Volume 69 · 546
Public Law 84–265
To authorize the conveyance by quitclaim deed of certain land in the Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County, Texas.
Approved August 9, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the conveyance by quitclaim deed of certain land in the Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County, Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to reconvey, by quitclaim deed, to the Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County, Texas, for a monetary consideration equal to that paid by the United States to such district therefor, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to those lands located on Brazos and Padre Island, Cameron County. Texas, including accretions thereto, which were conveyed to the United States by the Brownsville Navigation District by two deeds, both dated October 25, 1932, and recorded in volume 243. pages 266–262, and volume 244, pages 101–103 of the deed records of Cameron Comity, Texas, except for such portions of the lands or interests therein as the Secretary of the Army may determine are needed in connection with river and harbor improvement works at the location.
Sec. 2.
The conveyance authorized by this Act shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, determines advisable to assure that the use of the land by the Brownsville Navigation District or its transferees will be compatible with the operations of the United States Coast Guard. Such conveyance shall also contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army determines advisable in the public interest, and particularly such terms and conditions as he determines advisable—
to assure that the use of the Lind by the Brownsville Navigation District or its transferees will be compatible with the construction, maintenance, and operation of the river and harbor project at the location; and
to assure that the United States, and its employees, agents, and contractors shall have the right to utilize the existing causeway, constructed by Cameron County, Texas, for access to Padre Island, Texas, in connection with governmental activities, without charge.
Sec. 3.
The conveyance authorized by this Act shall reserve to the United States all right, title, and interest in source material (as defined
in the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954) in the lands conveyed.
Approved August 9, 1955.