Volume 75 · 805
Public Law 87–376
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey certain lands in the State of Iowa.
Approved October 4, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey certain lands in the State of Iowa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Iowa Land conveyance.
of Agriculture is authorized to sell and convey to the State of Iowa, by quitclaim deed, at fair market value as determined by him, subject to all outstanding rights, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to those certain tracts of land containing approximately 4,649 acres of land, more or less, located in Van Buren, Lee, Appanoose, and Davis Counties, Iowa, in:
A.
Van Buren County:
1.
Township 68 north, range 8 west, section 25, containing 300 acres of land, more or less.
B.
Lee County:
1.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 4, containing 40 acres of land, more or less.
2.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 6, containing 380 acres of land, more or less.
3.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 7, containing 30 acres of land, more or less.
4.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 16, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
5.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 17, containing 240 acres of land, more or less.
6.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 18, containing 1.48 acres of land, more or less.
7.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 20, containing 150 acres of land, more or less.
8.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 21, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
9.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 26, containing 80 acres of land, more or less.
10.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 33, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
11.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 34, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
12.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 35, containing 200 acres of land, more or less.
13.
Township 67 north, range 7 west, section 36, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
14.
Township 66 north, range 7 west, section 1, containing 533 acres of land, more or less.
15.
Township 66 north, range 6 west, section 6, containing 120 acres of land, more or less.
C.
Appanoose County:
1.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 10, containing 240 acres of land, more or less.
2.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 17, containing 80 acres of land, more or less.
3.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 24, containing 180 acres of land, more or less.
4.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 26, containing 120 acres of land, more or less.
5.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 27, containing 30 acres of land, more or less.
6.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 34, containing 80 acres of land, more or less.
7.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 35, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
8.
Township 70 north, range 16 west, section 36, containing 160 acres of land, more or less.
9.
Township 69 north, range 16 west, section 1, containing 80 acres of land, more or less.
D.
Davis County:
1.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 7, containing 216 acres of land, more or less.
2.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 15, containing 60 acres of land, more or less.
3.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 16, containing 40 acres of land, more or less.
4.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 18, containing 40 acres of land, more or less.
5.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 19, containing 290 acres of land, more or less.
6.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 21, containing 20 acres of land, more or less.
7.
Township 70 north, range 15 west, section 22, containing 20 acres of land, more or less.
Sec. 2.
Sale at fair market value after two years.
If within two years from the date on which the director of the State Conservation Commission of the State of Iowa is advised by the Department of Agriculture of the fair market value of the described lands as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, the State has not entered into firm agreement with the Secretary for the purchase of all such lands as herein authorized, the Secretary is authorized thereafter to sell the described lands to the highest bidder, after adequate public notice, but at not less than the fair market value as determined by him.
Approved October 4, 1961.