91 STAT. 1350
PUBLIC LAW 95-169—NOV. 12, 1977
Public Law 95-169 95th Congress An Act Nov. 12, 1977 [H.R. 2527]
Madera Cemetery District, Madera, Calif. Conveyance.
Easements.
Payment.
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in the Sierra National Forest, California, to the Madera Cemetery District.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to section 2 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey to the Madera Cemetery District, Madera, California, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land comprising approximately twenty acres in the Sierra National Forest, Madera County, California, more particularly described as the south one-half of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 19, township 8 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo meridian. SEC. 2. (a) The conveyance authorized by this Act shall reserve easements for existing facilities such as roads, telephone lines, pipelines, electric power transmission lines; and shall reserve such easements for roads as the Secretary of Agriculture finds necessary to assure access to lands of the United States or to meet public needs. (b) The conveyance authorized by this Act shall only be made if, within one year after the date of this Act the Madera Cemetery District makes payment for the tract at a price to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture through appraisal or otherwise, after he takes into consideration the purpose for which the lands are to be used. Approved November 12, 1977.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-192 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 95-518 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): May 2, considered and passed House. Oct. 28, considered and passed Senate.
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