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said line intersects the northerly line of Roanoke Avenue; thence north 70 degrees 30 minutes east, 500 feet, more or less, along the northerly line of Roanoke Avenue to the intersection of said line with the westerly right-ofway line of the relocated North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158; thence north 19 degrees 30 minutes west, 4,087.5 feet, more or less, along the said westerly rightof-way line of the relocated North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158 to the intersection of said line with the southerly property line of land now or formerly owned by R. W. Rowland; thence south 70 degrees 30 minutes west, 2,435 feet along the said southerly property line of land now or formerly owned by R. W. Rowland to a stake; thence south 19 degrees 30 minutes east, 1,057.5 feet, more or less, to a point on the existing northern boundary line of the Wright Brothers National Memorial; thence north 70 degrees 30 minutes east, 1,935 feet, more or less, along the existing northern boundary line of the Wright Brothers National Memorial to the northeastern corner of the said memorial; thence south 19 degrees 30 minutes east, 3,030 feet, more or less, along the existing eastern boundary line of the Wright Brothers National Memorial to the point of beginning, the tract as described containing approximately 95 acres.

TRACT 2

Beginning at a stake or other marker on the westerly line of Old North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158, sometimes known as the Virginia Dare Trail, where said line intersects the southerly line of Lowell Avenue; thence south 70 degrees 30 minutes west, 925 feet, more or less, along the southerly line of Lowell Avenue to the intersection of said line with the easterly right-of-way line of the relocated North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158; thence south 19 degrees 30 minutes east, 720 feet, more or less, along the said easterly right-of-way line of the relocated North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158 to the intersection of said line with the northerly line of Woodmere Avenue; thence north 70 degrees 30 minutes east, 925 feet, more or less, along the said northerly line of Woodmere Avenue to the intersection of said line with the westerly line of Old North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158; thence north 19 degrees 30 minutes west, 720 feet, more or less, along the said westerly line of Old North Carolina State Highway Numbered 158 to the point of beginning, the tract as described containing approximately 16 acres.

SEC. 2. Lands added to the memorial pursuant to section 1 hereof shall be subject to all the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to said memorial.

XI. LEGISLATION RELATING TO NATIONAL

MONUMENTS

1. Badlands National Monument

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Boundary adjustments of monument authorized-------Act of May 7, 1952 387

An Act To provide for boundary adjustments of the Badlands National Monument, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes, approved May 7, 1952 (66 Stat. 65)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to establish a more appropriate boundary for the Badlands National Monument and to consolidate Federal land ownership therein, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to adjust and redefine the exterior boundaries of the national monument by appropriate reductions or additions of land: Provided, That the total acreage of the national monument, as revised pursuant to this Act, shall not exceed its present area of approximately one hundred fifty-four thousand one hundred and nineteen acres. (16 U.S.C. § 441f.)

Badlands Na

tional Monu

ment, S. Dak.

boundaries.

SEC. 2. The revision of boundaries of the national Revision of monument, as authorized in sections 1 and 5 of this Act, shall be accomplished by the issuance, by the Secretary of the Interior, of an appropriate order, or orders, such order or orders to be effective upon publication in the Federal Register: Provided, That federally owned land under the administrative jurisdiction of any other department or agency of the Federal Government shall be included within the monument only with the approval of the head of such department or agency. (16 U.S.C. § 441g.)

eliminated.

50 Stat. 525. 1010-1029.

7 U.S.C.

SEC. 3. Administrative jurisdiction over all Federal Lands lands eliminated from the monument, by the issuance of an order or orders of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and the related provisions of title IV thereof: Provided, That all of such lands formerly set apart and reserved from the public domain shall be subject to the mining and minerals-leasing laws: And provided further, That any disposition of any such lands formerly set apart and reserved from the public domain shall be evidenced by patents issued by the Secretary of the Interior. (16 U.S.C. § 441h.)

Exchanges of land.

and note.

7 U.S.C.
$1011 (c).

SEC. 4. In order that exchanges of land may be effectuated for the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and in accordance with the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes, to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any land or interests in land within the exterior boundaries of the Badlands National Monument as revised pursuant to this act, and, in exchange therefor, with the approval and concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior may patent lands of approximately equal value which were formerly set apart and reserved from the public domain within the Badlands Fall River soil conservation project, SD-LU-1. In effectuating such exchanges, in lieu of conveyances by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey lands of approximately equal value within said project which have been acquired heretofore by the United States. All such exchanges shall, in all other respects, be considered as exchanges under the provisions of section 32c, title III, of the BankheadJones Farm Tenant Act and shall otherwise be in accordance with provisions of said Act, except that, upon acceptance of title to any lands so acquired by the United States under this section, such lands and any other lands acquired otherwise by the United States within the monument boundaries shall be a part of that area. In consummating land exchanges hereunder upon an equitable basis, patents and instruments of conveyance may be issued, and property may be accepted, by the United States, subject to such reservations as may be necessary or in the public interest. (16 U.S.C. § 441i.)

2. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument

Exchange of monument lands authorized____

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-----Act of May 1, 1958 389

An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado, and for other purposes, approved May 1, 1958 (72 Stat. 102) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to bring about desirable land use Gunnison Naand ownership adjustments relating to certain private tonal Monuand federally owned lands within the Black Canyon of Exchange the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado, and in order to facilitate the administration of such monument, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to exchange lands of approximately equal value as hereafter provided.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States from Clarence B. Sanburg and Grace Sanburg, husband and wife, title to the following described lands: Northeast quarter northeast quarter, section 25, township 50 north, range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942, except 15.15 acres previously deeded to the United States by Douglas Lytle by deed dated October 13, 1933, and recorded in the records of Montrose County, Colorado, at page 260 of Deed Book 158, containing 25.45 acres, more or less; and that portion of the southeast quarter northeast quarter, section 25, township 50 north, range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942, lying north and east of a diagonal line from the northwest corner to the southeast corner of said southeast quarter northeast quarter, containing 20.10 acres, more or less, being lands conveyed to Clarence B. Sanburg by deed of March 8, 1943, recorded in the records of Montrose County, Colorado, at page 133 of Deed Book 303.

In exchange for the foregoing lands, the Secretary is authorized to convey, on terms and conditions mutually satisfactory, the following-described lands: Beginning at a point on the south boundary of the northwest quarter northeast quarter, north 88 degrees 26 minutes west, 109.7 feet from the southwest corner of the northeast quarter northeast quarter, section 25, township 50 north, range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land

of lands.

Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942; thence north 428.3 feet to a brass cap set in a concrete monument; thence west 1,320 feet to a brass cap set in a concrete monument; thence south 393.5 feet to the south boundary of the northeast quarter northwest quarter; thence south 88 degrees 26 minutes east on the south boundary of the northeast quarter northwest quarter and the northwest quarter northeast quarter, 1,320.45 feet to the point of beginning, containing 12.45 acres, more or less, reserving, however, to the United States of America a public road right-of-way 50 feet in width within the abovedescribed tract, said right-of-way to be measured southerly from the centerline of the existing monument road where a portion of said road lies within said tract; and the east half west half southeast quarter, section 29, township 50 north, range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942, containing forty acres, more or less.

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