An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain public lands in Idaho
PL 87-469 (H.R.9097), enacted 05/31/1962

76 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-470-MAY 31, 1962 
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Public Law 87-469 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain public lands in Idaho. 
May 31, 1962 
[H. R. 9097] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior, in his discretion, is hereby authorized to sell at not less 
than their fair market value, as determined by the Secretary by 
appraisal, taking into consideration any reservations specified by the 
Secretary pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this Act, any of those lands 
in the State of Idaho, in the vicinity of the Snake River or any of 
its tributaries which have been, or may be, found upon survey to be 
omitted public lands of the United States, which lands are not within 
the boundaries of a national forest or other Federal reservation and 
are not lawfully appropriated by a qualified settler or entryman 
claiming under the public land laws^ or are not used and occupied by 
Indians claiming by reason of aboriginal rights or are not used and 
occupied by Indians who are eligible for an allotment under the laws 
pertaining to allotments on the public domain. 
SEC. 2. Any citizen of the United States who, in good faith under 
color of title or claiming as a riparian owner has, prior to March 30, 
1961, placed valuable improvements upon, reduced to cultivation, or 
occupied any of the lands subject to the operation of this Act, or whose 
ancestors or predecessors in title have taken such action, shall, if such 
lands be offered for sale by the Secretary, have a preference right to 
purchase such lands at their fair market value (which shall not include 
any increased value resulting from the development or improvement 
thereof for agricultural or other purposes by the applicant or his 
predecessors in interest) under such rules and regulations as the Sec-
retary may prescribe for the operation of this Act. 
SEC. 3. All patents issued under the provisions of this Act shall be 
subject to and contain a reservation to the United States of all the 
coal, oil, gas, oil shale, phosphate, potash, sodium, native asphalt, solid 
and semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock (including oil-impreg-
nated rock or sands from which oil is recoverable only by special 
treatment after the def)osit is mined or quarried), together with the 
right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary, in his discretion, may reserve in patents issued 
under this Act the right of access to the public through the lands and 
such other reservations as he may deem appropriate and consonant 
with the public interest in preserving public recreational values in the 
lands. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary is hereby authorized to prescribe all necessary 
rules and regulations for administering the provisions of this Act, 
including, without limitation, the determination of conflicting claims 
arising hereunder. 
Approved May 31, 1962. 
Idaho. 
S a l e 
lands. 
of public 
P r e f e r e n e 
rights. 
Patents. 
Mineral reserva-
tion. 
Right of access. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
Public Law 87-470 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as amended, 
and for other purposes. 
May 31, 1962 
[H. R. 7752] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (g) 
D. C. Alcoholic 
of section 11 of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Acr*a^endment'°^ 
Act as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 25-111 (g)), is amended— 
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Effective date. 
(1) by striking "restaurants and" in the fourth sentence of such 
subsection; and 
(2) by inserting immediately after such fourth sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: "In the case of restaurants, said spirits, beer, 
and wine shall be sold or served only (1) to persons seated at 
public tables or at bona fide lunch counters, and (2) to persons in 
an enclosed or screened-off area in any such restaurant set aside 
for the accommodation of persons waiting to be seated at public 
tables." 
SEC. 2. Clause (2) of the fifth sentence of such subsection (g) shall 
take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of enactment. 
Approved May 31, 1962. 
May 31, 1962 
[H. R. 9805] 
Public Law 87-471 
AN ACT 
To change the name of Whitman National Monument to Whitman Mission 
National Historic Site. 
Whitman Mission 
National 
Historic 
Site. 
Designation. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That effective Janu-
ary 1, 1963, the Whitman National Monument, established pursuant 
to the Act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 2028; 16 U.S.C. 433k-433m), 
shall be known as the "VVliitman Mission National Historic Site. 
Approved May 31, 1962. 
May 31, 1962 
[H. R. 9647] 
Public Law 87-472 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an amendatory contract 
with the Burley Irrigation EWstrict, and for other purposes. 
Idaho. 
Amendatory con-
tract, Burley Irri-
gation District. 
Minidoka Irriga-
tion District. 
Repeals. 
Hi' 
43 u s e 485k. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States 
the amendatory contract with the Burley Irrigation District nego-
tiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 193& 
(53 Stat. 1187; 43 U.S.C, 1958 edition, sec. 485f) and approved by the 
district's electors on April 18, 1961. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is further authorized to negotiate with and 
enter into an amendatory contract with the Minidoka Irrigation Dis-
trict on a similar basis as set out in section 1, to coordinate his opera-
tion of the power facilities on the Minidoka project with the power 
facilities of other reclamation project installations in the Snake River 
Basin, and to account for the return of the reimbursable allocations 
of these installations in accordance with the Federal reclamation 
laws. 
SEC. 3. The provisos appearing in the portion of the "Interior De-
partment Appropriation Act, 1940" (Act of May 10, 1939) (53 Stat. 
685 at page 716), relating to the Minidoka project and the portion of 
the Act of May 10, 1926 (44 Stat. 453 at page 480), relating to the 
Minidoka project are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 4. This Act is declared to be a part of the Federal reclamation 
laws as those laws are defined in the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, 
supra. 
Approved May 31, 1962.