74TH C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 733. JUNE 23, 1936.
189 3 situated in Mono County, California, which may be necessary, as found by the Secretary of the Interior, for any or all of the follow- ing purposes bp Rights-of-way ; buildings and structures ; construction and mainte- nance camps ; dumping grounds ; flowage, diverting, or storage dams ; pumping plants ; power plants ; canals, ditches, pipes, and pipe lines ; flumes, tunnels, and conduits for conveying water for domestic, irri- gation, power, and other useful purposes ; poles, towers, and lines for the conveyance and distribution of electrical energy ; poles and lines for te lep hon e an d t ele gra ph pur pose s ; roads, trails , bridges, tram- ways, railroads, and other means of locomotion, transmission, or com- munication ; for obtaining stone, earth, gravel, and other materials of like character ; or any other necessary purposes of said city, toge ther with the righ t to take for its own use, free of c ost, from any public lands, within such limits as the Secretary of the Interior may determ ine, sto ne, ear th, grav el, san d, and o ther ma terials of like characte r neces sary or useful in the c onstruc tion, op eration , and maintenance of aqueducts, reservoirs, dams, pumping plants, electric lants, and transmission, telephone, and telegraph lines, roads, trails, ridges, tramways, railroads, and other means of locomotion, trans- mission, and communication, or any other necessary purposes of the city of Los Angeles . That there is hereby excepted ted and reserved unto the United States bJ7nerals reserved; 3r
t excepexception . from said grant, minerals, other than sand, stone, earth, gravel, and other ma terials of like charac ter : Provided, how ever , That such Regulations. minerals so excepted and reserved shall be prospected for, mined, and removed only in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior . This grant shall be effective upon (1) the filing by said grantee Conditions . at any time after the passage of this Act, with the register of the United States local land office in the district where said lands are si tuated, of a ma p or map s showi ng the b oundari es, loca tions, and extent of said lands and of said rights-of-way for the purposes hereinabove set forth ; (2) the approval of such map or maps by the Secretary of the Interior, with such reservations or modifications as he may deem appropriate ; (3) the payment of $1 .25 per acre Purchase price . for all Government lands conveyed under this Act other than for the right-of-way for the Mono Basin aqueduct : Provided, That said 1 r-4108 . r Righ ts- way; mca - lands for rights-of-way shall be along such location and of such tion, width, etc . width, not to exceed two hundred and fifty feet, as in the judgment of the Sec retary of the I nterior may be require d for th e purpo ses of this Act : And provided further, That said lands for any of said duc t, 111 "o hB-or-wayq ue- purpos es other than rights- of-way for the Mono Ba sin aqueduct may be of such width or extent as may be determined by the Sec- retary of the Interior as necessary for such purposes . SEC. 2 . That where any of the lands to which the city of Los National forest lands . An geles se eks to acquire title u nder sec tion 1 of this Act, ar e in a national forest, the said map or maps shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture so far as national-forest lands are affected ; and upon such approval and the subsequent approval by the Secretary of the Interior, title to said lands shall vest in the grantee upon the date of such subsequent approval . SF-c . 3 . Said grants are to be made subject to rights-of-way, ease- Provisions of grants. ments, and permits heretofore granted or allowed to any person or corporat ion in accordance wit h any Act or Acts of C ongress and subject to the rights of all claimants or persons who shall have Prior rights. filed or made valid claims, locations, or entries on or to said lands, or a ny part thereof prior to the e ffectiv e date o f any c onflicti ng grant hereun der, unless prior to such effective date proper rel inquish-
