Chapter 149. To amend the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes, pages 67, 68), entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition by the United States of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii.” April 14, 1930.[[H
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CHAP. 149.— An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes, pages 67, 68), entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition by the United States of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii.” April 14, 1930.[[H. R. 8294](/us/bill/71/hr/8294).][[Public, No. 125](/us/pl/71/125).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act Hawaii.Vol. 42, p. 67, amended.of Congress approved June 28, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes, pages 67, 68), entitled “An Act to provide for the acquisition by the United States of private rights of fishery in and about Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii,” be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to examine Pearl Harbor private fishery rights.Appraisal of value of, authorized.and appraise the value of all privately owned rights of fishery in Pearl Harbor, island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, lying between extreme high-water mark and the sea and in and about the entrance Area included.channel to said harbor, within an area extending along the ocean shore to the westward about four thousand five hundred feet from Keahi Point to a line in continuation of the westerly boundary of the Puuloa Naval Reservation and extending along the ocean shore to the eastward about five thousand feet from the harbor entrance to a line in continuation of the easterly boundary of the Queen Emma Site, Army Reservation, and to enter into negotiations for the purchase Negotiation for purchase.of 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; or, in the event of the inability of the Secretary of the Condemnation, if contract unsatisfactory.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 condemnation of said rights of fishery, the acceptance of the award in said proceedings to be subject to the future ratification and appropriation by Congress.
Such condemnation Proceedings.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 District of Hawaii, substantially as provided in ‘An Act to authorize condemnation of land for sites for public Vol. 25, p. 357.buildings, and for other purposes,’ approved August 1, 1888 (Twenty-fifth Statutes, page 357): *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Navy *Proviso*.Fishing permits to citizens.is authorized to permit fishing within the area hereunder acquired, by citizens of the United States and its possessions, under such regulations and restrictions as he may prescribe.
The Secretary of the Navy is further authorized and directed to report the proceedings hereunder to Congress.” " Approved, April 14, 1930.