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PUBLIC LAW 85-304-SEPT. 7, 1957
SEC. 4. (a) The United States retains all its navigational servitude and rights in and powers of regulation and control of the waters over and lands transferred under subsection (a) of section 2 for the constitutional purposes of commerce, navigation, national defense, and international affairs, all of which shall be paramount to, but shall not be deemed to include, proprietary rights of ownership, or the rights of management, administration, disposition, use, and development of the lands and natural resources which are specifically vested in the Territory h^ subsection (a) of section 2 of this Act. (b) In time of war or when necessary for national defense, and when the Congress or the President shall so prescribe, the United States shall have the right of first refusal to purchase at the prevailing market price, all or any portion of the natural resources granted under subsection (a) of section 2, or to acquire and use any portion of the lands granted thereby, by proceeding in accordance with due process of law and paying just compensation therefor. SEC. 5. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any right which may have been acquired under any law of the United States in lands subject to this Act and such rights, if any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the time at which they were acquired: Provided, how ever, That nothing contained in this Act is intended or shall be construed as a finding, interpretation, or construction by the Congress that the law under which such rights may be claimed in fact or in law applies to the lands subject to this Act, or authorizes or compels the granting of such rights in such lands, and that the determination of the applicability or effect of such law shall be unaffected by anything contained in this Act. SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary is hereby authorized to survey for the purposes of this Act the exterior boundaries of any area in the Territory which is now or in the future occupied as a town, village, or city, notwithstanding the fact that the lands within that area may not be subject to disposal under the public land laws, and upon his acceptance of a survey for such area, the area shall be deemed a surveyed townsite for the purposes of this Act. (b) The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to cause such pierhead lines to be established as may be requested by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary to carry out the terms of this Act. Approved September 7, 1957.
Retention rights by U. S.
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Public Law 85-304 AN ACT To amend the Act of June i>, 1880, entitled "An Act to grant to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa, for public uses, a certain lake or bayou situated near said city".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 9, 1880, entitled "An Act to grant to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa, for public uses, a certain lake or bayou situated near said city" (21 Stat. I 7 l), is hereby amended by the insertion'of a period immediately after "fifth principal meridian of Iowa", and by the deletion of all thereafter. Approved September 7, 1957.
September 7, 1957 [H. R. 8928]
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