Volume 75 · 914
Private Law 87–185
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in lands located in Highlands County in the State of Florida to the record owners of the surface thereof.
Approved September 6, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in lands located in Highlands County in the State of Florida to the record owners of the surface thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Highlands County, Florida.
Phosphate Interests.
Conveyance.
of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey, sell, and quitclaim all phosphate interests now owned by the United States in and to the hereinafter described lands to the present record owner or owners of the surface rights thereof:
That part of southeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 20, township 37 south, range 30 east, lying west of State Highway 25, also commencing at a point on the south boundary of section 21, township 37 south, range 30 east 293.74 feet south 89 degrees 49 minutes east from the southwest corner thereof, said point being in the northeasterly right-of-way line of State road numbered 25, run thence north 28 degrees 52 minutes west following the northeasterly right-of-way line pf State road numbered 25 a distance of 846.3 feet to point of beginning;
Thence run south 89 degrees 49 minutes east to the west boundary line of section 21; run thence north a distance of 100 feet along the west boundary line of section 21; run thence north 89 degrees 21 minutes west a distance of 147.32 feet to the northeasterly boundary line of said State road numbered 25; run thence southeasterly along the northeasterly boundary line of State road numbered 25 to point of beginning, all in Highlands County, Florida.
Sec. 2.
In the event that the Secretary of the Interior determines that the lands described in the first section are not prospectively valuable for phosphate, he shall convey the reserved phosphate interests to the present record owner or owners of the surface rights upon the payment of a sum of $200 plus the cost of a supplemental survey to reimburse the United States for the administrative costs of the conveyance; otherwise, the phosphate interests shall be sold to the record owner or owners of the surface rights upon the payment of a sum equal to $200 plus the cost of a supplemental survey and the fair market value of the phosphate interests as determined by the Secretary after taking into consideration such appraisals as he deems necessary.
Sec. 3.
Proceeds from the sale made hereunder shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
Approved September 6, 1961.