A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States to the owner or owners of record of certain lands in the State of South Carolina.
PL 93-297 (H.R.6541), enacted 06/01/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-297-JUNE 1, 1974 
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Public Law 93-297 
AN ACT 
June 1, 1974 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests 
[H. R. 6541] 
of the United States to the owner or owners of record of certain lands in the 
State of South Carolina. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
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of the Interior is authorized and directed, in accordance with section 3 "^^e^raiinter-
of this Act, to convey by quitclaim deed to the present owner or owners ests, conveyance. 
of record all mineral interest of the United States in the following 
described lands in Clarendon County, South Carolina: 
All that piece, parcel, or tract of land lying, being, and situate 
a north corner iron being 152 feet south of the city limits of 
Manning, South Carolina, containing 10.4 acres of land and 
described as follows: 
Beginning at a point of the right-of-way of United States 
Highway 301 and running along United States Highway 301 
north 58 degrees 45 minutes east 240.3 feet to a stake; 
thence south 31 degrees 15 minutes east 460 feet to a stake; 
thence north 58 degrees 45 minutes east 302.4 feet to a stake; 
thence north 27 degrees 48 minutes west 459.8 feet to a stake; 
thence north 59 degrees 12 minutes east 85.7 feet to a point 
of curve; 
thence north 60 degrees 5 minutes east 32.5 feet to a stake; 
thence south 29 degrees 50 minutes east 150 feet to a stake; 
thence north 60 degrees 10 minutes east 194.8 feet to a stake; 
thence south 46 degrees 55 minutes east 219.2 feet to a stake; 
thence south 16 degrees 6 minutes west 123 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 8 degrees 4 minutes east 125.6 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 12 degrees 37 minutes east 106.3 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 20 degrees 22 minutes west 105.7 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 44 degrees 28 minutes west 124.7 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 37 degrees 25 minutes west-114.9 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 32 degrees 39 minutes west 88.6 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence south 22 degrees 22 minutes west 136.1 feet to a stake; 
thence north 38 degrees 58 minutes west 149 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence north 42 degrees 53 minutes west 190.7 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence north 48 degrees 44 minutes west 93.5 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence north 81 degrees 6 minutes west 114.9 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence north 55 degrees 54 minutes west 110.1 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence north 24 degrees 24 minutes west 135.4 feet to a point 
of curve; 
thence north 5 degrees 32 minutes west 86.6 feet to a point of 
curve; 
thence north 30 degrees 9 minutes west 171.5 feet to the point 
of beginning. 
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Administrative 
costs, payment. 
Application, 
filing date. 
"Administrative 
c o s t s . " 
Said tract of land bounded as follows: Noith by United States 
Highway 301 and the lands of the San-Man Inn of Manning 
Incorj3orated; east by the lands of M. R. Webster and of J. K. 
Breedin; south and west by the lands now or formerly of Anna 
and John R. Stewart. 
For a more particular description of said land, a comparison may 
be had of a plat made by W. B. Sykes, surveyor, dated March 16,19'51, 
and recorded in plat book 14 at page 39 in the Office of the Clerk of 
Court for Clarendon, a plat made by W. B. Sykes, surveyor, on 
November 16, 1960, and recorded in plat book 16 at page 157 in the 
Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County, and a plat made 
by W. B. Sykes, surveyor, dated December 29, 1961, and recorded in 
plat book 17 at page 31 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for 
Clarendon County. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary shall require the deposit of a sum of money 
which he deems sufficient to cover estimated administrative costs of 
this Act. If conveyance is not made pursuant to this Act, and the 
administrative costs exceed the deposit, the Secretary shall bill the 
applicant for the outstanding amount, but if the amount of the deposit 
exceeds the actual administrative costs, the Secretary shall refund 
the excess. 
SEC. 3. No conveyance shall be made unless application for con-
veyance is filed with the Secretary within six months of the date of 
approval of this Act and unless within the time specified by him pay-
ment is made to the Secretary of (1) administrative costs of the con-
veyance and (2) the fair market value of the interest to be conveyed. 
The amount of the payment required shall be the diffei-ence between the 
amount deposited and the full amount required to be paid under this 
section. If the amount deposited exceeds the full amount required to 
be paid, the applicant shall be given a credit or refund for the excess. 
SEC. 4. The term "administrative costs" as used in this Act, includes, 
but is not limited to, all costs of (1) conducting such exploratory 
programs as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary to deter-
mine the character of the mineral deposits in the land, (2) evaluating 
the data obtained under the exploratory programs to determine the 
fair market value of the mineral rights to be conveyed, and (3) pre-
paring and issuing the instrument of conveyance. 
SEC. 5. Moneys paid to the Secretary for administrative costs shall 
be paid to the agency which rendered the service, and deposited to the 
appropriation then current. Moneys paid for the mineral or mineral 
interests conveyed shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
Approved June 1, 1974. 
June 1.1974 
[S.2835] 
Public Law 93-298 
AN ACT 
To rename the first Civilian Conservation Corps Center located near Franklin, 
North Carolina, and the Cross Timbers National Grasslands in Texas in honor 
of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. 
Lyndon B. 
Johnson Civilian 
Conservation 
Corps Center and 
Lyndon B. John-
son National 
Grasslands. 
Designation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first Civil-
ian Conservation Corps Center, known as the Arrowood Civilian 
Conservation Corps Center, located near Franklin, North Carolina, 
is redesignated as the Lyndon B. Johnson Civilian Conservation Corps 
Center, and the Cross Timbers National Grasslands, located in Wise 
and Montague Counties, Texas, is redesignated as the Lyndon B. 
Johnson National Grasslands.