61 STAT.] 80TH CONG. ,
1ST SESS.-CHS. 190, 191-JULY 1, 1947
subsequently ordered for duty" as they appear in lines 21 and 22 of
section 1 thereof, on page 593, volume 57, Statutes at Large, and insert
in lieu thereof the words "United States, and from such points to
current or new stations to which such personnel may be subsequently
ordered for duty".
(b) Strike out the words "or Government quarters for their depend-
ents are available" as they appear in line 24 of section 1 thereof, on
page 593, volume 57, Statutes at Large, and insert in lieu thereof the
words "without regard to cost of transportation previously provided
for dependents and household effects to such points".
(c) Strike out the words "them, the wives of such personnel, or such
other responsible persons" as they appear in line 7, section 2 thereof
on page 594, volume 57, Statutes at Large, and insert in lieu thereof
the words "them, or have been ordered to new duty stations at which
their dependents are not restricted from joining them, or have con-
tinued on current duty stations where restrictive conditions no longer
prevail, the wives of such personnel, or such other responsible persons".
SEC. 3. Section 1 of this Act shall be effective in all respects as pro-
vided in section 2 of the Act of October 14 1942 (56 Stat. 786), and 50 U. S. 0. app.
section 2 of this Act shall be effective in all respects as provided in
section 6 of the Act of November 28, 1943 (57 Stat. 593), as amended.
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Approved July 1, 1947.
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[CHAPTER 191]
AN ACT
Relinquishing to the State of Illinois certain right, title, or interest of the United
States of America, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose
of enabling the State of Illinois to use the lands now occupied by the
Illinois and Michigan Canal for highway, park, recreational, or any
other public purposes, there is hereby relinquished to the State of
Illinois all such right, title, and interest, if any, as the United States
of America may have in and to any part of the land comprising the
right-of-way of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, as the same was
routed and constructed through the public lands of the United States
of America in the counties of Cook, Will, Grundy, Du Page and
La Salle, in the State of Illinois, pursuant to the provisions, insofar as
applicable, of the Acts of March 30, 1822 (3 Stat. 659), March 2, 1827
(4 Stat. 234), and March 2, 1833 (4 Stat. 662), and in and to any part
of the ninety feet of land on each side of the canal for the entire length
thereof referred to in the Act of March 30, 1822 (3 Stat. 659); on
condition, however, that if any of the lands with respect to which any
right, title, or interest is hereby relinquished by the United States of
America to the State of Illinois shall ever cease to be occupied and
used for highway, park, recreational, or any other public purposes
then, and in that event, all such right, title, and interest, if any, in or
to the lands which have ceased to be so occupied and used shall there-
upon revest in the United States of America.
SEC. 2 . This Act shall affect only such right, title, and interest of
the United States of America in and to the lands described in section 1
hereof as may have been retained by the United States of America, in
fee simple, as a reversionary interest, or otherwise, under the Acts of
March 30, 1822 (3 Stat. 659), March 2, 1827 (4 Stat. 234), and March 2,
1833 (4 Stat. 662), and as has not been disposed of, prior to the
approval of this Act, by the United States of America.
SEC. 3 . Provided that, to protect the rights of navigation in or over
the lands comprising the right-of-way of the Illinois and Michigan
July 1, 1947
[H. R. 1628]
[Public Law 152]
Illinois and Michi-
gan Canal lands.
Relinquishment to
State of Illinois.
Reversion to U. S.
Rights, etc. , affect-
ed.
Protection of rights
of navigation, etc.
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