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PUBLIC LAW 89-470-JUNE 24, 1966

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Public Law 89-470 June 24, 1966 [H. R. 5984]

Public lands, Grants to States.

AN ACT To amend sections 2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, with respect to certain lands granted to the States.

Be it ermcted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2275 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (43 U.S.C. 851), is further amended by— (a) Deleting the words "or Territory" wherever they appear in that section; (b) Deleting the words "prior to survey"' wherever they appear in that section and substituting therefor the words "before title could pass to the State". SEC. 2. Section 2276 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (43 U.S.C. 852), is further amended by— (a) Deleting the words "or Territory" and "or Territories" wherever they appear in that section; (b) Deleting the words "prior to survey" wherever they appear in that section and substituting therefor the words "before title could pass to the State". (c) Adding the words "or unsurveyed" after the word "surveyed" in subparagraph (a). SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior may issue regulations governing applications for unsurveyed lands. If he establishes any minimum acreage requirements, they shall provide for selection of tracts of reasonable size, taking into consideration location, terrain, and adjacent land ownership and uses. SEC. 4. Prior to issuance of an instrument of transfer, lands must be surveyed. The Secretary of the Interior shall within five years, subject to the availability of funds, survey the exterior boundaries of lands approved as suitable for transfer to the State. Approved June 24, 1966.

Public Law 89-471 June 24, 1966 [H.R. 15124]

AN ACT ,j,y amend section 316 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.

Tobacco allotments. Lease filing, extension. 75 Stat. 469. 7 USC 1314b.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 316(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by changing the period at the end of the second sentence to a colon and adding the following proviso: '•Provided. That any lease and transfer of an allotment shall be effective, notwithstanding the failure to file a cop3^ of the lease with the county committee prior to such closing date, if (1) the Secretary finds that a lease in compliance with the provisions of this section was agreed upon prior to such closing date, and (2) the terms of the lease are reduced to writing and filed in the county office in which the farms involved are located not later than the 31st day of July of the crop year to which the lease relates." Approved June 24, 1966.

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