25 U.S.C. § 293b : US Code - Section 293B: Conveyance of abandoned school properties in Alaska to local town or city officials or school authorities; reservation of rights and claims by United States and use conditions; violations and forfeiture of grant; determinations; reversion to United States

Search 25 U.S.C. § 293b : US Code - Section 293B: Conveyance of abandoned school properties in Alaska to local town or city officials or school authorities; reservation of rights and claims by United States and use conditions; violations and forfeiture of grant; determinations; reversion to United States

The Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to
convey to local town or city officials or to school authorities in
the Territory of Alaska, all the right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to any parcel or tract of land and the
improvements thereon for school or other public purposes whenever
he shall determine that such land and improvements are no longer
required by the Alaska Native Service for school purposes:
Provided, That any conveyance made pursuant to this section shall
be subject to all valid existing rights and claims, shall reserve
to the United States all mineral deposits in the lands and the
right to prospect for and remove the deposits under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and
shall provide that the lands and improvements conveyed shall be
used for school or other public purposes only and that the school
facilities maintained thereon or therein shall be available to all
of the native children of the town, city, or other school district
concerned on the same terms as to other children of such town,
city, or district. The Secretary of the Interior, if at any time he
determines that the grantee of any such lands and improvements has
violated or failed to observe the foregoing provisions and that
such violation or failure has continued for a period of at least
one year, may declare a forfeiture of the grant. Such determination
by the Secretary shall be final, and thereupon the lands and
improvements covered thereby shall revert to the United States and
become a part of the public domain subject to administration and
disposal under the public land laws.