Chapter 220. Authorizing the State of California to bring suit against the United States to determine title to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California
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CHAP. 220.— An Act Authorizing the State of California to bring suit against the United States to determine title to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California. March 3, 1923.[[S. 3892](/us/bill/67/s/3892).][[Public, No. 481](/us/pl/67/481).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Siskiyou County, Calif.Suit by California to determine title to lands in, may be brought in Supreme Court.Lands described.
That consent is hereby given that a suit or suits may be instituted by or in behalf of the State of California in the Supreme Court of the United States to determine the right, title, and interest of such State to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California, alleged to have been ceded by such State to the United States by act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled “An act authorizing the United States Government to lower the water levels of any or all of the following lakes:
Lower or Little Klamath Lake, Tule or Rhett Lake, Goose Lake, and Clear Lake, situated in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, and to use any part or all of the beds of said lakes for the storage of water in connection with the irrigation and reclamation operations conducted by the Reclamation Service of the United States; also ceding to the United States all the right, title, interest, or claim of the State of California to any lands uncovered by the lowering of the water levels of any or all of said lakes not already disposed Secretary of Interior made a party.of by the State,” approved February 3, 1905, and in any such suit the right, title, and interest of such State and of the United States may be fully tested and determined if the Secretary of the Interior is made a party to such suit.
Defense by Attorney General.Upon the request of such Secretary the Attorney General of the United States is authorized and directed to defend the right, title, and interest of the United States to such land or any part thereof. Approved, March 3, 1923.