SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. III . CHs . 437-439 . 1931 .
1509 SEC. 7 . There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $225,000, t hoppr opri ation au- or so much thereof as may be necessary, in order to carry out the provisions of this Act . Approved, March 3, 1931 . March 3, 1931 . CHAP. 438 .-An Act To authorize a survey of certain la nds claimed by the [H. R . 8476 .] Zu ni Pueblo Indians, New Mexico, and the issuance of patent therefor . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made of the land held by the Zuni Pueblo Indians in New Mexico as their grant under section 8 of the Act of July 22, 1854 (Tenth Statutes, pages 308, 309), and the boundaries thereof iden- tified : Pro vid ed, That upon completion of the required survey, and acceptance thereof, he shall cause to be issued to the Zuni Indians a patent covering the lands surveyed, of the same form heretofore issued for other Pueblo Indian grants in New Mexico . Approved, March 3, 1931 . [Public, No. 825 .] Zuni Pueblo Indians, N. Mex . Title to certain lands to be ascertained . Vol . 10, p. 309. Proviso . P atent to issu e on completion of survey, etc . CHAP . 439 .-An Act For the transfer of jurisdiction over Sully s; Hill
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853 4 34j .] Nat io nal P ark f rom the De par tm ent of the Interior to the Dep ar tm ent of [Public, No . 826 .] Agriculture, to be m aintained as the Sul lys Hill National Ga me Preserve, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United State s o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the Secre- tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the control of the Secretar y of Agricult ure Sullys Hil l National Park, together with all improvements thereon, in the State of North Dako ta, and the Secr etar y of Agr icul ture sha ll h erea fter adm inis ter said area as a big game preserve, refuge, and breeding grounds for wild animals and birds, which shall be known as the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve and shall embrace within its boundaries the lands described in the proclamation of June 2, 1904, establish- ing Sullys Hill Park, together with all unsurveyed or public lands uncovered by t he recession of the waters of Devils Lak e in front of said reserv ation, the pr eserve to be bounded on the north and northwest by the waters of Devils Lake, and on the west and south- west by a stream which flows through lands uncovered by the reces- sion of the waters of Devils Lake, approximately midway between lots 10 and 11, section 17 ; lots 1, 2, 6, and 8, section 16 ; and lot 2, section 9 ; lots 3, 4, and 5, section 16, township 152 north, range 65 west, fifth principal meridian, as meandered on the official plats of survey approved June 23, 1904, and June 2, 1927 : Provided, That the said game preserve is to be made available to the public for recreational purposes in so far as consistent with the use of this area as a game preserve : Provided further, That hunting shall not be permitted o n said game p reserve . SEC . 2 . The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, after July 1, 1932, an area of land not to exceed three thousand acres, at an average cost of not more than $10 per acre, with the improvements thereon, situated on the east and south of said preserve as described in section 1 of this Act, within section s 1 0, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, and 24, township 152 north, range 65 west, fifth principal meridian, said lands, upon acquisition by the United States, to become a part of the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve . Park Sullys .D Hi ll ak. National ,N Jur isdiction over, transferred to Depart- ment of Agriculture. To be admi nist ered hereafter as Sullys Hill National Game Pre- serve . Ar ea embraced . Vol . 33, p. 2368. Provisos . Avail able for recre a- tional purposes . Hunting forbidden. Acq uisitions fo r ex- tensions . Ave rage cost . D escri ptio n. 0
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