An Act to validate certain land conveyances, and for other purposes.
PL 95-586 (H.R.7971), enacted 11/03/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-586—NOV. 3, 1978 
92 STAT. 2485 
Public Law 95-586 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 3, 1978 
[H.R. 7971] 
Land 
conveyances^ 
validation. 
To validate certain land conveyances, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United, States of America in Congress 
assembled, 
T I T L E I—TO V A L I D A T E T H E CONVEYANCE O F C E R T A I N 
LAND 
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S T A T E 
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S O U T H E R N P A C I F I C T R A N S P O R T A T I O N 
COMPANY 
SEC. 101. Subject to section 103, the conveyances executed by the 
Southern Pacific Transportation Company and described in section 
102, involving certain land in San Joaquin County, California, form-
ing a part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the 
Central Pacific Railway Company under the Act entitled "An Act to 
aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Mis-
souri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the 
use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes", approved 
July 1,1862 (12 Stat, 489), as amended, are hereby legalized, validated, 
and confirmed, as far as any interest of the United States in such land 
is concerned, and shall have the same force and effect as if the land 
involved in each conveyance had been held, on the date of conveyance, 
under absolute free simple title by the Southern Pacific Transporta-
tion Company, subject to a reservation to the United States of the min-
erals therein. 
SEC. 102. The conveyances referred to in the first section of this Act Description, 
are as follows: 
(1) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, grantor, and Stokely-Van Camp, an Indiana 
corporation, as grantee, on March 2, 1973, and recorded as instru-
ment numbered 55797 on December 3, 1973, book 3822, page 586, of 
the Official Records of San Joaquin County, California, describing the 
following lands: That certain parcel of land situate in the county of 
San Joaquin, State of California, being a portion of the west half 
of section 12, township 3 north, range 6 east. Mount Diablo base and 
meridian, described as follows: 
The easterly 125 feet of the westerly 150 feet of lots 66,67,68,69, 
the westerly 150 feet of lot 70 and the easterly 100 feet of the 
westerly 150 feet of lot 71, as said lots are shown on the map of 
the Lodi-Barnhart Tract, recorded November 5, 1906, in volume 
3 of Maps and Plats, page 48, records of said county. 
Excepting therefrom that portion of said lot 68 lying easterly of the 
easterly boundary of the land described in the deed dated August 27, 
1962, to Stokely-Van Camp, Incorporated, recorded September 5,1962, 
in book 2592, page 385, of Official Records, records of said county, 
and southerly of the easterly prolongation of the northerly boundary 
thereof. 
(2) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, grantor, and Bernardino Barengo, a mar-
ried man, as grantee, on June 27, 1973, and recorded as instrument 
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numbered 37943 on August 9, 1973, book 3792, page 21, of the Official 
Records of San Joaquin County, California, describing the following 
lands: That certain parcel of land situated in the county of San 
Joaquin, State of California, being a portion of the southwest quarter 
of section 24, township 4 north, range 6 east. Mount Diablo base and 
meridian, described as follows: 
Commencing at the intersection of the original located center 
line of Southern Pacific Transportation Company's main track 
(Stockton to Sacramento) with a line that is parallel with and 
distant 20.00 feet northerly, measured at right angles, from the 
south line of said southwest quarter of section 24, said parallel line 
being the north line of Acampo Road (formerly Main Street); 
thence north 88 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds west, along said 
parallel line, 140.71 feet to a line that is parallel with and distant 
135.00 feet westerly, measured at right angles, from said origi-
nal located center line and the true point of beginning of the 
parcel of land to be described ; 
thence north 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west, along last 
said parallel line, 883.19 feet; 
thence south 75 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds west, at right 
angles from last said parallel line 9.40 feet to the southeasterly 
corner of the lands of Dino Barengo as described in deed recorded 
September 29, 1961, in book 2462, page 290, Official Records of 
said county; 
thence northerly along the easterly line of said lands on the 
following four courees: (1) north 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 sec-
onds west, parallel with said center line, 14.60 feet, (2) north 11 
degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds west 100.00 feet, (3) north 9 degrees 
39 minutes 30 seconds west 50.00 feet, (4) north 8 degrees 29 
minutes 30 seconds west 27.60 feet; 
thence south 67 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds west, along the 
northerly line of last said lands 69.88 feet to a line that is parallel 
with and distant 200.00 feet westerly, measured at right angles, 
from said original located center line, last said parallel line being 
the westerly line of the 400-foot right-of-way granted by Act of 
Congress to the Central Pacific Railroad Company; 
thence south 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds east, along last 
said parallel line, 1046.81 feet to said north line of Acampo Road; 
thence south 88 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds east, along said 
north line, 67.75 feet to the true point of beginning, containing an 
area of 1.565 acres, more or less. 
