CUPRUM, IDAHO RELIEF.

SEC. 212. CUPRUM, IDAHO RELIEF. (a) Findings.—The Congress finds and declares that: (1) In 1899, the citizens of Cuprum, Idaho, commissioned E.S. Hesse to conduct a survey describing these lands occupied by their community. The purpose of this survey was to provide a basis for the application for a townsite patent. (2) In 1909, the Cuprum Townsite patent (Number 52817) was granted, based on an aliquot parts description which was intended to circumscribe the Hesse survey. (3) Since the day of the patent, the Hesse survey has been used continuously by the community of Cuprum and by Adams County, Idaho, as the official townsite plat and basis for conveyance of title within the townsite. (4) Recent boundary surveys conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, discovered inconsistencies between the official aliquot parts description of the patented Cuprum Townsite and the Hesse survey. Many lots along the south and east boundaries of the townsite are now known to extend onto National Forest System lands outside the townsite. (5) It is the determination of Congress that the original intent of the Cuprum Townsite application was to include all the lands described by the Hesse survey. (b) Purpose.—It is the purpose of this section to amend the 1909 Cuprum Townsite patent to include those additional lands described by the Hesse survey in addition to other lands necessary to provide an administratively acceptable boundary to the National Forest System. (c) Amendment of Patent.—The 1909 Cuprum Townsite patent is hereby amended to include parcels 1 and 2, identified on the plat, marked as “Township 20 North, Range 3 West, Boise Meridian, Idaho, Section 10: Proposed Patent Adjustment Cuprum Townsite, Idaho” prepared by Payette N.F.—Land Survey Unit, drawn and approved by Tom Betzold, Forest Land Surveyor, on April 25, 1995. Such additional lands are hereby conveyed to the original patentee, Pitts Ellis, trustee, and Probate Judge of 110 STAT. 4111Washington County, Idaho, or any successors or assigns in interest in accordance with State law. The Secretary of Agriculture may correct clerical and typographical errors in such plat. (d) Survey.—The Federal Government shall survey the Federal property lines and mark and post the boundaries necessary to implement this section.