Public Law 83–714

That the Alaska Council of Boy Scouts of America is hereby authorized for a period of one year from and after the effective date of this Act to apply for the purchase of, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the organization for a camp site and other public purposes, the following-described public lands situated in Alaska:

Homesite numbered 337, located on Hot Springs Bay. west shore of Baranof Island, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, approximate latitude fifty-six degrees fifty minutes ten seconds north, longitude one hundred thirty-five degrees twenty-two minutes ten seconds west. Beginning at corner numbered 1, MC at line of mean high tide on shore of Hot Springs Bay, not set on account of liability to destruction by tides; thence south six and no one-hundredths chains to corner numbered 2; thence east five and seventy-five one-hundredths chains to corner numbered 3; thence north six and fifty one-hundredths chains to corner numbered 4, MC at line of mean high tide, not set on account of liability to destruction by tides; thence by meanders along shore of Hot Springs Bay at line of mean high tide south seventy degrees west three and seventy-five one-hundredths chains, north sixty-nine degrees west two and thirty-four one-hundredths chains to the place of beginning. (A witness corner bears south sixty-five one-hundredths chain from corner numbered 4.) (Witness corner consisting of a cedar post four inches square, four feet long, marked WC 1 MC HS bears south seventy-one-hundredths chain from corner numbered 1.) (Tie: Witness corner, meander corner numbered 2 of United States Survey Numbered 1401 bears south seventy-six degrees thirty minutes west two and fifty-nine one-hundredths chains from WC MC 1.) (A trail right-of-way one-half chain in width crosses the tract, the center line of which enters the west boundary of the homesite two and seven one-hundredths chains, south from true point for corner numbered 1 MC, thence north eighty-four degrees east five and no one-hundredths chains, north thirty-four degrees east two and eighty one-hundredths chains, to a point south eighty-five one-hundredths chain, from true point for corner numbered 4 MC), embracing approximately three and twenty-eight one-hundredths acres.

Sec. 2.

Such conveyance shall be subject to the terms and conditions provided for the safe of public lands to a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association under the Act of June 4, 1954 (Public Law 387,

66 Stat. 133.

46 USC 289, 883, notes.

Eighty-third Congress, second session): Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not include any land covered by a valid existing right initiated under the public land laws, or a valid possessory right based upon section 8 of the Act of May 17, 1884 (23 Stat. 24), section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095), or section 27 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 321; 48 U. S. C., sec. 356) :

31 Stat. 330.

Payment.

Provided further, That notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall convey the lands to the Alaska Council of Boy Scouts of America only if the organization pays the price fixed by the Secretary within five years after notification by the Secretary of the price.