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Public Law 95–278

To provide for conveyance of certain lands adjacent to the Gund Ranch, Grass Valley, Nevada, to the University of Nevada.

Approved May 12, 1978

Statutory text

An Act

To provide for conveyance of certain lands adjacent to the Gund Ranch, Grass Valley, Nevada, to the University of Nevada.

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

That the Secretary

University of Nevada.

Land conveyance.

of the Interior is authorized to convey to the University of Nevada upon its application the following lands located in the State of Nevada, or any portion thereof, under the provisions of the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended (44 Stat. 741, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 869), but notwithstanding the acreage limitations in subsection (b)(ii) or the limitation on disposition in the last sentence of subsection (c) of the first section of that Act:

1. East half southwest quarter, section 7, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

2. Southeast quarter northwest quarter, section 7, township 24 north, range 48 east, 40 acres;

3. South half northeast quarter, section 7, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

4. South half northwest quarter, section 8, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

5. South half southeast quarter, section 8, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

6. West half, section 16, township 24 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

7. West half southeast quarter, section 16, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

8. Southwest quarter northeast quarter, section 16, township 24 north, range 48 east,40 acres;

9. Entire, section 17, township 24 north, range 48 east, 640 acres;

10. Northeast quarter northwest quarter, section 18, township 24 north, range 48 east., 40 acres;

11. North half northeast quarter, section 18, township 24 north, range 48 east. 80 acres;

12. Northwest quarter northwest quarter, section 20, township 24 north, range 48 east, 40 acres;

13. East half northwest quarter, section 20, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

14. East half, section 20, township 24 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

15. West half, section 21, township 24 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

16. West half northeast quarter, section 21, township 24 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

17. Northwest quarter southeast quarter, section 21, township 24 north, range 48 east, 40 acres;

18. West half, section 28, township 24 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

19. East half, section 29, township 24 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

20. South half northwest quarter, section 4, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

21. Southwest quarter, section 4, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

22. West half southwest quarter, section 5, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

23. Southwest quarter northwest quarter, section 5, township 23 north, range 48 east, 40 acres;

24. East half southeast quarter, section 7, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

25. West half west half, section 8, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

26. East half east half, section 8, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

27. Southwest quarter, section 9, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

28. South half northwest quarter, section 9, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

29. Northwest quarter northwest quarter, section 9, township 23 north, range 48 east, 40 acres;

30. West half, section 16, township 23 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

31. East half east half, section 17, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

32. West half west half, section 17, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

33. East half, section 18, township 23 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

34. Lots 3 and 4, east half, southwest quarter, section 19, township 23 north, range 48 east, 110.79 acres;

35. West half southeast quarter, section 19, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

36. Northeast quarter, section 19, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

37. West half northwest quarter, section 20, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

38. East half southwest quarter, section 20, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

39. Southeast quarter, section 20, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

40. East half northeast quarter, section 20, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

41. West half west half, section 21, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

42. Northeast quarter, section 29, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres;

43. West half southeast quarter, section 29, township 23 north, range 48 east, 80 acres;

44. West half, section 29, township 23 north, range 48 east, 320 acres;

45. Entire, section 30, township 23 north, range 48 east, 542.28 acres;

46. Entire, section 31, township 23 north, range 48 east, 543.44 acres;

47. Northwest quarter, section 32, township 23 north, range 48 east, 160 acres.

Sec. 2.

No conveyance shall be made under this Act unless application

Conditions.

therefor by the University of Nevada is received by the Secretary of the Interior within one year of the effective date of tills Act.

Sec. 3.

The land conveyed by this Act shall be used for the establishment and operation of a rangeland research station and for the conduct of associated experimental range management and improvement programs. The patent or other document of conveyance issued pursuant to this Act shall incorporate the limitation set forth in this section and shall provide that title to the land shall revert to the United States if the land is used for any other purpose.

Approved May 12, 1978.

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