Public Law 74–862

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 9 south, range 9 east; township 9 south, range 10 east; township 10 south, range 9 east; township 10 south, range 10 east; township 10 south, range 11 east; township 11 south, range 9 east; township 11 south, range 10 east; and township 11 south, range 11 east, San Bernardino meridian.

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

Upon the submission of satisfactory proof that the land 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

Proviso.

Minerals, etc., reserved.

to issue therefor: Provided, That there shall be reserved to the United States all coal, oil, gas, or other mineral contained 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

Water rights.

Interior may prescribe: Provided further, That any patent so issued shall contain a provision reserving to the United States for the use of the United States and its permittees, including Imperial Irrigation District, the perpetual right to flow or permit water to flow over or pond or permit water to be ponded upon any part of the lands so patented with right to go upon same and to locate, relocate, construct, reconstruct, and maintain any works necessary or convenient to the full use thereof including telephone and electrical

Reversionary provision.

transmission lines, and shall also contain 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

Exchanges to effect consolidation.

used by the State for park purposes: And provided further, 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

Conditions Imposed.

to be preserved hereby. The lands so acquired to be subject to all the conditions and reservations prescribed by this Act, including the reversionary clause hereinbefore set out.