Public Law 76–420

That the grant

Acceptance of grant of perpetual easement with respect to certain lands in.

of a perpetual easement to the United States Government and the Works Progress Administration pursuant to an instrument dated November 15, 1935, and recorded on December 22, 1936, for the construction and maintenance of a dam and reservoir in Bear Canyon, on the Mimbres River, in Grant County, New Mexico, located in sections 28 and 29, township 16 south, range 11 west, New Mexico principal meridian, be, and the same hereby is, accepted.

Sec. 2.

The Commissioner of Work Projects is hereby authorized

Acquisition of other lands.

and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such other lands and interests in land as he may deem necessary for use in connection with the maintenance of said dam and reservoir and to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 3.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 2

Use of funds authorized.

of this Act, the Commissioner of Work Projects is hereby authorized to use funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated to, or for, the Work Projects Administration.