§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

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must give to local town or city officials or to school authorities in the Territory of Alaska any land and buildings the United States no longer needs for Alaska Native Service school purposes. Any transfer must honor existing rights and claims. The United States keeps all mineral deposits and the right to look for and take them under rules the Secretary makes. The land and buildings must be used only for school or other public purposes, and school facilities must be open to all native children of the town, city, or school district on the same terms as other children. If the recipient breaks these rules and the problem goes on for at least one year, the Secretary can cancel the transfer. That decision is final, and the property returns to the United States as public land to be handled under the public land laws.