(3) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, grantor, and Calvin Clark III, a married 
man, as grantee, on November 4, 1974, and recorded as instrument 
numbered 56311 on December 9, 1974, book 3934, page 640, of the 
Official Records of San Joaquin County, California, describing the 
following lands: That certain real property situated in the county of 
San Joaquin, State of California, being a portion of section 24, town-
ship 4 north, range 6 east. Mount Diablo base and meridian, more 
particularly described as follows: 
Commencing at the point of intersection of a line parallel with 
and distant 30 feet westerly, measured at right angles, from the 
easterly line of Sycamore Street, with the westerly prol ongation of 
the northerly line of an alley in block 4 as said street, alley and 
block are shown on the map of the town of Acampo; 
thence south 88 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds east along said 
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prolongation, northerly line and its easterly prolongation thereof, 
474.05 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of land (400 feet 
wide) of Southern Pacific Transportation Company; 
thence north 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west along said 
southwesterly line being parallel with and distant 200.0 feet south-
westerly, measured at right angles, from the original located cen-
ter line of said company's main track (Tracy-Polk), 166.38 feet to 
a point in the northerly line of land of Dino Barengo as described 
in deed recorded September 29, 1961, in book 2462 of the Official 
Records, page 290, Records of San Joaquin County and the actual 
point of beginning of the parcel of land to be described; 
thence continuing north 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west 
along said southwesterly line, 693.8 feet to a point in the southerly 
line of land now or formerly of George L. Keeney and E. M. 
Keeney; thence south 88 degrees 57 minutes east along the seconds 
west along said southwesterly line, 693.8 feet to a point distant 
74.08 feet westerly, measured at right angles, from said center line 
of main track; 
thence south 6 degrees 42 minutes east 96.05 feet; 
thence south 8 degrees 29 minutes 30 seconds east 559.88 feet to a 
point in said northerly line of Dino Barengo, being distant 151.12 
feet westerly, measured at right angles, from said center line; 
thence south 67 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds west along last 
said northerly line, 49.29 feet to the actual point of beginning, con-
taining an area of 1.343 acres, more or less; 
(4) The conveyrnce entered into between the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, grantor, and the city of Lodi, a municipal 
corporation, as grantee, on November 6, 1974, and recorded as instru-
ment numbered 57584 on December 17,1974, book 3937, page 183, of the 
Official Records of San Joaquin County, California, describing the 
following lands: That certain strip of land 125.00 feet in width, situate 
in the south half of section 36, township 4 north, range 6 east. Mount 
Diablo base and meridian, county of San Joaquin, State of California 
and described as follows: 
A strip of land 125.00 feet wide lying contiguous to and easterly 
of a line parallel with and distant 75.00 feet easterly, measured at 
right angles, from the original located center line of Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company's main track (Stockton to Polk). 
and extending from that certain course described as "south 80 
degrees 47 minutes west 200 feet, more or less" in the northerly 
boundary of the land described in deed dated July 13,1967, from 
Southern Pacific Company to Jay Loveless recorded October 10, 
1967, in book 3158, page 339, Official Records of San Joaquin 
County, northerly, to the northerly line of the 3.6-acre parcel of 
land described in deed dated May 22, 1915, from H. Bechthold et 
ux, to city of Lodi recorded June 25, 1915, in book "A", volume 
266 of deeds, page 3, San Joaquin County Records, said northerly 
line being described in said deed as following the meanders of 
the southern bank of the Mokelumne River. 
(5) The easement entered into between the Southern Pacific Trans-
portation Company, grantor, and the city of Lodi, a municipal corpo-
ration, as grantee, for roadway purposes, on November 21, 1974, and 
recorded as instrument numbered 5528 on February 7,1975, book 3952, 
page 203, of the Official Records of San Joaquin County, California, 
describing an easement upon the following property: That certain 
strip of land situate in the south half of section 36, township 4 north, 
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range 6 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian. County of San Joaquin, 
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State of California, and described as follows: 
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A strip of land 25.00 feet in width lying contiguous to and 
easterly of a line parallel and concentric with and distant 75.00 
feet easterly, measured at right angles and radially, from the 
original located center line of Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company's main track (Stockton to Polk), and extending from 
the northerly line of the 20,480 square foot parcel of land described 
in Indenture dated August 24, 1960 from Southern Pacific 
Company to city of Lodi recorded September 12, 1960 in book 
2334, page 421, San Joaquin County Kecords, northerly, to that 
certain course described as "south 80 degrees 47 minutes west 200 
feet, more or less," in the northerly boundary of the land described 
in deed dated July 13, 1967, from Southern Pacific Company to 
Jay Loveless recorded October 10, 1967 in book 3158, page 339, 
Official Records of San Joaquin County, said 25.00 foot wide 
strip hereinabove described being also contiguous to and westerly 
of the westerly line of the 100.00 foot wide strip of land quit-
claimed to Jay Loveless by said deed. 
Reserving unto grantor, its successors and assigns, the right to con-
struct, maintain, and use railroad, pipeline, communication, and trans-
portation facilities in, upon, over, along, and across said property. 
(6) The conveyance entered into between the Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, grantor, and Edward W. Le Baron and 
Mable B. Le Baron, his wife, Donald Reynolds and Constance E. 
Reynolds, his wife, and Robert Reynolds and Carolyn W. Reynolds, 
his wife, as grantees on March 22, 1977, and recorded as instrument 
numbered 34048 on June 2, 1977, book 4267, page 458, of the official 
records of San Joaquin County, California, describing the following 
lands: That certain parcel of land situated in the southeast quarter of 
section 23 and southwest quarter of section 24, township 4 north, range 
6 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, County of San Joaquin, State 
of California, and more particularly described as follows: 
Commencing at the point of intersection of a line parallel with 
and distant 30 feet westerly, measured at right angles, from the 
easterly line of Sycamore Street with the westerly prolongation 
of the northerly line of an alley in block 4, as said street, alley, 
and block are shown on the map of the town of Acampo; 
thence south 88 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds east, along said 
prolongation, said northerly line and its easterly prolongation, 
474.05 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of land (400 feet 
wide) originally acquired by Central Pacific Railroad Company 
by virtue of Act of Congress dated July 1,1862; 
thence north 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west, a^ong said 
southwesterly line, being parallel with and distant 200.0 feet south-
westerly, measured at right angles, from the original location 
center line of main track (Tracy-Polk) now of the Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company, a distance of 860.18 feet to the 
northwesterly corner of the 1.343-acre parcel of land described in 
quitclaim deed dated November 4, 1974 from Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company to Calvin Clark III, recorded December 
9, 1974 in book 3934, page 640, Official Records of San Joaquin 
County, and the true point of beginning of the parcel of land to 
be described; 
thence continuing north 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds west, 
along said southwesterly line, parallel with and distant 200.0 feet 
southwesterly, measured at right angles, from said center line 
^ of main track, a distance of 1,000 feet, more or less, to the north 
line of said southeast quarter of said section 23; 
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92 STAT. 2489 
thence easterly along last said north line, 130.3 feet, more or less, 
to a point in a line parallel with and distant 74.08 feet south-
westerly, measured at right angles, from said center line of said 
transportation company's main track; 
thence south 14 degrees 58 minutes 30 seconds east, last said 
parallel line, 1,000 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly corner 
of said 1,343-acre parcel of land described in said deed dated 
November 4, 1974 to Calvin Clark I I I ; 
thence north 88 degrees 57 minutes west, along the northerly 
line of last said parcel, 131.02 feet to the true point of beginning, 
containing an area of 2.89 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 103. (a) Nothing in this Act shall— 
(1) diminish the right-of-way referred to in the first section 
of this Act to a width of less than fifty feet on each side of the 
center of the main track or tracks established and maintained by 
the Southern Pacific Company on the date of the enactment of 
this Act; or 
(2) validate or confirm any right or title to, or interest in, the 
land referred to in the first section of this Act arising out of 
adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not con-
firmed by conveyance made by the Southern Pacific Company 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) There is reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other Rules and 
minerals in the land referred to in the first section of this Act, together regulations, 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such oil, coal, or other 
minerals under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe. 
