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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 408

Conveyances.

43 USC 615 note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-327—JULY 28, 1978 A tract or parcel of land in the east half northwest quarter of section 18, township 12 north, range 16 west of Indian meridian, Custer County, State of Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows: beginning at point on the north line of said quarter section, 259 feet west of the northeast corner (quarter corner); thence west along north boundary 426 feet; thence south 01 degree 20 minutes west 705 feet; thence east 640.43 feet parallel with north line; thence south 0 degree 43 minutes west 926.97 feet; thence south 87 degrees 11 minutes 40 seconds west 227.5 feet; thence south 0 degree 38 minutes west 843.67 feet; thence south 25 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds east 169.5 feet to south boundary of?aid quarter section; thence east along south boundary 202.85 feet to southeast corner 1 inch diameter iron pin; thence north 0 degree 43 minutes east 2315 feet along east boundary; thence west parallel with north line 259 feet; thence north 0 degree 43 minutes east 325 feet to point of beginning, containing 16.56 acres, more or less. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed upon request of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma to accept the conveyance from such tribes of the fee simple title to the lands, and improvements thereon, conveyed to such Tribes from the United States pursuant to the Act of September 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 1029) and the Act of May 18, 1968 (82 Stat. 124). Such lands, together with the improvements thereon, shall be held in trust by the United States for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. SEC. 3. The conveyances made pursuant to this Act shall be subject to any existing easements, licenses, permits, or commitments heretofore granted or made for a specific period of time, but no such easement, license, permit, or commitment shall be renewed or continued beyond its presently effective termination date without the express consent of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. The conveyances made pursuant to this Act shall be also subject to existing rights-of-way for waterlines, electric transmission lines, other utilities, roads, and railroads. Approved July 28, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1306 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 95-239 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 123 (1977): June 9, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 124 (1978): July 17, considered and passed House.