§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,
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, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174,