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| Public Law 87-288 | Indians. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, N. Mex. Land donation. |
| Public Law 87-288 | 588 |
| Sec. 2 | Indian Claims Commission. Determination. 25 U. S. C. 70a. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described land containing 391.43 acres, more or less, situated in the State of New Mexico and now in use by the Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Reservation—
Township 32 north, range 1 west, New Mexico principal meridian:
Section 31, lots 1, 2, 3, east half northwest quarter, northeast quarter southwest quarter, containing 234.38 acres, more or less;
Section 30, lot 4, northeast quarter southwest quarter, lot 3,
southeast quarter southwest quarter, containing 156.20 acres, more or less;
Beginning at corner numbered 1, from which the northwest corner of section 30, township 32 north, range 1 west, New Mexico principal meridian, bears north 57 degrees 40 minutes west a distance of 2,676 feet;
Thence from corner numbered 1 south 53 degrees 33 minutes west a distance of 396 feet to corner numbered 2; thence south 36 degrees 27 minutes east a distance of 100 feet to corner numbered 3;
Thence north 53 degrees 33 minutes east, a distance of 352 feet to corner
numbered 4; thence north 12 degrees 32 minutes west, a distance of 112
feet to point of beginning, containing 0.85 acres, more or less;
is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the
Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico,
subject to a reservation of the right of the United States to use so
much of said land, together with all facilities now thereon or hereafter
installed by the United States, as shall in the opinion of the Secretary
of the Interior be needed for the administration of the affairs of the
tribe, and subject to a reservation in the United States of a right-of-way
across any part of said land which the Secretary of the Interior deems
desirable in connection with the administration of the affairs of the tribe.
The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission.
Approved, September 22, 1961.
