52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 490, 514-JUNE 16, 1938 interests as herein provided, or in the event that the bridge herein authorized is not constructed within five years from the date of approval of this joint resolution, the Commission shall be dissolved and shall cease to have further existence, by an order of the comp- troller of the State of New York made upon his own initiative or upon application of the Commission or any member or members thereof, but only after a public hearing in the city of Niagara Falls, notice of the time and place of which hearing and the purpose thereof shall have been published once, at least thirty days before the date thereof, in a newspaper published in the city of Niagara Falls, New York, and a newspaper published in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. At the time of such dissolution, all moneys in the hands of or to the credit of the Commission shall be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall be paid to said United States interests and the other to said Canadian interests. SEC. 9. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the Commission or any member thereof to create any obligation or incur any liability other than such obligations and liabilities as are dischargeable solely from funds provided by this joint resolution. No obligation created or liability incurred pursuant to this joint resolu- tion shall be an obligation or liability of any member or members of the Commission but shall be chargeable solely to the funds herein provided, nor shall any indebtedness created pursuant to this joint resolution be an indebtedness of the United States. SEC. 10 All provisions of this joint resolution may be enforced, or the violation thereof prevented by mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate remedy brought by the attorney general for the State of New York, the United States district attorney for the district in which the bridge may be located in part, or by the solicitor general of the Dominion of Canada in any court having competent jurisdic- tion of the subject matter and of the parties. SEC. 11. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 514] AN ACT To quiet title and possession to certain islands in the Tennessee River in the coun- ties of Colbert and Lauderdale, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States, except such right, title, and interest as has been acquired by the United States through pur- chase or condemnation, in and to all of the following-described property, to wit- An island known as the "Brush Creek Island" lying in the Tennessee River in sections 14 and 15, township 2 south, range 14 west, in Lauderdale, Alabama; and An island known as the "Bluff Creek Island" lying in the Tennes- see River in section 19, township 2 south, range 13 west, in the county of Lauderdale, State of Alabama; and An island known as the "Waterloo" or "Bledsoe Island" lying in the Tennessee River in section 12, township 2 south, range 15 west, in the county of Colbert, State of Alabama. be, and the same is hereby, released, relinquished, and confirmed by the United States to the owners of the equitable titles thereto, as fully and completely in every respect whatever as could be done by 771 Public hearing, notice. Division Uf moneys. Creation of other ob- ligations, etc., for- bidden. Enforcement of pro- visions; remedies, etc. Amendment, etc. Julne 16, 1938 I I t. 7 .5lt,IJ) 1i[Public, NNo.Ai(l~ ('olh.Irt ad lauder- dale Counties Ala. Release of U. 8. title to designated Islands to owners of equitable titles. Descriptio.
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