An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain tracts of land conveyed to the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States in such land to such Commission, and for other purposes.
PL 98-495 (S.566), enacted 10/19/1984

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PUBLIC LAW 98-495—OCT. 19, 1984 
Public Law 98-495 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a 
Oct 19 1984 
reversionary interest in certain tracts of land conveyed to the South Carolina State 
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Commission of Forestry, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
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certain mineral interests of the United States in such land to such Commission, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Real property. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, (a) subject to 
section 2, the Secretary of Agriculture shall release, on behalf of the 
United States, with respect to the tracts of land described in subsec-
tion (b), the condition contained in the deed dated June 28, 1955, 
between the United States of America and the South Carolina State 
Commission of Forestry, conveying certain tracts of land, of which 
such described tracts of land are a part, to such Commission, which 
condition requires that the land conveyed be used for public pur-
poses and revert back to the United States should the land cease to 
be used for such purposes. 
(b) The tracts of land referred to in subsection (a) are— 
(1) A tract of land consisting of approximately 1.99 acres in 
Sumter County, South Carolina, more particularly described as 
follows: Beginning at an iron pipe located on the west side of the 
Old Kings Highway and being south 18 degrees and 35 minutes 
east and 2519.2 feet from Manchester State Forest monument 
number 2314; thence south 3 degrees 19 minutes east 417.22 feet 
to an iron pipe; thence south 86 degrees 41 minutes west 208.64 
feet to an iron pipe; thence north 3 degrees 19 minutes west 
199.97 feet to an iron pipe; thence north 3 degrees 32 minutes 
west 214.05 feet to an iron pipe; thence north 85 degrees 47 
minutes e£ist 209.27 feet to an iron pipe, the same being the 
point of beginning. 
(2) A tract of land consisting of approximately 22.715 acres in 
Sumter County, South Carolina, more particularly described as 
follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line 
of the Burnt Gin Road with the center line of Wedgelake Drive 
proceed south 64 degrees, 41 minutes east a distance of 63.16 
feet to the point of beginning. Proceed thence south 88 degrees 0 
minutes east a distance of 1454.56 feet to an iron pin; thence 
south 18 degrees, 57 minutes west a distance of 1059.17 feet to 
an iron pin; thence north 62 degrees, 15 minutes west a distance 
of 367.24 feet to a corner; thence along the arc of a curve to the 
right having a radius of 1031.31 feet a distance of 197.10 feet to 
a corner; thence north 51 degrees, 18 minutes west a distance of 
107.80 feet to a corner; thence along the arc of a curve to the left 
having a radius of 637.49 feet a distance of 202.13 feet to a 
corner; thence north 69 degrees 28 minutes west a distance of 
167.47 feet to a corner; thence along the arc of a curve to the 
right having a radius of 581.69 feet a distance of 146.19 feet to a 
corner; thence north 55 degrees, 04 minutes west a distance of 
163.98 feet to a corner; thence north 18 degrees, 10 minutes west 
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a distance of 39.99 feet to a corner; thence along the arc of a 
curve to the left having a radius of 781.17 feet a distance of 
215.48 feet to a corner; thence north 02 degrees, 00 minutes east 
a distance of 107.84 feet to a corner; thence north 47 degrees 00 
minutes east a distance of 42.50 feet to the point of beginning. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture shall release the condition 
referred to in section 1(a) of this Act only with respect to land 
covered by and described in an agreement or agreements entered 
into between the Secretary and the South Carolina State Commis-
sion of Forestry in which the Commission, in consideration of the 
release of such condition, agrees that the tract of land described in 
section 1(b)(1) of this Act will not be sold, leased, exchanged, or 
otherwise disposed of— 
(1) except to the Tiverton Baptist Church of Sumter, South 
Carolina; and 
(2) unless the proceeds of such disposal are— 
(A) deposited and held in an account open to inspection 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
(B) used, if withdrawn from such account, exclusively for 
public purposes. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture shall release the condition 
referred to in section 1(a) of this Act only with respect to land 
covered by and described in an agreement or agreements entered 
into between the Secretary and the South Carolina State Commission 
of Forestry in which the Commission, in consideration of the release 
of such condition, agrees that the tract of land described in section 
1(b)(2) of this Act will be exchanged for a tract of land of at least 
equal value and consisting of approximately 45.43 acres in Sumter 
County, South Carolina, to be conveyed to the Commission to be 
used exclusively for public purposes, more particularly described as 
follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south right of way of 
Brohun Camp Road and the west right of way of Tiverton Church 
Road proceed south 50 degrees, 32 minutes west a distance of 
2,214.39 feet to a corner; thence north 40 degrees, 02 minutes west a 
distance of 414.24 feet to a corner; thence north 5 degrees, 19 
minutes, 30 seconds east a distance of 1,627.88 feet to a corner; 
thence south 73 degrees, 45 minutes east a distance of 1,901.55 feet 
to the point of beginning. 
SEC. 4. (a) Subsequent to any release executed by the Secretary of 
Mines and 
Agriculture with respect to the tracts of land described in section 
mining. 
1(b) of this Act, the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry 
may apply to the Secretary of the Interior seeking to acquire all the 
undivided mineral interests of the United States in the tracts of 
land to which such release applies, and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall, subject to valid existing rights and subject to subsection (b) of 
this section, convey such mineral interests as requested. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior shall not convey the undivided 
mineral interests of the United States in any land as requested in an 
application filed by the South Carolina State Commission of For-
estry under subsection (a) of this section unless— 
(1) such application is accompanied by a sum of money which 
the Secretary of the Interior determines is necessary to pay the 
administrative costs involved in conveying such mineral inter-
ests to the Commission, including the costs of determining the 
mineral character of such land and the costs of establishing the 
fair market value of such mineral interests, and 
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(2) the Commission, in consideration of such conveyance, pays 
to the Secretary of the Interior— 
(A) $1, in the case of any such land determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior to have no mineral value and to be 
under no active mineral development or leasing, or 
(B) the fair market value of such mineral interests, as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of 
any such land not subject to clause (A) of this subsection. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of Agriculture and the South Carolina 
Commission of Forestry may revise the size of the tracts of land to 
be exchanged under this Act and the legal descriptions pertaining 
thereto in order to ensure that the tracts of land are of at least equal 
value. 
Approved October 19, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 566: 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-286 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 129 (1983): Nov. 18, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 130 (1984): Oct. 2, considered and passed House.