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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · Public Law 838

Public Law 838.

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(/us/pl/74/837).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the acquisitionPublic Works Administration.Waiver of exclusive jurisdiction over property acquired for housing or slum-clearance projects.Vol. 48. p. 200. *Ante*, p. 115. by the United States of any real property heretofore or hereafter acquired in connection with any low-cost housing, or slum-clearance project heretofore, or hereafter constructed with funds allotted to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works pursuant to title II of the National Industry 11So in original.
Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, or any other law, shall not be held to deprive any State or political subdivision thereof Civil and criminal jurisdiction of States, etc.; civil rights of inhabitants under local law.of its civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over such property, or to impair the civil rights under the local law of the tenants or inhabitants on such property; and insofar as any such jurisdiction has been taken away from any such State or subdivision, or any such rights have been impaired, jurisdiction over any such property is hereby ceded back to such State or subdivision. 2026 Sec. 2.Federal payments to States in lieu of taxes.
Upon the request of any State or political subdivision in which any such project has been or will be constructed, the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works is authorized to enter into an agreement, and to consent to the renewal or alteration thereof, with such State or subdivisions for the payment by the United States of sums in lieu of taxes. Such sums shall be fixed in such agreement and shall be based upon the cost of the public or municipal services to be supplied for the benefit of such project or the persons residing on or occupying such premises, but taking into consideration the benefits to be derived by such State or subdivision from such project.
Sec. 3.Proceeds from operation of projects for payments and other expenses. Such payments in lieu of taxes, and any other expenditures for operation and maintenance (including insurance) of any low-cost housing or slum-clearance project described in section 1, shall be made out of the receipts derived from the operation of such projects. To provide for such payments and expenditures the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works is authorized from time to time to retain out of such receipts such sums as he may estimate to be necessary for such purposes.
Sec. 4. Rentals. (a)In the administration of any low-cost housing or slum-clearance project described in section 1, the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works shall fix the rentals at an amount at least sufficient to pay
(1)all necessary and proper administrative expenses of the project;
(2)such sums as will suffice to repay, within a period not exceeding sixty years, at least 55 per centum of the initial cost of the project, together with interest at such rate as he deems advisable.
(b)Accommodations limited to families with insufficient income. Dwelling accommodations in such low-cost housing or slum-clearance projects shall be available only to families who lack sufficient income, without the benefit of financial assistance, to enable them to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings and under other *Proviso*.Basis of computation.than overcrowded housing conditions: *Provided*, That no family shall be accepted as a tenant in any such project whose aggregate income exceeds five times the rental of the quarters to be furnished “Rental” defined.such family. The term “rental” as used in this subsection includes the average cost (as determined by the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works) of heat, light, water, and cooking, where such services are not supplied by the lessor and included in the rent. Sec. 5. Dedication of streets, etc. In connection with any low-cost housing or slum-clearance project described in section 1, the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, with the approval of the President, is authorized to dedicate streets, alleys, and parks for public use, and to grant easements. Approved, June 29, 1936. To provide for the selection of certain lands in the State of California for the use of the California State park system. 1936-06-29 861 Chapter United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 49 Stat. 2026 74 2 public [CHAPTER 861.] AN ACT To provide for the selection of certain lands in the State of California for the use of the California State park system. June 29, 1936.[[S. 4833](/us/bill/74/s/4833).][[Public, No. 838](/us/pl/74/838).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, State of California.Selection of certain public lands by, for park purposes, authorized. That subject to valid rights existing on the date of this Act, the State of California may, within five years, select for State park purposes by legal subdivisions all or any portion of the public land not reserved for public purposes in the following townships: Description.Township 13 south, range 4 east, San Bernardino meridian, sections 25, 26, 35, and 36; township 13 south, range 5 east; township 13 south, range 6 east; township 13 south, range 7 east; township 13 south, range 8 east; township 13 south, range 9 east. 2027 Township 14 south, range 4 east, sections 1 and 12; township 14 south, range 5 east, sections 1 to 26, inclusive, 35, and 36; township 14 south, range 6 east; township 14 south, range 7 east; township 14 south, range 8 east; township 14 south, range 9 east. Township 15 south, range 6 east, sections 1 to 18, inclusive; township 15 south, range 6 east, sections 21 to 27, inclusive; township 15 south, range 6 east, sections 34, 35, and 36; township 15 south, range 7 east; township 15 south, range 8 east; township 15 south, range 9 east; township 15 south, range 10 east, sections 29, 30, 31, and 32. Township 16 south, range 6 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16; township 16 south, range 7 east; township 16 south, range 8 east; township 16 south, range 9 east, sections 1 to 12, inclusive; township 16 south, range 10 east, sections 5, 6, 7, and 8. Township 17 south, range 8 east, San Bernardino meridian: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Basis of transfer.That the Secretary of the Interior may set aside lands of approximately forty-two thousand acres of the above-described area, and may in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, transfer complete title to all or any part of the same to the State of California on the basis of acre for acre in consideration of the transfer by the State of California to the United States of the complete title to lands owned by said State within the area withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 6361 of October 25, 1933, and the provisions of section 2 of this Act shall not apply thereto. Sec. 2. Upon the submission of satisfactory proof that the land Lands selected of desert growth and scenic, etc., features.selected contains characteristic desert growth and scenic or other natural features which it is desirable to preserve as a part of the California State park system, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents to issue thereior: *Provided*, That there shall be *Provisos*.Minerals, etc., reserved.reserved to the United States all coal, oil, gas, or other mineral container 11So in original. in such lands, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same at such times and under such conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: *Provided further*, Reversionary provision.That any patent so issued shall contain a provision for reversion of title to the United States upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that for a period of more than one year the land has not been used by the State for park purposes: *And provided further*, Exchanges for consolidation purposes.That in order to consolidate park areas or to eliminate private holdings therefrom, lands patented hereunder may be exchanged with the approval of and under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for privately owned lands in the area hereinbefore described of approximately equal value containing the natural features sought to be preserved hereby. The lands so acquired to be subject to all the conditions Conditions imposed.and reservations prescribed by this Act, including the reversionary clause hereinbefore set out. Approved, June 29, 1936. To provide for the selection of certain lands in the State of California for the use of the California State park system. 1936-06-29 862 Chapter United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 49 Stat. 2027 74 2 public [CHAPTER 862.] AN ACT To provide for the selection of certain lands in the State of California for the use of the California State park system.June 29, 1936.[[S. 4634](/us/bill/74/s/4634).][
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