An Act to stabilize the economy of dependent residents of New Mexico using certain lands of the United States known as the North Lobato and El Pueblo tracts, originally purchased from relief program funds, and now administered under agreement by the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, to effect permanent transfer of these lands, and for other purposes
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and seventy in number. Members of the White House Police shall be 
appointed from the members of the Metropolitan Police force and the 
United States Park Police force from lists furnished by the officers in 
charge of such forces. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner." 
Approved June 28, 1952. 
June 28, 
1952 
[S. 1536] 
Public Law 419 
CHAPTER 482 
AN ACT 
To stabilize the economy of dependent residents of New Mexico using certain 
lands of the United States known as the North Lobato and El Pueblo tracts, 
originally purchased from relief program funds, and now administered under 
agreement by the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, to effect permanent 
transfer of these lands, and for other purposes. 
T r a n s 
f e r o f 
lands. 
16 u s e 563. 
N o r t h L o b a t o 
tract. 
El Pueblo tract. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of Public Law 499, Eighty-first Congress, approved 
May 3, 1950, the Secretary of Agriculture, with the consent of the 
New Mexico Rural Rehabilitation Corporation so to do, evidenced 
by an appropriate resolution of its board of directors, is hereby 
authorized and directed to convey, grant, transfer, and quitclaim, not 
later than May 3, 1953, to the United States for subsequent adminis-
tration subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to 
national forest lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 
Stat. 961), as amended, all right, title, claim, interest, equity, and 
estate in and to the following-described lands administered by the 
Secretary as trustee, under an agreement of transfer dated May 16, 
1937, as amended January 20, 1939, with the NeW' Mexico Rural 
Rehabilitation Corporation, and situated in the counties of Rio 
Arriba and San Miguel, respectively. State of New Mexico, together 
with the improvements thereon and the rights and the appurtenances 
thereto belonging or appertaining, to wit: 
That part of the Juan Jose Lobato Grant Numbered 164, as 
shown on plat approved by decree of court of October 13, 1895, and 
filed in volume 4, page 12, New Mexico Private Land Claims Records 
of the Bureau of Land Management, which lies northerly of the 
Chama River, as conveyed to the United States by William S. Jackson 
on the 30th day of December 1942, and as more specifically described 
in the deed of conveyance recorded in volume 25-A of deeds, at pages 
463-472 of the records of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. 
That part of the Anton Chica Grant Numbered 29, as described on 
plat of survey approved February 15, 1882, and filed in volume 1, 
page 18, of New^ Mexico Private Land Claims Records of the Bureau 
of Land Management, which has been acquired by the United States 
as part of the El Pueblo project, from Gross, Kelly and Company, 
of Las Vegas, New Mexico, by deed dated October 23, 1939, and 
recorded in book 128 of deeds at pages 534-537, records of San Miguel 
County, New Mexico, on February 27, 1940, and north half section 3; 
lot 1, southeast quarter northeast quarter section 4, township 12 north, 
range 15 east; south half of fractional section 14; east half southeast 
quarter section 22; fractional section 23; fractional section 26; east 
half northeast quarter, northeast quarter southeast quarter, south half 
southeast quarter, southeast quarter southwest quarter, section 27; 
north half, east half west half southwest quarter, east half southwest 
quarter, southeast quarter section 34; section 35, township 13 north, 
range 15 east; south half southwest quarter section 17; lots 1, 2, 
northwest quarter northeast quarter section 20; southwest quarter 
section 26; lot 5, northeast quarter southeast quarter section 27; lots 
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1, 2 of section 35, township 13 north, range 16 east. New Mexico prin-
cipal meridian, containing twenty-six thousand four hundred sixty-
four and forty-six one-hundredths acres, more or less. 
SEC. 2. The lands conveyed to the United States under this Act 
shall, subject to adequate protection and conservation of soil and 
vegetative resources and the forests therein, be administered with due 
regard to the purposes for which the lands were originally acquired 
by the United States in its program of rural rehabilitation. 
SEC. 3. That pending said transfer of the above land to the Forest 
Service and thereafter, mineral deposits within said tracts of land, 
whether acquired by purchase with said land or reserved to the Gov-
ernment in the original patent, shall be administered under the Min-
eral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 913; 30 U. S. C. 361), 
as to the minerals specified therein, and as to any other minerals in 
the manner prescribed by section 402 of the President's Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 3 of 1946 (60 Stat. 1099). Applications for 
mineral leases at any time heretofore or hereafter filed with respect 
to said mineral deposits shall be considered and acted upon in the 
manner prescribed, notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 
499 of the Eighty-first Congress, approved May 3, 1950. 
SEC. 4. The following public domain lands are hereby reserved for 
administration under the Act of June 4,1897 (30 Stat. 35,16 U. S. C , 
1946 edition, sec. 475), as amended or supplemented: Lot 1, section 
25 and lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 36, all in township 13 north, range 15 
east. New Mexico principal meridian, containing one hundred sixteen 
and three one-hundredths acres, more or less. 
Approved June 28, 1952. 
Rival rehabilita-
tion. 
M i n e r a l 
posits. 
5 u s e 
note. 
1336-1 6 
Public Law 420 
CHAPTER 483 
AN ACT 
To amend section 218 (f) of the Social Security Act with respect to effective dates 
of agreements entered into with States before January 1, 1954, 
June 28, 1952 
[H.R. 6291] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That section 218 (f) 
of the Social Security Act, as amended (relating to the effective dates 
of voluntary agreements for coverage of State and local employees), 
is hereby amended by striking out "January 1, 1953" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "January 1.1954". 
Approved June 28, 1952. 
64 Stat. 516. 
42 u s e 418. 
Public Law 421 
CHAPTER 484 
AN ACT 
To exempt from taxation certain property of the AMVETS, American Veterans 
of World War II, in the District of Columbia. 
June 28, 1952 
[H.R. 6635] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoime of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the property 
situated in square 160 in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, 
described as lot 805, owned, occupied, and used by the AMVETS, 
American Veterans of World War II, is hereby exempt from all taxa-
tion so long as the same is so owned and occupied, and not used for 
commercial purposes, subject to the provisions of sections 2, 3, and 
5 of the Act entitled "An Act to define the real property exempt from 
taxation in the District of Columbia", approved December 24, 1942. 
Approved June 28, 1952. 
AMVETS. 
56 Stat. 1091. 
D. C. C o d e 47-
801b to 47-801e.