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Public Law 87–175

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the State of Wyoming with the town of Afton, Wyoming.

Approved August 30, 1961

Statutory text

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the State of Wyoming with the town of Afton, Wyoming.

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

That

(a)

the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed the following described tract of land situated in Lincoln County, Wyoming: (Commencing at a point which is 6 rods east and 10 rods north from the southwest corner of lot 4, block 20, of the Afton, Wyoming, townsite; thence east 4 rods, thence north 5 rods, thence west 4 rods, thence south 5 rods to the point of beginning, containing 0.125 acre, subject to the reservation of an easement for a right-of-way for a road, 1 rod in width, across the north side of said tract.

(b)

In exchange for the land to be conveyed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States the conveyance in fee simple, subject to such outstanding rights and reservations as he determines will not interfere with the purposes for which the land is being acquired, of other land in the State of Wyoming: Provided, That the value of the land to be conveyed to the United States shall be not less than the value of the land granted in exchange as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Approved August 30, 1961.

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