1.Acceptance of relinquishment
of railroad right-of-way by Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company, Colorado,
over National Forest System land
(a)In
this section:
(1)The
term Company
means the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company,
the successor in interest to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway
Company.
(2)The
term Secretary
means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(b)Notwithstanding the
Act of March 8, 1922 (43 U.S.C. 912), the Secretary may accept the quitclaim,
disclaimer, and relinquishment by the Company of the right-of-way described in
subsection (c).
(c)Description of
right-of-WayThe right-of-way
referred to in subsection (b) is the right-of-way within and adjacent to the
Pike National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, that—
(1)was originally granted by the Secretary to
the Company under the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 482, chapter 152) for the
construction of a railroad and station in El Paso County, Colorado;
(2)is located in the S½ sec. 6, T. 14 S., R.
67 W., and N½SE ¼ sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 68 W., of the sixth principal meridian;
and
(3)is depicted in a tracing filed as file
number 019416 in the United States Land Office at Pueblo, Colorado, on December
24, 1914.
(d)Nothing in this
section affects the right, title, and interest of the Company in and to land
held in fee title by the Company.