An Act providing for the conveyance by the United States to the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Monterey County, Calif., of certain lands in Camp Roberts Military Reservation, California, for use as a dam and reservoir site and for other purposes
PL 83-709 (S.3189), enacted 08/30/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 709-AUG. 30, 1954 
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Mineral rights. 
North half of the north half of section 10, township 1 north, range 2 
east. 
North half of the north half of section 9, township 1 north, range 
2 east. 
North half of the north half of section 8, township 1 north, range 2 
east. 
North half of the north half of section 7, township 1 north, range 
2 east. 
North half of the north half of section 12, township 1 north, range 
1 east. 
North half of the north half of section 11, township 1 north, range 
1 east. 
North half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of sec-
tion 10, township 1 north, range 1 east. 
Northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, township 
1 north, range 1 east. 
North half of the north half of section 9, township 1 north, range 
1 east. 
Northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 8, township 1 
north, range 1 east. 
North half of the north half of section 7, township 1 north, range 
1 east. 
North half of the northeast quarter of section 12, township 1 north, 
range 1 west. 
SEC. 4. With respect to all of the lands quitclaimed by this Act, all 
minerals are hereby reserved to the United States, together with the 
right of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees to enter 
upon the land to prospect for, drill for, mine, treat, store, transport, 
and remove such minerals and to use so much of the surface and sub-
surface as may be reasonably necessary for the foregoing purposes. 
SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act, the deeds from the Salt River 
Valley Water Users' Association referred to in sections 1 and 2 of this 
Act shall be deemed, insofar as the United States is concerned, to have 
created possessory interests in the grantees therein named, and the 
general release of easement referred to in section 2 of this Act shall 
be deemed, insofar as the United States is concerned, to have released 
possessory interests to the releasee therein named. 
SEC. 6. Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to create or 
recognize any obligation or liability whatsoever on the part of the 
United States. 
Approved August 30, -1954. 
August 30, 1954 
[S.3189] 
Public Law 709 
CHAPTER 1079 
AN ACT 
Providing for the conveyance by the United States to the Monterey County 
Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Monterey County, California, 
of certain lands in Camp Roberts Military Reservation, California, for use 
as a dam and reservoir site and for other purposes. 
Monterey Coun-
ty, Calif. 
D a m and reser-
voir site. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Secre-
tary of the Army is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed, to the 
Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District of 
Monterey County, California, for the purpose of constructing, oper-
ating, and maintaining thereon a dam and reservoir area for its El 
Nacimiento Reservoir project, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States, except as reserved herein, in and to so much of the following 
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described lands within the boundaries of Camp Roberts Military 
Reservation, California, as the Secretary of the Army, or his designee, 
and the Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation 
District shall determine to be necessary as a dam site and reservoir 
area for the El Nacimiento project: 
The east half of the southeast quarter of section 11; the southwest 
quarter of section 12; the west half of section 13; and the east half 
of the east half of section 14, all lying in township 25 south, range 10 
east. Mount Diablo base meridian. 
(b) The deed conveying the lands determined to be necessary for 
the dam site and reservoir area for the El Nacimiento project shall 
provide (1) for the reservation by the United States of all mineral 
rights, including oil and gas, in and underlying the lands conveyed, 
(2) that the lands conveyed shall be used solely for the purpose of 
constructing, maintaining, and operating a dam and reservoir project 
thereon, and in the event such dam has not been constructed thereon 
within ten years after the enactment of this Act, or in the event the 
lands conveyed shall at any time after construction of the dam cease 
to be used for the sole purpose of maintaining and operating a dam and 
reservoir thereon, all right, title, and interest in and to such lands shall 
revert to the United States, (3) that in the event the existing water sup-
ply at Camp Roberts shall be diminished or adversely affected in any 
manner by the construction, operation, and maintenance of the dam 
and reservoir project, the grantee, its successors, and assigns, shall 
provide to the United States without additional cost substitute or 
supplementary water supply necessary to equal the existing supply at 
Camp Roberts, (4) the Armed Forces of the United States shall be 
granted for recreational and training purposes the use of the lands 
conveyed, to the extent that such use does not adversely affect the 
operation and maintenance of the dam and reservoir, and the use of 
the remaining portion of the reservoir area, to the extent provided in 
the regulations of the Monterey County Flood Control and Water 
Conservation District generally applicable to the reservoir area, and 
(5) the grantee shall remove, relocate, and reconstruct, at its own cost 
and expense all structures, roads, and fences at Camp Roberts affected 
by the proposed conveyance. 
SEO. 2. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to issue to the 
License. 
Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, 
without compensation therefor, and on such terms and conditions as 
he deems appropriate, a license to use and occupy any lands in the 
area described in Section 1 not conveyed pursuant to the authoriza-
tion contained therein, as may be required for the excavation of bor-
row materials and any other purposes related to the construction of 
the El Nacimiento project. 
SEC. 3. The conveyance herein authorized shall be made for a mone-
tary consideration determined by the Secretary of the Army or his 
autnorized representative, after appraisal, to represent the appraised 
fair market value of the estate conveyed. 
Approved August 30, 1954. 
Public Law 710 
CHAPTER 1080 
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