Volume 85
Public Law 92–36
Giving the consent of Congress to the addition of land to the State of Texas, and ceding jurisdiction to the State of Texas over a certain parcel or tract of land heretofore acquired by the United States of America from the United Mexican States.
Approved June 30, 1971
Statutory text
AN ACT
Giving the consent of Congress to the addition of land to the State of Texas, and ceding jurisdiction to the State of Texas over a certain parcel or tract of land heretofore acquired by the United States of America from the United Mexican States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the parcel or tract of land lying adjacent to the territory of the State of Texas, which was acquired by the United States of America by virtue of the Convention Between the United States of America and the United Mexican States for the Solution of the Problem of the Chamizal, signed
15 UST 21.
August 29, 1963, is declared to have become a geographical part of the State of Texas and shall be under the civil and criminal jurisdiction of said State, without affecting the ownership of said land.
Sec. 2.
The addition of land and the ceding of jurisdiction to the State of Texas shall take effect upon acceptance by the State of Texas.
Approved June 30, 1971.