Volume 52 · 587

Public Law 75–294

To protect the telescope and scientific observations to be carried on at the observatory site on Palomar Mountain, by withdrawal of certain public land included within the Cleveland National Forest, California, from location and entry under the mining laws.

Approved May 31, 1938

Statutory text

AN ACT

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the public

Cleveland National Forest, Calif.

Withdrawal of lands from location or entry under mining laws.

lands of the United States within the Cleveland National Forest, State of California, and herein described, are hereby withdrawn from location or entry under the mining laws of the United States:

All Government lands in sections 13, 14, 15, 20 to 36, inclusive,

Description.

township 9 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino meridian;

All Government lands in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, township 10 south, range 1 east, San Bernardino meridian;

All Government lands in sections 19, 30, 31, township 9 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian; and

All Government lands in section 6, township 10 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian:

Provided, That this Act shall not defeat or affect any lawful right

Proviso.

Protection of existing rights.

which has already attached under the mining laws and which is hereafter maintained in accordance with such laws: Provided further, That the President, upon recommendation of the Secretary of the

Restoration to location and entry.

Interior, may, by Executive order, when in his judgment the public interest would best be served thereby, and after reasonable notice has been given, restore to location and entry under the mining laws any of the lands hereby withdrawn therefrom.

Approved, May 31, 1938.