Public Law 85–98

That, subject to section 2 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to sell, at market value as determined by him, and to convey to the village of Central, in the State of New Mexico, for the purpose of residential and business development, the following described lands, formerly part of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, Grant County, New Mexico, comprising approximately fifty-eight and thirty-one one-hundredths acres situated in the north half of the south half of the southeast quarter of section 34, township 17 south, range 13 west, and in the north half of the south half of section 35, township 17 south, range 13 west, New Mexico principal meridian, more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a point located at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of United States Highway 260 and the south boundary of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation, from which the Fort Bayard Military Reservation 1-mile marker bears north 89 degrees 59 minutes east, 30.65 feet distant; Thence along the south right-of-way line of United States Highway 260 as follows: First, along a circular curve to the left, the radius being 1,332.5 feet and the long chord being 1,078.87 feet in length and bearing north 58 degrees 47 minutes west; Thence along a transition curve to the left, the long chord being 287.83 feet in length and bearing north 86 degrees 48 minutes west; Thence north 88 degrees 38 minutes west, 1,067.69 feet: Thence along a circular curve to the left, the radius being 8,494.42 feet and the long chord being 2,364.46 feet in length and bearing south 83 degrees 18 minutes west; Thence south 75 degrees 18 minutes west, 1,309.49 feet to a point of intersection of the south right-of-way line of United States Highway 260 and the south boundary of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation; Thence leaving said right-of-way, along the south boundary of the Fort Bayard Military Reservation as follows: North 89 degrees 17 minutes east, 654.26 feet to the Fort Bayard Military Reservation 2-mile marker; Thence north 89 degrees 59 minutes east, 2,629.20 feet to the Fort Bayard Military Reservation 1%-mile marker; Thence north 89 degrees 59 minutes east, 2,610.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Sec. 2.

The conveyance authorized by this Act (1) shall provide

Restriction.

that the described land shall not lie used in a manner incompatible with the proper and effective operation of the Veterans’ Administration hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and, if any parcel or lot shall ever be used in such manner, the title to such parcel or lot shall revert to the United States, which shall have the immediate right of reentry thereon, provided that such reversion shall terminate in the event the Veterans’ Administration ceases operation of the hospital, (2) shall protect existing valid rights, (3) shall reserve easements for existing facilities such as roads, telephone lines, pipelines, electric power transmission lines, or other facilities or improvements in place, and shall reserve such easements for roads as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary to assure access to lands of the United States or to meet public needs, (4) shall reserve to the United States all mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the land so conveyed, and (5) may contain such additional terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions as may be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs to be necessary to protect the interests of the United States.