Private Law 84–163

That the Pacific Northern Timber Company, an Alaska corporation, 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 said Pacific Northern Timber Company, the following described land situated in Alaska: That strip of tidelands in Zimovia Strait approximately six miles south of Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, containing approximately forty-five acres more or less and lying between mean high water and mean low water and abutting upon the land included in United States survey 3000. and lot 10, public service site, lot 11, lot 12, lot 13, and lot 14 of United States survey 2589, and more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at meander corner numbered 1 of lot 14 of United States survey 258!) and extending along a line south 86 degrees 30 minutes west approximately 8 chains to the mean low water line of Zimovia Strait; thence following the mean low water line in a southerly direction to a point where it intersects with a line extending north 72 degrees 10 minutes west from meander corner numbered 1 of United States survey 3000; thence south 72 degrees 10 minutes east along such line approximately 9.1 chains to said meander corner numbered 1 of United States survey 3000; thence northerly along the mean high water mark or the Zimovia Strait boundary of the property shown on the plats of United States survey 3000 and United States survey 2589 to the point of beginning: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall convey only that portion of the above-described property which is abutting upland property owned by the purchaser.

Sec. 2.

That the land shall be sold to the said Pacific Northern Timber Company at a reasonable appraised price to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, plus the cost of survey and preparation of a plat of survey. Conveyance shall be made only if the said Pacific Northern Timber Company makes the total payment due within one year after notification by the Secretary of the Interior of the amount due: Provided, That the coal, oil, and other mineral deposits in the

Mineral rights.

land shall be reserved to the United States, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable laws and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.