An Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey certain lands in the State of Iowa to the city of Keosauqua
PL 86-242 (S.1453), enacted 09/09/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-242-SEPT. 9, 1959 
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States in and to any parcel of land, not to exceed six-tenths of an acre, 
which may hereafter be conveyed, without consideration, to the United 
States by the State of Tennessee from lands located in the Chickasaw 
State Park, Tennessee, and which were previously conveyed by the 
United States to the State of Tennessee under the provisions of title 
I I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. 
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(b) The conveyance herein authorized to be made by the Secretary 
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shall be conditional upon payment to the United States for the land 
conveyed of an amount equal to the fair market value of such land as 
determined by the Secretary; and such conveyance shall be made with-
out reversionary rights in the United States. 
SEC. 2. In the event the State of Tennessee fails, within one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, to convey a parcel of land to 
thiB United States for reconveyance to the Bethel Baptist Church as 
provided in the first section of this Act, the authority granted by this 
Act shall terminate and be of no further force or effect. 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
Public Law 86-241 
A N A C T 
September 9, 1959 
To extend the jurisdiction of tlie Domestic Relations Branch in the Municipal 
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Court for the District of Columbia to cover the adjudication of proi)erty rights 
in certain actions arising in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That section 105 
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of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Domestic Relations Branch 
in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes", approved April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. I l l ) , is amended by in- ^gD-c code u-
serting immediately after "actions for annulments of marriage;" tbe 
following: "determinations and adjudications of property rights, both 
real and personal, in any action hereinabove referred to in this section, 
irrespective of any jurisdictional limitation imposed on the Municipal 
Court for the District of Columbia;". 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
Public Law 86-242 
A N A C T 
September 9, 1959 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell and convey certain lands in 
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the State of Iowa to the city of Keosauqua. 
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Iowa. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to sell and convey to the city of Keosau- 
conveyance. 
qua, Iowa, by quitclaim deed, at the fair market value as determined 
by him, and subject to all outstanding rights, all the right, title and 
interest of the United States in and to that certain tract of land con-
taining ninety-nine and fifty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less, 
located in Van Buren County, Iowa, in and adjacent to the city of 
Keosauqua, conveyed to the United States by the Grand Lodge of the 
Ancient Order of L^nited Workmen of North Dakota by deed dated 
December 10, 19B6, and recorded in Van Buren County in book 78 on 
page 303. 
Approved September 9, 1959.