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Rights of grantor.

approximately three acres which is necessary to operate the said mine:

Beginning at an iron stake known as corner numbered 2 of the Orphan Claim, mineral survey numbered 2004 in section 14, township 31 north, range 2 east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian; thence north 41 degrees 03 minutes east 500 feet; thence north 60 degrees 15 minutes west 300 feet; thence south 41 degrees 03 minutes west 500 feet to the south end center of said claim; thence south 60 degrees 15 minutes east 300 feet to place of beginning, including all buildings and improvements as per survey of April 21, 1905.

(d) Any structures erected on the reserved portion of surface rights shall be no more than two stories in height and shall be so designed as to be appropriate to the region.

(e) The grantor shall be permitted to maintain and operate the present aerial tramway for not to exceed two years from the date of the conveyance to the United States; and throughout the allowable period of its mining to maintain and operate the sixty-thousand-gallon water tank; the access road across the claim to the mine area, the portal area of the present adit, and such ventilators from the mine as may be required by mine safety laws.

(f) The grantor shall be permitted to haul ore from its mining operations to such mills as directed by the Atomic Energy Commision or otherwise, over roads of the Grand Canyon National Park upon payment of use charges therefor, as agreed between the parties but reasonably calculated to provide such additional cost of maintenance of said roads, if any, as may be occasioned by such operations.

SEC. 2. (a) In exchange for the foregoing conveyance to the United States of the said Orphan Claim and the release by the owner thereof of any claims to pursue any extralateral rights to the ore body under park land, the grantor shall have the right for a period of twenty-five years to mine and remove on a royalty basis all uranium ore and such other metalliferous ore of commercial value as can be recovered through the shaft existing on the Orphan Claim and additional underground workings beyond the northeast boundary of said claim, along the dip of any ore body apexing within the said claim: Provided, Said mining and removal rights shall be limited to underground mining, which shall be conducted so as not to disturb in any manner the surface of park land or the canyon walls, except for ventilation as required in accordance with mine safety laws: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to create any obligation on the Atomic Energy Commission for the purchase of uranium derived from ores removed from

beyond the vertical boundaries of the Orphan Claim: Provided further, That neither the enactment of this Act nor anything contained in it shall be construed to relieve any party from any liability which would or might otherwise exist for the removal of ore from beyond the boundaries of said Orphan Claim, if any such removal occurred prior to the enactment of this Act.

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(b) The United States shall be paid a royalty for ore Royalty payextracted from under Government lands pursuant to this section, in accordance with the following Uranium Percentage Royalty Schedule:

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per dry ton."

"Mine value per dry ton" is hereby defined as the "Mine value dollar value per dry ton of crude ores at the mine as paid for by the Atomic Energy Commission or other Government agency before allowance for transportation and development; however, if the Government at any time hereafter does not establish and pay for said ores on a fixed or scheduled dollar value per dry ton of crude ores at the mine, or said ores contain salable minerals, some or all, or which are disposed of to a custom treatment plant or smelter for treatment and sale, then mine value per dry ton shall be the gross value per dry ton of said crude ore as paid for by the Atomic Energy Commission or other Government authorized agency mill or other buyer, less any allowances or reimbursements for the following specific items: (1) transportation of ores, and (2) treatment or beneficiation. of ores; which specific items shall in such event be deducted from the gross sales price received from the metal content of said ores by the seller before said percentage royalty is calculated and paid.

Whenever mineral or other products are recovered which are not included in determining mine value per dry ton as defined herein, there shall be paid for such minerals or other products a royalty of 5 per centum of the gross value of such products at the mine site.

Provided, That on all ore having a mine value per dry ton of less than $50, the royalty to be paid hereunder

shall not exceed 15 per centum of the grantor's net profit on such ore which shall be determined by the amount remaining from the total sales price of such ore after the payment of reasonable operating expenses, taxes, and cost depletion.

(c) When paid, the royalty shall be deposited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of title 31, United States Code, section 484.

7. Grand Teton National Park 1

Snake River waters division, excluding park from provisions of act--
-Act of June 3, 1948
Excerpt from act approving Snake River Compact, excluding the waters
of the park from provisions of the Compact------Act of March 21, 1950
Establishment of a new Grand Teton National Park....
--Act of September 14, 1950
Construction authorized within the park of an alternate route to U.S.
Highway 89 for conveyance to the State of Wyoming in exchange for
State and county roads in the park area....
Act of August 9, 1955

An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Idaho and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact for the division of the waters of the Snake River and its tributaries originating in either of the two States and flowing into the other, approved June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 294)

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Idaho and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact providing for an equitable division and apportionment among the said States of the waters of the Snake River and all of its tributaries originating in either of the two States and flowing into the other, upon condition that one suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into: Provided, That any such compact shall not be binding or Ratification obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and and approval. until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each of said States and approved by the Congress of the United States: Provided further, That nothing in Nonapplicathis Act shall apply to any waters within the Yellowstone National Park or Grand Teton National Park or shall establish any right or interest in or to any lands within the boundaries thereof or in subsequent additions thereto.

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SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated Appropriation a sufficient sum to pay the salary and expenses of the representative of the United States appointed hereunder: Provided, That such representative, if otherwise employed by the United States, while so employed shall not receive additional salary in the appointment hereunder.

1 See also General Legislation, p. 16.

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Snake River compact. Consent and approval of Congress.

Excerpt from "An Act Granting the consent and approval of Congress to a compact entered into by the States of Idaho and Wyoming relating to the waters of the Snake River," approved March 21, 1950 (64 Stat. 29, 34)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent and approval of Congress is hereby given to an interstate compact relating to the waters of the Snake River, signed (after negotiations in which a representative of the United States duly appointed by the President participated) by the Commissioners for the States of Idaho and Wyoming on October 10, 1949, at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and thereafter ratified by the legislatures of each of the States aforesaid as provided for by Public Law 580, Eightieth Congress, approved June 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 294), which compact reads as follows:

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§§ 406-406d. Restriction.

ARTICLE XIV

A. Nothing in this compact shall be deemed:

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3. To apply to any waters within the Yellowstone National Park or Grand Teton National Park.

An Act To establish a new Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes, approved September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of including in one national park, for public benefit and enjoyment, the lands within the present Grand Teton National Park and a portion of the lands within the Jackson Hole National Monument, there is hereby established a new "Grand Teton National Park". The park shall comprise, subject to valid existing rights, all of the present Grand Teton National Park and all lands of the Jackson Hole National Monument that are not otherwise expressly provided for in this Act, and an order setting forth the boundaries of the park shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Interior and published in the Federal Register. The national park so established shall, so far as consistent with the provisions of this Act, be administered in accordance with the general statutes governing national parks, and shall supersede the present Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole National Monument. The Act of February 26, 1929 (45 Stat. 1314), and any other provisions of law heretofore specifically applicable to such present park or monument, are hereby repealed: Provided, That no further extension or establishment of national parks or monuments in Wyoming may be under

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