Chapter 32. To provide for the acquisition by the United States of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii
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CHAP. 32.— An Act To provide for the acquisition by the United States of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. June 28, 1921.[[H. R. 2499](/us/bill/67/hr/2499).][[Public, No. 26](/us/pl/67/26).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Private fishery rights in, etc., to be acquired.Navy is hereby authorized to examine and appraise the value of the Privately owned rights of fishery in Pearl Harbor, island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, from an imaginary line from Kaak Point to Beckoning Point, both within said harbor, to the seaward, and the privately owned rights of fishery in and about the entrance channel 68to said harbor, and to enter into negotiations for the purchase of Contracts authorized.the said rights and, if in his judgment the price for such rights is reasonable and satisfactory, to make contracts for the purchase of same subject to future ratification and appropriation by Congress;
Condemnation authorized if contracts not obtainable.or in the event of the inability of the Secretary of the Navy to make a satisfactory contract for the voluntary purchase of the said rights of fishery, he is hereby authorized and directed through the Attorney General to institute and carry to completion proceedings for the condemnation of said rights of fishery, the acceptance of the award in said proceedings to be subject to the future ratification and appropriation Procedure.by Congress.
Such condemnation proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in, and jurisdiction of said proceedings is hereby given to, the district court of the United States for the Vol. 25, p. 357.district of Hawaii, substantially as provided in “An Act to authorize condemnation of land for sites for public buildings, and for other Amount authorized for expenses.purposes,” approved August 1, 1888; and the sum of $5,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, to be immediately and continuously available until expended, to pay the necessary costs thereof and expenses in connection therewith.
The Secretary of the Navy is further authorized and directed to report the proceedings hereunder to Congress. Approved, June 28, 1921.