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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

91 STAT. 1656

PRIVATE LAW 95-18—NOV. 12, 1977

Private Law 95-18 95th Congress An Act Nov. 12, 1977 [H.R. 1403]

Weathersby Godbold Carter, Jr. and Richard T. Harriss III.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the interest of the United States in certain lands in Adams County, Mississippi, notwithstanding a limitation in the Color-of-Title Act (45 Stat. 1069, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1068).

Be it enacted by the Senate and H&me of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any provision of the Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1068-1068b), limiting the maximum acreage which may be conveyed thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to receive, consider, and act on an application by Weathersby Godbold Carter, Junior, and Richard T. Harriss III, of Natchez, Mississippi, for conveyance of the interest of the United States in the following described land pursuant to and in accordance with all other applicable provisions of that Act, but without regard to acreage limitations: Section 28, township 5 north, range 2 west, Washington meridia,n, Adams County, Mississippi. SEC. 2. No conveyance may be made pursuant to the first section of this Act unless an application for conveyance is filed with the Secretary of the Interior within one year of the effective date of this Act. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding section 3 of the Act of December 22, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 1068b), conveyance of title under this Act shall reserve to the United States all minerals in the land together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such minerals under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, except that if the Secretary makes the findings specified in section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2757, 43 U.S.C. 1719) and the conveyance meets the requirements of section 3 of the Act of December 22, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 1068b), the minerals may then be conveyed together with the surface as provided in section 209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1719). Approved November 12, 1977.

Private Law 95-19 95th Congress An Act Nov. 14. 1977 [S. 1142]

For the relief of Kam Lin Cheung.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Kam Lin Cheung. United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provision of section 212(a) (25) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Kam Lin Cheung may be issued a visa and admitted 8 USC 1182. to the United States for permanent residence if she is found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of that Act: Provided, That this exemption shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice had