An Act to authorize the transfer to the regents of the University of California, for agricultural purposes, of certain real property in Napa County, Calif.
PL 83-430 (H.R.3097), enacted 06/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 430-JUNE 28, 1954 
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preserve and protect, in the public interest, the historic Old Fort 
Union, situated in the county of Mora, State of New Mexico, and to 
provide adequate public access thereto, the Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to acquire on behalf of the United States by donation, 
or he may procure with donated funds, the site and remaining struc-
tures of Old Fort Union, together with such additional land, interests 
in land, and improvements thereon as the Secretary in his discretion 
may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Donated 
lands may be accepted subject to such reservations, terms, and con-
ditions as may be satisfactory to the Secretary, including right of 
reversion to donor, or its successors and assigns, upon abandonment as 
a national monument, and reservation of mineral rights subject to 
condition that surface of donated lands may not be used or disturbed 
in connection therewith, without the consent of the Secretary. 
SEC. 2. Upon a determination of the Secretary of the Interior that 
sufficient land and other property have been acquired by the United 
States for national-monument purposes, as provided in section 1 of 
this Act, such property shall be established as the "Fort Union 
National Monument" and thereafter shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws and regulations 
applicable to national monuments. 
An order of the Secretary, con-
stituting notice of such establishment, shall be published in the 
Federal Register. 
Following establishment of the national monument, additional 
properties may be acquired as provided in section 1 hereof, which 
properties, upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, shall 
become a part of the national monument: Provided^ That the total 
area of the national monument established pursuant to this Act shall 
not exceed one thousand acres, exclusive of such adjoining lands as 
may be covered by scenic easements. 
Approved June 28, 1954. 
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AN ACT 
To authorize the transfer to the rej?ents of the University of California, for 
agricultural purposes, of certain real property in Napa County, California. 
June 28, 1954 
[H. R. 3097] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to transfer and convey to 
the regents of the University of California, upon acceptance by said 
regents, without cost, the real property comprising twenty acres, more 
or less, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, con-
stituting the United States Grape Field Station located near Oakville 
in the county of Napa, State of California. 
Such property shall be 
transferred upon the exj^ress condition that it shall be used by the 
regents of the University of California for the benefit of agriculture. 
In the event that the regents of the University of California shall at 
any time cease to use such property for such purposes, or attempt 
to alienate all or any part thereof, all right, title, and interest in and 
to the said property shall revert to the United States. 
Any con-
veyance of this property shall contain a reservation to the United 
States of all gas, oil, coal, and other minerals and all fissionable mate-
rials as may be found in such lands and the right to the use of the 
lands for extracting and removing same. 
Approved June 28, 1954. 
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