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PUBLIC LAW 88-182-NOV. 20, 1963

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southerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad; thence" southeasterly along said westerly line of Orange Street extended to a point 265 feet from the southeasterly comer of block 16 of said original town of Muscatine; thence northeasterly to a point on the extension of the easterly line of said Orange Street, 265 feet from the southwesterly corner of block 17; then continuing southeasterly along said easterly line of said Orange Street extended a distance of 450 feet, more or less, to the proposed harbor line as set forth on plate 1 of House Document Numbered 738, Eightieth Congress, at the city of Muscatine, Iowa; thence northeasterly and upstream along said proposed harbor line to a point on the extension of the northeasterly line of lot 3, block 19, of the original town of Muscatine, Iowa; thence northwesterly along said line to the southerly rightof-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad; thence southwesterly along said right-of-way line to the point of beginning; containing 10 acres, more or less. Approved November 19, 1963. Public Law 88-182 AN ACT

November 20, 1963

Approving a compromise and settlement agreement of the Navajo Tribe of Indians and auttiorizing the tribe to execute and the Secretary of the Interior to approve any oil and gas leases entered into pursuant to the agreement.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the agreement Indians. entered into by the Navajo Indian Tribe, Shell Oil Company (a corpo- ^^^^J° '^''^^^' ration), and Humble Oil & Refining Company (a corporation), dated leases. ^^^ May 1, 1959, as amended by subsequent agreements dated September 14, 1960, November 7, 1962, and January 7, 1963, respectively, and on file with the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby approved, such agreement having been entered into for the purpose of compromising and settling, among such tribe and corporations, certain matters arising out of disputed title claims between the Navajo Indian Tribe and the State of Utah to the oil and gas rights in section 16, township 40 south, range 24 east. Salt Lake meridian, and in section 16, township 40 south, range 26 east, Salt Lake meridian, both in San Juan County, Utah. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Navajo Tribe of Indians is hereby authorized to lease, in accordance with the undertakings of such tribe in the aforementioned agreement, as amended, any interests which it might have or hereafter acquire in those lands described in the first section of this Act, and the Secretary of the Interior shall approve any lease so made. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act is intended or shall be construed as a finding, interpretation, or construction by the Congress of the validity or invalidity of the respective claims of the Navajo Indian Tribe and the State of Utah to the lands described in the first section of this Act, and the determination of such conflicting claims shall be unaffected by anything in this Act. Approved November 20, 1963. 93-025 0 - 6 4 - 2 4

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