PUBLIC LAW 96-602—DEC. 28, 1980
94 STAT. 3501
or damage as may occur through the operation and maintenance of the dam and reservoir in any manner. (b)(1) The Secretary of the Army is prohibited from determining the forty-five-acre cabin site in the south recreation area at Conchas Lake, New Mexico, to be excess of project needs prior to 1996, unless such a determination is agreed to by the Governor of the State of New Mexico or his designee. (2) The Secretary of the Army shall not require the removal or sale and purchase of existing cabins, cottages, or other privately owned improvements located on the site referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection prior to 1996, unless agreed to by the Governor of the State of New Mexico or his designee. Existing and prospective lease arrangements shall reflect the requirements of this section. SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay out of any funds in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the estate of Demetrio Madrid or into a court of competent jurisdiction, for distribution to such persons as shall be lawfully entitled thereto, the sum of $21,054. (b) Upon payment being made as provided in subsection (a), the United States and all officers and employees thereof shall be forever released and discharged of and from any and all claims at law or in equity, if any, arising out of or in any way connected with the erroneous inclusion of certain lands in homestead entry and patent numbered 323419, issued on April 3, 1913, to Demetrio Madrid, a resident of New Mexico. (c) No ainount in excess of 10 per centum of any payment referred to in this section shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney in consideration for services rendered in connection with such payment. Any violation of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor and any person convicted thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000. SEC. 7. Any mining claim located under the Mining Laws of the United States subsequent to June 18, 1879, and prior to January 17, 1969, in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 9, township 1 north, range 5 east of the Gila and Salt River base and
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