east, sections 34, 35, and 36; township 15 south, range 7 east; township 15 south, range 8 east; township 15 south, range 9 east; township 15 south, range 10 east, sections 29, 30, 31, and 32.

Township 16 south, range 6 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16; township 16 south, range 7 east; township 16 south, range 8 east; township 16 south, range 9 east, sections 1 to 12, inclusive; township 16 south, range 10 east, sections 5, 6, 7, and 8.

Township 17 south, range 8 east, San Bernardino meridian: Provided,

Proviso.

Basis of transfer.

That the Secretary of the Interior may set aside lands of approximately forty-two thousand acres of the above-described area, and may in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, transfer complete title to all or any part of the same to the State of California on the basis of acre for acre in consideration of the transfer by the State of California to the United States of the complete title to lands owned by said State within the area withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 6361 of October 25, 1933, and the provisions of section 2 of this Act shall not apply thereto.

Sec. 2.

Upon the submission of satisfactory proof that the land

Lands selected of desert growth and scenic, etc., features.

selected contains characteristic desert growth and scenic or other natural features which it is desirable to preserve as a part of the California State park system, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents to issue thereior: Provided, That there shall be

Provisos.

Minerals, etc., reserved.

reserved to the United States all coal, oil, gas, or other mineral container ¹¹So in original. in such lands, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same at such times and under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided further,

Reversionary provision.

That any patent so issued shall contain a provision for reversion of title to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that for a period of more than one year the land has not been used by the State for park purposes: And provided further,

Exchanges for consolidation purposes.

That in order to consolidate park areas or to eliminate private holdings therefrom, lands patented hereunder may be exchanged with the approval of and under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for privately owned lands in the area hereinbefore described of approximately equal value containing the natural features sought to be preserved hereby. The lands so acquired to be subject to all the conditions

Conditions imposed.

and reservations prescribed by this Act, including the reversionary clause hereinbefore set out.