TITLE II—TO CONFIEM A CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN 
REAL PROPERTY BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY TO M. L. WICKS 
SEC. 201. The conveyance described in section 202(a) of this Act 
involving certain real property in Los Angeles County, California, is 
hereby confirmed in the successors in interest to M. L. Wicks, the 
grantee in such conveyance, with respect to all interests of the United 
States in the rights to the real property described in section 202(b) of 
this Act. Portions of the real property described in such section 202(b) 
formed part of the right-of-way granted to the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, a corporation, by the United States by the Act entitled 
"An Act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to 
and in the Construction of its Road, and for other purposes", approved 
March 3,1871 (16 Stat. 573). 
SEC. 202. (a) The conveyance confirmed by this Act was made by a 
deed dated May 4, 1887, by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 
a corporation, and D. O. Mills and Gerrit L. Lansing, Trustees, to M. 
L. Wicks and recorded on May 9, 1887, in the office of the county 
recorder of Los Angeles County, in the Book of Official Records, Book 
222 at page 172. 
(b) The real property referred to in the first section of this Act is Description, 
certain real property in the northwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter of section 15, township 7 north, range 12 west, San Bernardino 
Meridian, in Los Angeles County, California, more particularly 
described as follows: 
Beginning at the intersection of the easterly line of Sierra 
Highway (formerly Antelope Avenue) 90 feet wide as shown 
on county surveyor's map numbered 8200 on file in the office of 
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the surveyor of said county with the easterly prolongation of the 
northerly line of Jackman Street (formerly 8th Street) ; thence 
easterly along said prolongation to the westerly line of the right-
of-way, 100 feet wide, as reserved in that certain deed dated 
May 4, 1887, from Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a corpo-
ration, and D. O. Mills and Gerrit L. Lansing, trustees to M. L. 
Wicks, recorded May 9, 1887, in Book 222 at page 172, official 
records of said county; thence northerly along said westerly 
right-of-way line 624.34 feet more or less to the southerly line of 
Avenue I (formerly Sierra Madre Road); thence westerly along 
said southerly line of Avenue I to the easterly line of said Sierra 
Highway; thence southerly along said easterly line of Sierra 
Highway to the point of beginning. 
SEC. 203. (a) Nothing in this Act shall— 
Right-of-way. 
(1) diminish the right-of-way referred to in the first section of 
this Act to a width of less than 50 feet on each side of the center 
of the main tract or tracts established and maintained by the 
Southern Pacific Company on the date of the enactment of this 
Act; or 
(2) validate or confirm any right or title to, or interest in, the 
land referred to in the first section of this Act arising out of 
adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not con-
firmed by conveyance made by the Southern Pacific Company 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Rules and 
(b) There is reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other 
regulations. 
minerals in the land referred to in the first section of this Act, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such oil, coal, or other 
minerals under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may prescribe. 
TITLE III—TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF 
CERTAIN 
PUBLIC 
LANDS 
IN 
MONTANA 
TO 
THE 
OCCU-
PANTS 
OF 
THE 
LAND 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to convey 
to Francis T, Oleson and Zona I. Oleson, husband and wife; Dan Ray-
mond and Elizabeth Louise Raymond, husband and wife; and Edward 
J. Bonderenko or their successors in interest, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States, except rigiht, title, and interest in deposits of all 
minerals, in lands identified as tracts numbered 1, 2, and 3 in that part 
of the west half, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, section 2, 
township 10 north, range 1 west, Montana principal meridian Lewis 
and Clark County, Montana, lying east of the "Erroneous Survey 
Line", lying north of the county road right-of-way as shown on Bureau 
of Reclamation drawing number 296-604-170, dated September 24, 
1971, and as determined available for sale by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. Such conveyance shall be made only upon applications by such 
aforementioned individuaJls therefor within six months after the date 
of this Act, and upon payment of the appraised fair market value of 
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the land as of the date of sale plus the administrative costs, including 
costs of a land survey, of making the conveyance, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior within one year after notification by the Sec-
retary of the Interior of the amount due. In determining the fair 
market value of the land, the Secretary of the Interior shall not include 
any values added to the land by Francis T. Oleson and Zona I. Oleson, 
husband and wife; Dan Raymond and Elizabeth Louise Raymond, hus-
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92 STAT. 2491 
band and wife; and Edward J. Bonderenko or their successors in inter-
est, or their heirs. Any conveyance made pursuant to this Act shall 
reserve to the United States all deposits of all minerals in the lands 
together with the right to mine and remove the same, under applicable 
laws and regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 302. Acceptance of Francis T. Oleson and Zona I. Oleson, hus- Waiver, 
band and wife; Dan Raymond and Elizabeth Louise Raymond, hus-
band and wife; and Edward J. Bonderenko or their successors in 
interest of any conveyance made hereunder shall constitute a waiver 
and release by them of any and all claims against the United States 
arising out of the operation, maintenance, or construction of the 
Canyon Ferry Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, as now or 
hereafter authorized. 
