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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 461, 462-AUG. 4 , 1947 MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN, CAIJFORNIA Township 41 north, range 9 east, sections 23,24,25, and 36. Township 39 north, range 10 east, section 1, east half. Township 40 north, range 10 east, sections 1 to 4, inclusive; sections 9 to 15, inclusive; sections 24,25, and 36. Township 41 north, range 10 east, sections 16 to 21, inclusive; sections 26 to 36, inclusive. Township 39 north, range 11 east, sections 1 to 18, inclusive; sections 22 and 23. Township 40 north, range 11 east, section 5, except lot 6; sections 6 to 8, inclusive; section 16, southwest quarter southeast quarter; sec- tions 17 to 20, inclusive; section 21, north half northeast quarter, south- west quarter northeast quarter, northwest quarter, south half; section 27, west half northwest quarter; sections 28 to 33, inclusive; section 34, south half northeast quarter, southwest quarter northwest quarter, south half; section 35, southwest quarter northwest quarter, southwest quarter, south half southeast quarter. Township 41 north, range 11 east, section 32, northwest quarter northeast quarter, south half northeast quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, south half. Township 39 north, range 12 east, section 7, west half southwest quarter; section 16. Approved August 4, 1947. [CHAPTER 462] August 4,1947 AN ACT [H. R . 3874] To authorize the city of Pierre, South Dakota, to transfer Farm Island to the [Public Law 340] State of South Dakota, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Farkm Island, 1 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Transfer. of Congress is hereby granted to the transfer, from the city of Pierre, South Dakota, to the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota, of all or any part of the right, title, and interest of the said city of Pierre in and to Farm Island, an island in the Missouri River in Hughes County, South Dakota, which was granted by the United States to said city of Pierre by section 21 of the Act entitled "An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 896), in accord- ance with Resolution Numbered 376 of the city of Pierre, South Dakota, adopted by the board of city commissioners of said city on July 2, 1946, by which said commissioners did resolve as follows: "Be it resolved by the City of Pierre, South Dakota, That the city of Pierre, South Dakota, hereby transfers, assigns, and gives all of its right, title, and interest in and to Farm Island, Hughes County, South Dakota, an island in the Missouri River, to the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota, on the condition that the said Farm Island shall be used by the Commission of Game, Fish, and Parks for such purposes as are now or may hereinafter be authorized by the laws of the State of South Dakota, exclusive of said Commission's right to sell the property of the said Department of Game, Fish, and Parks: Provided, That this assignment, transfer, and gift shall in no way disturb or alter the rights of the Sunshine Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Girl Scouts of America, to the several tracts on said Farm Island now occupied by said organizations by virtue of license, lease, or [61 STAT.