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PUBLIC LAW 430-JUNE 28, 1954

preserve and protect, in the public interest, the historic Old Fort Union, situated in the county of Mora, State of New Mexico, and to provide adequate public access thereto, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by donation, or he may procure with donated funds, the site and remaining structures of Old Fort Union, together with such additional land, interests in land, and improvements thereon as the Secretary in his discretion may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Donated lands may be accepted subject to such reservations, terms, and conditions as may be satisfactory to the Secretary, including right of reversion to donor, or its successors and assigns, upon abandonment as a national monument, and reservation of mineral rights subject to condition that surface of donated lands may not be used or disturbed in connection therewith, without the consent of the Secretary. SEC. 2. Upon a determination of the Secretary of the Interior that sufficient land and other property have been acquired by the United States for national-monument purposes, as provided in section 1 of this Act, such property shall be established as the "Fort Union National Monument" and thereafter shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to national monuments. An order of the Secretary, constituting notice of such establishment, shall be published in the Federal Register. Following establishment of the national monument, additional properties may be acquired as provided in section 1 hereof, which properties, upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, shall become a part of the national monument: Provided, That the total area of the national monument established pursuant to this Act shall not exceed one thousand acres, exclusive of such adjoining lands as may be covered by scenic easements. Approved June 28, 1954. Public Law 430

P u b l i c ation in FR.

Additional prop* erties.

CHAPTER 402

AN ACT To authorize the transfer to the rej?ents of the University of California, for agricultural purposes, of certain real property in Napa County, California. 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 and directed to transfer and convey to the regents of the University of California, upon acceptance by said regents, without cost, the real property comprising twenty acres, more or less, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, constituting the United States Grape Field Station located near Oakville in the county of Napa, State of California. Such property shall be transferred upon the express condition that it shall be used by the regents of the University of California for the benefit of agriculture. In the event that the regents of the University of California shall at any time cease to use such property for such purposes, or attempt to alienate all or any part thereof, all right, title, and interest in and to the said property shall revert to the United States. Any conveyance of this property shall contain a reservation to the United States of all gas, oil, coal, and other minerals and all fissionable materials as may be found in such lands and the right to the use of the lands for extracting and removing same. Approved June 28, 1954.

June 28, 1954 [H. R. 3097]

Un i v e r s i t y of California. Land transfer.

Conditions.