TITLE IV—TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE 
INTERIOR TO CONVEY ALL RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTER-
EST OF THE UNITED STATES IN AND TO A TRACT OF 
LAND LOCATED IN THE FAIRBANKS RECORDING DIS-
TRICT, STATE OF ALASKA, TO THE FAIRBANKS NORTH 
STAR BOROUGH 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the follow-
ing described real property, located in the Fairbanks Recording 
District, to the Fairbanks North Star Borough without payment of 
consideration: 
. 
THE WEST PORTION OF BLOCK 209 
A tract of land situated in the northwest quarter section 15, town-
ship 1 south, range 1 west, F.B. and M., also known as United States 
Survey 849 of the Homstead Claim of Stacia Rickert described as 
follows: 
Commencing at corner number 3, United States Survey Num-
bered 849, thence south 89 degrees 57 minutes 14 seconds east, a 
distance of 2,300 feet, more or less; along a southerly line of said 
survey numbered 849 which lies between corners numbered 2 and 
3; thence south 89 degrees 57 minutes 09 seconds east, a distance 
of 30 feet, more or less; thence north 0 degree 56 minutes 34 
seconds west, a distance of 10 feet, more or less; to the true point 
of beginning; thence north 0 degree 56 minutes 34 seconds west, 
a distance of 337 feet, more or less; thence south 89 degrees 52 
minutes 43 seconds east, a distance of 518 feet, more or less; thence 
south 0 degree 07 minutes 17 seconds west, a distance of 337 feet, 
more or less; thence north 89 degrees 57 minutes 09 seconds west, a 
distance of 510 feet, more or less, to the true point of beginning, 
and containing 173,218 square feet, more or less. 
TITLE V—PROVIDING FOR REINSTATEMENT AND VALI-
DATION OF UNITED STATES OIL AND GAS LEASES 
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^ NUMBERED U-12871, U-12872, U-12874, U-12875, U-12876, 
• U-12877, U-12878, U-12881, AND U-13666 
SEC. 501. Notwithstanding any decision to the contrary heretofore 
made by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States or his 
authorized agents or representatives, subject to the requirements of 
section 502 of this Act: 
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(a) United States oil and gas leases numbered U-12871, LT-12872, 
U-12874, U-12875, U-12876, U-12877, U-12878, and U-12881 shall be 
held not to have terminated by operation of law or otherwise on 
December 1, 1975, but shall be deemed to be in full force and effect 
for the term of said leases provided that rentals for subsequent years 
are paid or tendered within the time required by law and the terms of 
such leases. 
(b) United States oil and gas lease numbered U-13666 shall be held 
not to have terminated by operation of law, or otherwise on April 1, 
1976, and the term of said lease is hereby extended to a date twenty-
four months after the effective date of this Act and so long thereafter 
as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities, provided that rentals 
for subsequent years are paid or tendered within the time required by 
law and the terms of such lease. 
SEC. 502. Within thirty days after the effective date of this Act, the 
Secretary shall give notice to the last record holder of the oil and gas 
leases listed in the first section of this Act of the amount of unpaid 
rental then accrued under said leases or that would have accrued had 
the leases not terminated. Within thirty days after receipt of such 
written notice, the last record holder of such leases, their successors 
or assigns, shall tender payment of the amount of rental to the Secre-
Teraiination. 
tary. If payment is not made within the required time, the provisions 
of this Act shall terminate and be of no force and effect with respect 
to those leases for which payment was not made. 
