Joint resolution to extend greetings to the Gold Coast and Nigeria
PL 83-667 (S.J.Res.183), enacted 08/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 667-AUG. 27, 1954 
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minerals so excepted and reserved shall be prospected for, mined, and 
removed only in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
This grant shall be effective upon (1) the filing by said grantee at 
any time after the passage of this Act, with the manager of the United 
States local land oflSce in the district where said lands are situated, 
of a map or maps showing the boundaries, locations, and extent of 
said lands and of said rights-of-way for the purposes hereinabove set 
forth; (2) the approval of such map or maps by the Secretary of the 
Interior with such reservations or modifications as he may deem 
appropriate; (3) the payment of a price representing the fair mar-
ket value for said rights-of-way and other lands, and also for stone, 
earth, sand, gravel and other materials of like character, to be fixed 
by the Secretary of the Interior through appraisal, exclusive of any 
increased value resulting from the development or improvement of 
the lands by the grantee or its predecessors, or a reasonable rental, as 
the case may be: Provided, That said lands for rights-of-way shall 
be along such location and of such width, not to exceed two hundred 
and fiftj feet, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior may 
be required for the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 2. Said grants are to be made subject to rights-of-way, ease-
ments, and permits heretofore granted or allowed to any person or 
corporation in accordance with any Act or Acts of Congress and sub-
ject to the rights of all claimants or persons who shall have filed or 
made valid claims, locations, or entries on or to said lands, or any part 
thereof prior to the effective date of any conflicting grant hereunder, 
unless prior to such effective date proper relinquishments or quit-
claims have been procured and caused to be filed in the proper land 
office. 
SEO. 3. That, whenever the land granted herein shall cease to be 
used for the purposes for which it is granted, the estate of the grantee 
or of its assigns shall terminate and revest in the United States. 
Approved August 27, 1954. 
Public Law 667 
CHAPTER 1005 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To extend greetings to the Gold Coast and Nigeria. 
August 27, 1954 
[S.J. Res. 183] 
Whereas it is the policy of the United States to encourage efforts 
toward independence and self-government truly expressive of the 
desires of the people and as they show their capability to establish 
and protect free institutions; and 
Whereas the continent of Africa is a vital part of the free world 
area; and 
Whereas a revised constitution of the Gold Coast was approved 
on April 29, 1954, and the first formal meeting of the legislature 
of that territory under this constitution will take place on July 
29, 1954; and 
Whereas a revised constitution of Nigeria is expected to be approved 
during August 1954, and the first meeting of the federal legislature 
of that territory under this constitution is expected to take place 
shortly thereafter; and 
Whereas these occasions mark important milestones in their progress 
toward self-government and independence: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the 
United States extend its most cordial greetings to the representative 
Gold Coast a n d 
Nigeria. 
C o n g r e s sional 
greetings. 
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PUBLIC LAW 668-AUG. 27, 1954 
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bodies of the Gold Coast and Nigeria on the occasion of the first 
meeting of their legislatures under the revised constitutions, in recog-
nition of the democratic ideals shared by the United States and those 
territories, and in reaffirmation of the friendship of the United States 
for the peoples of Africa; and be it further 
Resolved^ That the Secretary of State is hereby requested to appoint 
a United States delegation at the appropriate time to represent the 
United States at ceremonies marking the achievement of complete 
self-government for these territories. 
Approved August 27, 1954. 
Public Law 668 
CHAPTER 1006 
August 27, 1954 
^^ 
A C T 
[S.3239] 
rpQ authorize conveyance of land to the State of California for an inspection 
station. 
California. 
Conveyance. 
25 use 155. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell at not less than 
the appraised value thereof to the State of California, and to convey by 
appropriate instrument, the following-described land: 
Beginning at a three-fourths inch iron pipe on the westerly right-of-
way line of California State Highway Numbered 395, said point of 
beginning more particularly described as being north forty-six degrees 
forty-six minutes fifty-three seconds east, four thousand two hundred 
ten and twenty-eight one-hundredths feet from the corner common to 
sections 32 and 33, township 43 north, range 13 east, and sections 4 
and 5, township 42 north, range 13 east, Mount Diablo base and merid-
ian, and north fifty-five degrees forty-two minutes west, fifty feet from 
station 214 on the center line of California State Highway Numbered 
395; thence, from said point of beginning north fifty-five degrees forty-
two minutes west, one hundred thirty and fifteen one-hundredths feet 
to a three-fourths inch iron pipe on the easterly right-of-way line of 
the Southern Pacific Railroad; thence, north forty degrees four min-
utes east, along said right-of-way line seven hundred three and fifty-
six one-hundredths feet to a three-fourths inch iron pipe; thence, south 
fifty-five degrees forty-two minutes east, fifty-nine and forty-eight 
one-hundredths feet to a three-fourths inch iron pipe in the westerly 
right-of-way line of California State Highway Numbered 395; thence 
south thirty-four degrees eighteen minutes west, seven hundred feet 
to the point of beginning. 
SEC. 2. The proceeds of the sale of the land shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Pitt River Indians 
under the Act of May 17,1926 (44 Stat. 560). 
Approved August 27, 1954. 
August 27, 1954 
[S.3393] 
Public Law 669 
CHAPTER 1007 
AN A C T 
Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain property to 
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. 
Be it enujcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
ty^fs^"''** coun- jj^ited States of Anienca in Congress assembled^ That the Adminis-
conveyance. 
trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to convey to