96 STAT. 2018
PUBLIC LAW 97-401—DEC. 31, 1982
Public Law 97-401 97th Congress An Act Dec. 31, 1982 [S. 187] Miles City, Mont. Lands, conveyances.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands near Miles City, Montana, and to remove certain reservations from prior conveyances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall convey by patent to the city of Miles City, Montana (hereafter, referred to as the "city"), all right, title, and interest, except for those interests described in subsection (b) of this section, of the United States in and to the following lands in Custer County, Montana, in range 47 east of the principal meridian, Montana: In township 8 north, lots 9, 17, 21, 28, 31, and 32 in section 32 and in townships 7 and 8 north, tract Q and tract S. (b) Any patent issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall contain a reservation to the United States of all gas, oil, coal, and other minerals that may be found in such lands, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such minerals, and that patents shall also contain any other reservations required by law. (c) Any patent issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall provide that if the land is transferred or conveyed by the city, the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the United States, to be distributed in accordance with section 4 of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to convey to the city the reversionary interests of the United States contained in the patents which conveyed to the city of Miles City, Montana, the lands described in subsection (b) of this section. Such reversionary interests arise when the patentee/grantee violates provisions which (1) require that such lands be used for specified purposes, or (2) prohibit transfer of such lands by the patentee/ grantee. All documents of conveyance issued under this subsection shall provide that if the land is conveyed by the city, the proceeds of sale shall be paid to the United States, to be distributed in accordance with section 4 of this Act. (b) The lands referred to in subsection (a) of this section are the following tracts in range 47 east of the principal meridian, Montana: In townships 7 and 8 north, tracts A and B (conveyed by patent numbered 1,021,511), tracts E and F (conveyed by patent numbered 1,122,295), tract G (conveyed by patent numbered 1,173,770), tract K (conveyed by patent numbered 1,173,768), tract L (conveyed by patent numbered 1,173,769), tract M (conveyed by patent numbered 1,178,764), tract P (conveyed by patent numbered 1,219,817), and tract D (conveyed by the grant made by the Act of July SO, 1890 (26 Stat. 292), lots 16 and 17, section 33 (conveyed by patent numbered 25-81-0094). SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to convey to the holder of the patent the reversionary interests of the United States contained in the patents which conveyed to the county of Custer, Montana, the lands described in subsection (b) of
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