Volume 72
Public Law 85–503
To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of public airports in the Territory of Alaska”, as amended.
Approved July 3, 1958
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of public airports in the Territory of Alaska”, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 5 of
Alaska.
Airports; leases.
48 USC 485d.
the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of public airports in the Territory of Alaska”, approved May 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 277), as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 5.
The Secretary of Commerce is empowered to lease under such conditions as he may deem proper and for such periods as may be desirable (not to exceed ten years) space or property within or upon the airports for purposes essential or appropriate to the operation of the airports: Provided, That real property within or upon the airports may be leased for purposes of erecting structures necessary or incident to the operation of the airports, for periods not exceeding fifty-five years, and any such lease heretofore made may be renewed or renegotiated for any such period.”
Approved July 3, 1958.