Joint resolution favoring the holding of the Olympic games in America in 1968
PL 88-124 (S.J.Res.72), enacted 09/16/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-124-SEPT. 16, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
Public Law 88-124 
September 16, 1963 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
[s. J. Res. 72] 
Favoring the holding of the Olympic games in America in 1968. 
Whereas the United States Olympic Association will invite the 
International Olympic Committee to hold the Olympic games at 
Detroit, Michigan, in 1968; and 
Whereas Detroit has demonstrated a willingness and capacity to 
provide excellent facilities for the games and the visitors who 
attend them; and 
Whereas Detroit's midwestern location will offer foreign visitors 
a revealing look at the American heartland; and 
Whereas the United States has not hosted the games since 1932 and 
would be honored to welcome this enterprise in international good 
will: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved 
hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
1968 Olympic 
Uuited Sttttes of America in Congress assembled. That the Govern-
ment of the United States, therefore, expresses the sincere hope that 
the Olympic games will be held in this country in 1968 and pledges 
continuing support of the principles on which Olympic games are 
founded. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of State is directed to transmit a copy of 
this resolution to the International Olympics Committee. 
Approved September 16, 1963. 
Public Law 88-125 
AN A H T 
September 17, 1963 
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[S- 1185] 
Relating to the exchange of certain lands between the State of Oregon and 
the C. and B. Livestock Company, Incorporated. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
oregon-c. and B. United Statcs of Amcrica in Congress assembled^ That (a) notwith-
^'Exch°an''e^of' ^""^ standing the provisions of section 2 of the Act of September 23, 1950 
lands'^. ^"^^ ° 
(64 Stat. 981), the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept 
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from the State of Oregon (without cost to. the United States) a deed 
conveying to the United States all ri^ht, title, and interest of the 
State of Oregon in and to the following described land (together 
with any buildings and other permanent improvements thereon) : 
the west half of the southwest quarter of section 22, township 4 
north, range 28 east, Willamette meridian, Oregon, such land being 
a part of a tract of land conveyed to the State of Oregon by patent 
numbered 1308889, dated September 17, 1954, pursuant to the afore-
mentioned Act. 
(b) Upon the receipt of a deed from the State of Oregon con-
veying to the United States the land described in subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey by patent or 
other appropriate conveyance to the C. and B. Livestock Company, 
Incorporated, of Hermiston, Oregon (without cost to the United 
States), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
such land (including all minerals contained therein), together with 
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any buildings and other permanent improvements thereon, upon the 
condition that: 
(1) The C. and B. Livestock Company, Incorporated, convey to 
the United States fee simple title to the following described parcels 
of land (including all minerals contained therem), together with 
any buildings and other permanent improvements thereon: The west 
half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15, 
lying south of U.S.R.S. canal "A", the east half of the southeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 15, lying south of U.S.R.S. 
canal "A", less the westerly 135 feet thereof; the east half of the 
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 22, less rail-
road right-of-way; that portion of the northwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter of section 22 and of the north half of the northwest 
quarter of section 22, lying south and east of U.S.R.S. canal "A", 
excepting from said north half of said northwest quarter of section 
22, that certain portion thereof as conveyed to the State of Oregon 
by deed recorded October 19, 1960, in deed book 260 at page 512, 
records of Umatilla County, Oregon. All being in township 4 north, 
range 28 east, of the Willamette meridian, in the county of Umatilla 
and State of Oregon. 
Excepting any and all roads and water rights-
of-way. 
(2) If it is determined after an appraisal by the Secretary of 
the Interior that the property to be conveyed to the United States 
by such company is of less value than the property to be conveyed to 
such company by the United States, the State of Oregon and the C. 
and B. Livestock Company, Incorporated, pay to the United States 
an amount equal to that difference in value, which amount shall be 
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
(c) The f3onveyance to the C. and B. Livestock Company, Incor-
porated, authorized under subsection (b) of this section shall be 
made subject to a right-of-way in the land so conveyed for ditches 
or canals constructed under the authority of the United States, as 
authorized by the Act of August 30,1890 (26 Stat. 391). 
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SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey 
by patent 01 other appropriate conveyance to the State of Oregon all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to those lands 
(together with any buildings and other permanent improvements 
thereon) conveyed to the United States by the C. and B. Livestock 
Company, Incorporated, pursuant to the first section of this Act; 
except that there shall be reserved in the United States all minerals 
in such lands, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and 
remove the same, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Interior may prescribe. 
(b) The conveyance authorized under subsection (a) of this 
section shall be made subject to the same covenants, conditions, and 
limitations as those contained in patent numbered 1308889, dated 
September 17, 1954, referred to in the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The State of Oregon and the C. and B. Livestock Com- 
Payment to 
pany, Incorporated, shall pay to the United States such sum as may u. s. 
be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior to compensate the United 
States for its administrative costs in carrying out the provisions of this 
Act, which sum shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
Approved September 17, 1963.