Volume 86 · 791
Public Law 92–474
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest lands Within the Garson and Sauta Fe National Forests in the State of New Mexico for certain private lands within the Piedra Lamb re Grant, in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Approved October 9, 1972
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest lands Within the Garson and Sauta Fe National Forests in the State of New Mexico for certain private lands within the Piedra Lamb re Grant, in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed certain national forest lands within the Carson and Saute Fe National Forests, in the State of New Mexico, of approximately one thousand and sixty acres, described and designated on a map on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia, in exchange for approximately three hundred and ten acres of private land and the improvements thereon, of substantially equal value, within the Piedra Lumbre Grant, in the State of New Mexico, described and designated on a map on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of Agriculture may accept title to the private lauds described in section 1 of the Act subject to such outstanding rights and reservations as he determines will not interfere with the purposes for which the land is being acquired.
Sec. 3.
The Secretary of Agriculture may reserve such rights and interests in the national forest lands described in section 1 or the Act as he deems appropriate.
Sec. 4.
The lands acquired by the United States as described in
Administrations.
section 1 of this Act are hereby added to the Carson National Forest, and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto and shall have the same status as lands withdrawn from the public domain for national forest purposes.
Approved October 9, 1972.