48 U.S.C. § 1421f — Title to property transferredtransferred
submitted 76 years ago by ch. 512 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 299 words · no verdicts yet
Most United States property used by Guam's former naval government was to transfer to Guam or come under Guam's control after August 1, 1950. Remaining property was placed under the Secretary of the Interior's supervision, with authority to lease or sell property not needed for public purposes.
(a) Property employed by naval government of Guam. Title to all United States real and personal property used by Guam's naval government to administer civil affairs—including vehicles, equipment, tools, machinery, water and sewer facilities, bus lines and utilities, hospitals, schools, and other buildings—was to transfer to Guam within 90 days after August 1, 1950.
(b) Other property not reserved. All other United States property in Guam that the President did not reserve within that 90-day period was placed under Guam's control for the people's benefit. Subject to limits in this chapter or a later congressional Act, the legislature could make laws about that property as it considered desirable.
(c) Secretary of the Interior; sale or lease. United States property in Guam not transferred under (a) and not placed under Guam's control under (b) was transferred to the Interior Secretary's administrative supervision, unless the President later directed otherwise. The Secretary could lease or sell, on terms considered in the public interest, United States real or personal property under that supervision that was not needed for public purposes.
The title to all property, real and personal, owned by the United States and employed by the naval government of Guam in the administration of the civil affairs of the inhabitants of Guam, including automotive and other equipment, tools and machinery, water and sewerage facilities, bus lines and other utilities, hospitals, schools, and other buildings, shall be transferred to the government of Guam within ninety days after August 1, 1950.
All other property, real and personal, owned by the United States in Guam, not reserved by the President of the United States within ninety days after August 1, 1950, is placed under the control of the government of Guam, to be administered for the benefit of the people of Guam, and the legislature shall have authority, subject to such limitations as may be imposed upon its acts by this chapter or subsequent Act of the Congress, to legislate with respect to such property, real and personal, in such manner as it may deem desirable.
All property owned by the United States in Guam, the title to which is not transferred to the government of Guam by subsection (a) hereof, or which is not placed under the control of the government of Guam by subsection (b) hereof, is transferred to the administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, except as the President may from time to time otherwise prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall be authorized to lease or to sell, on such terms as he may deem in the public interest, any property, real and personal, of the United States under his administrative supervision in Guam not needed for public purposes.
Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 28, 64 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 90–497, § 12(b), Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 848.)
- 1950Enacted · Act of Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512 · 64 Stat. 392
- 1968Amended · Pub. L. 90-497 · 82 Stat. 848
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 512 on 1950-08-01.
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