TITLE VI—FOR THE RELIEF OF MARIAN LAW SHALE 
HOLLOWAY, ADELINE MARY GILL CHARLES, AND 
ELIZA SHALE CARSTENS 
SEC. 601. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized and directed to pay, out of any 
money appropriated to the Department of the Interior, to Marian Law 
Shale Holloway, Adeline Mary Gill Charles, and Eliza Shale Carstens 
(or to their estates) such sums as he determines each is legally and 
equitably entitled to as compensation for losses (including reasonable 
attorney fees) resulting from his erroneous approval of purported 
conveyances of parts or all of lot 6, section 35, township 24 north, range 
13 west, Willamette meridian, containing eighteen and seventy-five 
hundredths acres, more or less, according to the Government survey 
thereof, such property being a portion of the allotment of Hattie 
Smith, deceased, Quinault allottee numbered 420, and which is not 
subject to homestead entry. Such property is situated in Jefferson 
County, State of Washington on the Quinault Indian Reservation. 
(b) The payment and acceptance of such compensation pursuant to 
this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims (1) of the said 
Marian Law Shale Holloway, Adeline Mary Gill Charles, and Eliza 
Shale Carstens, against the United States or any officer or employee 
thereof arising out of or in connection with the purported conveyances 
of such property or portions thereof approved by or on behalf of the 
Secretary of the Interior on February 19, 1951, September 3, 1953, 
and April 19, 1955, and (2) by Adeline Mary Gill Charles and Eliza 
Shale Carstens against Marian Law Shale Holloway arising out of or 
in connection with the purported conveyances of portions of such 
property approved by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior on 
September 3,1953, and April 19,1955. 
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92 STAT. 2493 
(c) As a condition precedent to receiving payment of such compen-
sation pursuant to this Act, the said Marian Law Shale HoUoway, 
Adeline Mary Gill Charles, and Eliza Shale Carstens (or the executors 
of their estates) shall execute such releases and other documents as 
the Secretary of the Interior determines are necessary to fulfill the 
purpose of this Act and remove any cloud on the title of such property. 
SEC. 602. No part of the amount appropriated by this Act in excess 
of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by 
any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection 
with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the 
contrary notwithstanding. Violation of the provisions of this section is Penalty, 
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000. 
TITLE VII—GOSPEL-HUMP AREA BOUNDARY CHANGES 
SEC. 701. Section 4(a)(1) of the Act of February 24, 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 1132, Public Law 95-237) is amended by striking the words Ante, p. 43. 
"January 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 1978". 
TITLE VIII—KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS MAP 
DESIGNATION 
SEC. 801. Section 3 of the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 
1978, Public Law 95-237 (92 Stat. 43) is amended by adding a new 16 U
S
C 1132 
subsection (f) as follows: 
°ote. 
"(f) The map referenced in paragraph (a) of this section, depict-
ing the boundaries of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Additions is super-
seded by a map entitled'Kalmiopsis Wilderness Additions—Proposed' 
and dated October 1978, which is on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service.". 
TITLE IX—FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS RECLAMATION 
PROJECT 
SEC. 901. Subsection (a) of section 1 of the Act of August 16,1962 
(76 Stat. 389; 43 U.S.C. 616 et seq.), is amended by insertmg after the 
words "Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, Colorado," the words "and as 
further modified and described in the description of the proposal con-
tained in the final environmental statement for said project, dated 
April 16, 1975,". 
SEC. 902. Subsection (e) of section 5 of such Act is amended by 43 USC 616d. 
inserting after the word "therein" a comma and the words "includ-
ing those laws of the State of Colorado relating to the establishment of 
minimum streamflows for the reasonable protection of the natural 
environment, to the extent that such laws are not inconsistent with the 
operating principles identified in subsection 3(a) of this Act". 
SEC. 903. Subsection (a) of section 3 of such Act is amended by 43 USC 616a. 
inserting after the word "Congress" a semicolon and the words "and 
shall be further operated pursuant to diversion rates established under 
the laws of the State of Colorado: Provided,, That the rate of project 
diversions from the Hunter Creek watershed shall not exceed an 
aggregate of 270 cubic feet of water per second of time. Waters so 
diverted maj^ be utilized for all authorized project purposes as set 
forth in section 1 (a) of this Act. Such waters, exclusive of the amount 
diverted for Roaring Fork exchanges provided for in subparagraph 
9(1) (c) and paragraph 11 of the above referenced operating prin-
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ciples shall become part of the project water supply as limited by sub-
paragraph 9(1) (a) of the above referenced operating principles. No 
diversions shall be made from the Hunter Creek watershed which will 
reduce the remaining streamflows at the points of diversion to less than 
4 cubic feet per second on No Name Creek, 5 cubic feet per second 
on Midway Creek, and 12 cubic feet per second on Hunter Creek". 
