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PUBLIC LAW 85-36-MAY 23, 1957

Public Law 85-34 AN ACT To authorize the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, to acquire certain tribal lands on the Catawba Indian Reservation, South Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina is authorized to sell to the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, a tract of approximately forty-nine acres of land in the Catawba Indian Reservation for a consideration mutually agreeable to the parties and to the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to execute such conveyancing instrument as may be appropriate for that purpose. If a negotiated sale cannot be effected prior to July 1, 1958, the city is authorized to acquire the land by eminent domain proceedings in accordance with the laws of South Carolina in an action against the United States filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina. The payment or distribution of the proceeds from any sale or condemnation pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to any lien, except for debts owed to the United States or to Indian organizations indebted to the United States, and shall not be taxable. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, but only after securing the consent of the Catawba Indian Tribe thereto, to grant to the city of Rock Hill an immediate right of entry on such land pending the completion of a sale or condemnation action. Approved May 17, 1967.

May 17, 1957 [H. R. (576]

Rock Hill, S. C. A c q u i 8 i tion of certain Indian lands.

Public Law 85-35 AN ACT To provide for the leconveyance of certain land to the city of Spearflsh, South Daliota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer by quitclaim deed to the city of Spearfish, South Dakota, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described land, including improvements thereon, in such city: Lot 1-A of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section fifteen in township six north, range two east. Black Hills meridian, containing one acre. Approved May 21, 1957.

May 21, 11957 [H. R. 240 I]

Spearfish, S.Dak. Reconveyance.

Public Law 85-36 AN ACT To facilitate the regulation, control, and eradication of plant pests. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

May 23, 1957 [S. 1442]

of the

TITLE I—FEDERAL PLANT P E S T ACT 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal Plant Pest Act". SEC. 102. As used in this Act, except where the context otherwise requires: SEC.

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