Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/870

 92 STAT. 816

PUBLIC LAW 95-395—SEPT. 30, 1978 action, the remedy shall be limited to a right of possession of the settlement lands. FINDINGS BY THE SECRETARY

25 USC 1706.

Regulations.

SEC. 7. Section 6 of this Act shall not take effect until the Secretary finds— (a) that the State of Rhode Island has enacted legislation creating or authorizing the creation of a State chartered corporation satisfying the following criteria: (1) the corporation shall be authorized to acquire, perpetually manage, and hold the settlement lands; (2) the corporation shall be controlled by a board of directors, the majority of the members of which shall be selected by the Indian Corporation or its successor, and the remaining members of which shall be selected by the State of Rhode Island; and (3) the corporation shall be authorized, after consultation with appropriate State officials, to establish its own regulations concerning hunting and fishing on the settlement lands, which need not comply with regulations of the State of Rhode Island but which shall establish minimum standards for the safety of persons and protection of wildlife and fish stock; and (b) that State of Rhode Island has enacted legislation authorizing the conveyance to the State Corporation of land and natural resources that substantially conform to the public settlement lands as described in paragraph 2 of the Settlement Agreement. , . PURCHASE AND TRANSFER OF PRIVATE SETTLEMENT LANDS

25 USC 1707.

SEC. 8. (a) When the Secretary determines that the State Corporation described in section 7(a) has been created and will accept the settlement lands, the Secretary shall exercise within sixty days the options entered into pursuant to section 5 of this Act and assign the private settlement lands thereby purchased to the State Corporation. (b) Any moneys remaining in the fund established by section 4 of this Act after the purchase described in subsection (a) shall be returned to the general Treasury of the United States. (c) Upon the discharge of the Secretary's duties under sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this Act, the United States shall have no further duties or liabilities under the Act with respect to the Indian Corporation or its successor, the State Corporation, or the settlement lands: Pr(yvided^ however, That if the Secretary subsequently acknowledges the existence of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians, then the settlement lands may not be sold, granted, or otherwise conveyed or leased to anyone other than the Indian Corporation, and no such disposition of the settlement lands shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same is approved by the Secretary pursuant to regulations adopted by him for that purpose: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall affect or otherwise impair the ability of the State Corporation to grant or otherwise convey (including any involuntary conveyance by means of eminent domain or condemnation proceedings) any easement for public or private purposes pursuant to the laws of the State of Rhode Island.

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