TITLE X—TO CONVEY CEKTAIN GEOTHERMAL 
RESOURCES TO THE CITY OF BOISE, IDAHO 
SEC. 1001. (a) The Congress hereby authorizes and directs that the 
rights to the geothermal resources, including minerals present in the 
geothermal fluid, presently vested in the United States of America in 
real property designated as Tract 37 (contained in sees. 2 and 11) con-
sisting of 4.13 acres, more or less; Tract 38 (contained in sees. 1, 2, 11 
and 12) consisting of 449.16 acres more or less; Tract 39 (contained in 
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sec. 2) consisting of 14.64 acres, more or less; and Tract 40 (contained 
in sec. 11) consisting of 4.95 acres, more or less: all in T. 3N., R. 2E., 
B.M.; together with a parcel described as follows: Commencing at the 
southwest corner of the Old Fort Boise Military Reservation, thence 
north seventy degrees zero minutes east one thousand four hundred 
forty-eight and two-tenths feet; thence north four degrees thirty-two 
minutes east six hundred and twenty-seven feet to the true point of 
beginning; thence the following coui"ses and distances: South eighty-
seven degrees eight minutes west six hundred ninety-six and five-tenths 
feet; thence north twenty-one degrees two minutes west five hundred 
and thirty-two feet; thence south sixty-nine degrees four minutes west 
twenty-one and nine-tenths feet; thence north twenty-two degrees 
forty minutes west eighty-six and three-tenths feet; thence north 
eighty-four degrees fifty minutes east nine hundi-ed ninety-three and 
six-tenths feet; thence south four degrees thirty-two minutes west six 
hundred twenty-four and ninety-five one-hundredths feet to the point 
of beginning; consisting of 11.53 acres, more or less (contained in sec. 
11, T. #N., R. 2E., B.M.); be transferred by the Secretary of the 
Interior in fee to the City of Boise upon payment by the City of Boise 
of the fair market value, as determined by the Secretary, of the rights 
conveyed. 
(b) Development of geothermal resources pursuant to this Act shall 
not be grounds for the Secretary of the Interior to assert the rever-
sionary interest of the United States in the subject lands. 
SEC. 1002. Development of the geothermal resources conveyed by this 
Act shall not unreasonably interfere with development of other min-
eral interests retained by the United States. The City of Boise shall 
permit the United States, its lessees and agents access for exploration 
of mineral resources not conveyed to the City. 
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TITLE XI—TO ADD CERTAIN LANDS TO THE TARGHEE 
NATIONAL FOREST, IDAHO 
Boundaries 
SEC. 1101. The boundaries of the Targhee National Forest in Idaho 
modification. 
are hereby modified to include within said national forest the follow-
ing described lands: S/aSWiA; WVsSEi^; and SEi^NEi^, all in 
Section 26, Township 13 North, Range 42 East, Boise Meridian, in 
Fremont County, Idaho. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-586—NOV. 3, 1978 
92 STAT. 2495 
TITLE XII—GKAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK 
The Act of February 26, 1916 (40 Stat. 1177; 16 U.S.C. 222) is 
amended by adding the following sentence: "Under such temis and 
conditions as he deems advisable and consistent with the requii-ements 
of section 483a of title 31 hereof, the Secretary is authorized, without 31 USC 483a. 
derogation of any of the water rights of the United States and not-
withstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to sell by contract 
water located within Grand Canyon National Park for the use of 
customers within Tusayan, Arizona, to a nonprofit entity authorized 
to receive and distribute water within Tusayan, Arizona by the laws 
of the State of Arizona, upon his determination that such sale is not 
detrimental to the protection of the resources of Grand Canyon 
National Park or its visitors and that appropriate measures to 
provide for such protection, including a right of immediate termi-
nation, are included in the transaction.". 
Approved November 3, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1008 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1287 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Apr. 18, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 14, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
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