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 93-299 (H.R.6542), enacted 06/01/1974

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-299-JUNE 1, 1974 
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SEC. 2. Any law, regulation, document, map, or record of the United 
States in which reference is made to the Arrowood Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps Center or to the Cross Timbers National Grasslands shall 
be held and considered to be a reference to the Lyndon B. Johnson 
Civilian Conservation Corj)S Center and the Lyndon B. Johnson 
National Grasslands, respectively. 
Approved June 1, 1974. 
Public Law 93-299 
AN ACT 
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. 
June 1,1974 
[H. R. 6542] 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed, in accordance with section 8 
of this Act, to convey by quitclaim deed to the present owner or owners 
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 
the north corner iron being on the south city limits of Manning, 
South Carolina, containing one lot of land of .6 acre and described 
as follows: Beginning at a point on the right-of-way of the United 
States Highway 301 and running along L^nited States Highway 
301 north 60 degrees 10 minutes east 152 feet to a stake; thence 
south 45 degrees 46 minutes each 156 feet along the south city 
limits of Manning, South Carolina, to a stake; thence south 60 
degrees 10 minutes west 194.8 feet to a stake; thence north 29 
degrees 50 minutes west 150 feet to the point of beginning. Said 
tract of land bounded as follows: North by United States High-
way 301; east by the lands of J. K. Breedin; south and west by the 
lands of B. F.Hill. 
For a more particular description of said land reference may be 
had to a plat made by W. B. Sykes, surveyor, on 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 convey-
ance is filed with the Secretary within six months of the date of 
apjjroval 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 difference 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 
Clarendon 
County, S.C. 
Mineral inter-
ests, conveyance. 
Ad minis trativ(3 
costs, payment. 
Application, 
filing dale. 
"Administrative 
c o s t s . " 
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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 service, and deposited to the 
appropriation then current. Moneys paid for the minerals or mineral 
interests conveyed shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
Approved June 1, 1974. 
June 1,1974 
[H. R. 10942] 
Public Law 93-300 
AN ACT 
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as 
amended, to extend and adapt its provisions to the Convention between the 
United States and the Government of Japan for the protection of migratory 
birds and birds in danger of extinction and their environment, concluded at 
the city of Tokyo, March 4,1972. 
Migratory Bird 
Treaty Act, 
amendments. 
U.S.-Japanese 
convention terms, 
addition. 
Effective date. 
16 u s e 703 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerioa in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) is amended— 
(1) by striking out", or any part, nest, or ^gg of any such birds," 
and insert in lieu thereof ", any part, nest, or egg of any such bird, 
or any product, whether or not manufactured, which consists, or 
is composed in whole or part, of any such bird or any part, nest, or 
egg thereof,"; 
(2) by striking out "and" immediately after "1916,"; and 
(3) by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: ", and the United States and the 
Government of Japan for the protection of migratory birds and 
birds in danger of extinction, and their environment concluded 
March 4,1972.". 
SEC. 2. The title of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is amended 
to read as follows: "An Act to give effect to the conventions between 
the United States and other nations for the protection of migratory 
birds, birds in danger of extinction, game mammals, and their envi-
ronment.". 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
date on which the President proclaims the exchange of ratifications 
of the convention between the United States and the Government of 
Japan for the protection of migratory birds and birds in danger of 
extinction, and their environment, concluded March 4, 1972, or on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, whichever date is later. 
Approved June 1, 1974. 
June 1,1974 
[H. R.10284] 
Public Law 93-301 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain rights in the State of 
Florida. 
Marion County, 
Fla. 
Phosphate de-
posits, convey-
ance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the record owner 
thereof, in accordance with section 3 of this Act, all right, title, and 
interest in phosphate deposits reserved to the United States in land