Volume 52 · 30
Public Law 75–28
Authorizing the sale of certain lands to the Regents of the Agricultural College of New Mexico.
Approved February 14, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing the sale of certain lands to the Regents of the Agricultural College of New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Agricultural College of New Mexico.
Land conveyance to, authorized.
of the Interior is authorized and directed to convoy by patent deed to the Regents of the Agricultural College of New Mexico, a corporation, upon payment by such corporation of a purchase price at
Purchase price.
Description.
the rate of $1.25 per acre, the following-described lands: Sections 19, 29, and 30, the northeast quarter of section 31, the east half of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 22 south, range 4 east, New Mexico principal meridian. Such lands shall be used for the
Reversionary provision.
establishment of a recreational site and for educational purposes. The patent for such lands shall contain an express condition that if the corporation fails to use such lands for such purposes, or attempts to alienate such lands, title thereto shall revert to the United States. Any patent issued hereunder shall contain a reservation to the
Proviso.
Minerals, etc.
United States of all mineral deposits in the lands patented: Provided, That such minerals so reserved shall be prospected for, mined, and removed only in accordance with regulations which may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, February 14, 1938.