An Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States conditions in a deed conveying certain lands to the University of Maine and to provide for conveyance of certain interests in such lands so as to permit such university, subject to certain conditions, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such lands
PL 90-307 (H.R.11527), enacted 05/17/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-307-MAY 17, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
May 17, 1968 
[H. R. 11527] 
Public Law 90-307 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States 
conditions in a deed conveying certain lands to the University of Maine and to 
provide for conveyance of certain interests in such lands so as to permit such 
university, subject to certain conditions, to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose 
of such lands. 
University of 
Maine. 
Land convey-
ance. 
50 Stat. 526; 
56 Stat. 725. 
Proceeds of 
sale, conditions. 
Mineral inter-
ests, determina-
tion and sale. 
Conveyance 
deposit. 
"Administrative 
costs." 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'prenentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of subsection (c) of section 82 of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011(c)), the Secre-
tary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to release on behalf of 
the Laiited States with respect to lands designated pursuant to section 
2 hereof, the conditions, contained in a deed, dated March 4, 1955, 
conveying certain lands in Penobscot County, Maine, to the University 
of Maine, which require that the lands conveyed be used for public 
purposes and provide for a reversion of such lands to the United States 
if at any time they cease to be so used. 
SBX;. 2. The Secretary shall release the conditions referred to in the 
first section of this Act only with respect to lands covered by and 
described in an agreement or agreements entered into between the 
Secretary and the university in which the university, in consideration 
of the release of such conditions as to such lands, agrees— 
(1) that all the proceeds from the sale, lease, exchange, or other 
disposition of such lands shall be used by the university for the 
acquisition of lands to be held permanently for university 
purposes. 
(2) that all the proceeds from the sale, lease, or other disposition 
of lands covered by any such agreement shall be maintained by 
the university in a separate fund and that the record of all trans-
actions involving such fund shall be open to inspection by the 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. Upon application all the undivided mineral interests of the 
United States in any parcel or tract of land released pursuant to this 
Act from the conditions as to such lands shall be conveyed to the 
University of Maine or their successoi-s in title by the Secretary of the 
Interior. In areas where the Secretary of the Interior determines that 
there is no active mineral development or leasing, and that the lands 
have no mineral value, the mineral interests covered by a single appli-
cation shall be sold for a consideration of $1. In other areas the mineral 
interests shall be sold at the fair market value thereof as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior after taking into consideration such 
appraisals as he deems necessary or appropriate. 
SEC. 4. Each application made under the provisions of this Act shall 
be accompanied by a nonrefundable deposit to be applied to the ad-
ministrative costs as fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. If the 
conveyance is made, the applicant shall pay to the Secretary of the 
Interior the full administrative costs, less the deposit. If a conveyance 
is not made pursuant to an application filed under this Act, the deposit 
shall constitute full satisfaction of such administrative costs notwith-
standing that the administrative costs exceed the deposit. 
SEC. 5. The term "administrative costs" as used in this Act includes, 
in addition to other items, all costs which the Secretary of the Interior 
determines are included in a detern\ination of (1) the mineral char-
acter of the land in question, and (2) the fair market value of the 
mineral interest. 
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SEC. 6. Amounts paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the 
provisions of this Act shall be paid into the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts. 
Approved May 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-308 
AN ACT 
May 17, 1968 
To j^rnut minerals, iucludiiig oil and gas, on certain lands in the Crow Indian 
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Reservation, Montana. t«» certain Indians, and for other pnri)Oses. 
Be it enacted by the Sermte wrid Houae of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assemhled^ That section 6 of 
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the Act of June 4,1920 (41 Stat. 751), as amended by the Act of May Monr'^^ '°"' 
26, 1926 (44 Stat. 658), as further amended by the Act of September 
Mineral rights. 
16, 1959 (78 Stat. 565), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 6. (a) Any and all minerals, including oil and gas, on any of 
the landjs to be allotted hereunder are reserved in perpetuity for the 
benefit of the members of the tribe in common and may, with the con-
sent of the tribal council be leased for mining purposes in accordance 
with the provisions of the Act of May 11,1938 (52 Stat. 347; 25 U.S.C. 
396a-f), under such rules, regulations, and conditions as the Secretary 
of the Interior may prescribe: Provided^ That leases entered into pur-
suant to section 6 of the Act of June 4,1920 (41 Stat. 751), as amended 
hy the Act of May 26,1926 (44 Stat. 658), may with the consent of the 
tribal council and under such rules, regulations, and conditions as the 
Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, be renegotiated and amended 
to change the terms thereof to ten years and a.s long thereafter as 
minerals are pnxluced in paying quantities.'' 
Approved May 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-309 
AN ACT 
May 17, 1968 
To provide for the observance of the centennial of the sijiniiig of the 1868 Treaty 
[S. 2745] 
of I'eace between the Xavajo Indian Tribe and the United States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of tlie 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President 
Navajo Indian 
of the United States is requested (1) to issue a procla-mation designat- 
c^entinniai; 
ing the calendar year 1968 as the centennial of the signing of the 1868 
Treaty of Peace betMeen the Na\-ajo Indian Tribe and the United 
States, and calling upon the Governors of the States, mayors of cities, 
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and other public officials, as well as other persons, organizations, and 
groups, to observe such centennial by appropriate celebrations and 
ceremonies and (2) to provide, in such manner as he deems appropri-
ate, for participation by Federal agencies and officials in such 
observance. 
SEC. 2. The President of the Senate is authorized to appoint eight 
observances, 
Members of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Kepresenta- r^^rlTe^mauves. 
tives is authorized to appoint eight Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, to represent the Congress in connection with observances 
and activities of the Navajo Indian Tribe commemorating the historic 
events that preceded, and are associated with, the signing of the 1868 
Treaty of Peace between the Navajo Indian Tribe and the United 
States. 
Approved May 17, 1968.