Volume 92 · 30
Public Law 95–232
To provide for the return to the United States of title to certain lands conveyed to certain Indian pueblos of New Mexico and for such land to be held in trust by the United States for such tribes.
Approved February 17, 1978
Statutory text
An Act
To provide for the return to the United States of title to certain lands conveyed to certain Indian pueblos of New Mexico and for such land to be held in trust by the United States for such tribes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the duly authorized officials of each of the Indian pueblos of New Mexico are hereby authorized to convey to the United States all the right, title, and interest of such pueblos in the land located in Albuquerque, County of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico, which was conveyed to such pueblos on behalf of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior by the quitclaim deed executed on June 17, 1969, by the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and by the correction quitclaim deed executed July 30, 1971), by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and which is described as follows:
tract “c”
A tract of hind lying and being situated in section “, township 10 north, range 3 east of the New Mexico principal meridian, within the city of Albuquerque, County of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico, said tract, being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the west right-of-way line for 12th Street and the north right-of-way line for Indian School Road, said point also being corner No, 2 of tract herein described and from whence the New Mexico Highway Department Triangulation Station 1–40–15 having established coordinates of Y–1494103.76, X–3782O4.72 of the New Mexico coordinate system, central zone, bears S. 16 degrees 02 minutes 03 seconds E., 989.43 feet.
Thence north 59 degrees 58 minutes 22 seconds west, 281.29 feet along the north right-of-way of Indian School Road to the point of curvature and corner No. 3 of said tract.
Thence in a northwesterly direction 212.69 feet along the range/west curve concave to the northeast having a radius of 1,393.27 feet to corner No. 4.
Thence north 8 degrees 49 minutes 05 seconds east, 865.60 feet to corner No. 5, a point, on the south right-of-way of Menaul Boulevard extension.
Thence in a northeasterly direction 493.42 feet along the range/west curve concave of the south having a radius of 716.20 feet to corner No. 1, a point on the west range/west line for 12th Street.
Thence south 8 degrees 16 minutes west, 1,255.45 feet along said range/west to corner No. 2, the point and place of beginning, said tract containing 11,2857 acres, more or less.
| Corner Coordinates of Tract “C” | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corner: | Y―Coordinate | X―Coordinate | ||
| 1 | 1496295.97 | 378116.98 | ||
| 2 | 1495054.70 | 377931.43 | ||
| 3 | 1495196.41 | 377688.55 | ||
| 4 | 1495316.87 | 377513.58 | ||
| 5 | 1496171.41 | 377649.72 | ||
Upon approval by the Secretary
Secretary of the Interior, acceptance of conveyances.
of the Interior, the Secretary shall accept such conveyances on behalf of the United States. Such land shall be held in trust jointly for such Indian pueblos and shall enjoy the tax-exempt status of other trust lands, including exemption from State taxation and regulation. However, such property shall not be “Indian country” as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code. The Secretary shall cause a description of such trust land to be
Publication in Federal Register.
published in the Federal Register.
Nothing in this Act shall terminate or diminish the rights or interests of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Inc., as an assignee or subleasee of the lease of such land to the All Indian Pueblo Council, Inc., approved on August 27, 1974, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Nothing in this Act shall alter the rights or interests, if any, in the adjacent lands previously conveyed to the County of Bernalillo for Four-H Club use by deed dated March 22, 1960.
Approved February 17, 1978.