§ 570. — Conveyance of land to school district.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 43USC570]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XV--TOWN SITES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND SCHOOL SITES
Sec. 570. Conveyance of land to school district
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon application by the
proper officers of a school district located wholly or in part within
the boundaries of a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation,
to issue patent conveying to such district such unappropriated
undisposed of lands, not exceeding six acres in area, within any
Government reclamation town site situated within such school district
as, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, are necessary for
use by said district for school buildings and grounds: Provided, That if
any land so conveyed cease entirely to be used for school purposes title
thereto shall revert to and revest in the United States.
(Oct. 31, 1919, ch. 92, 41 Stat. 326.)
Change of Name
``Reclamation Service'' changed to ``Bureau of Reclamation'' by
order of the Secretary of the Interior in June of 1923.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out
under section 1451 of this title.
