An Act to provide for the removal of the restriction on use with respect to a certain tract of land in Cumberland County, Tenn., conveyed to the State of Tennessee in 1938.
PL 86-227 (S.1521), enacted 09/08/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-227-SEPT. 8, 1959 
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Public Law 86-226 
AN ADT 
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Septembers, 1959 
To declare portions of Bayous Terrebonne and LeCarpe, Louisiana, to be 
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nonnavigable streams. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives^ of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the project for 
a navigation channel in Bayou Terrebonne authorized by the Kiver 
and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 630, 647), insofar as said 
project relates to said bayou west of Barrow Street in the city of 
Houma, State of Louisiana, be and the same is hereby, abandoned. 
SEC. 2. That Bayou Terrebonne west of Barrow Street and Bayou 
LeCarpe west of the Intracoastal Waterway in the city of Houma, 
State of Louisiana, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be not 
navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the 
Constitution and laws of the United States. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved September 8, 1959. 
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streams. 
Public Law 86-227 
AN ACT 
To provide for the removal of the restriction on use with respect to a certain 
tract of land in Cumberland County, Tennessee, conveyed to the State of 
Tennessee in 1938. 
September 8, 1959 
[S. 1521] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim 
deed or other appropriate means to the State of Tennessee all right, 
title, and interest remaining in the United States in and to the follow-
ing described tract of land situated in Cumberland County, Tennessee, 
which is held by such State under a deed executed by ui^ Secretary 
of Agriculture in 1938: 
Beginning at a stake in the center of State Highway Numbered 
28 where the lands of Cumberland Homesteads and the lands of 
Cumberland State Park corner and runs with the centerline of said 
highway south 45 degrees 12 minutes and 15 seconds east 177.73 feet 
to a stake; thence continuing with the centerline of said highway 
south 23 degrees 38 minutes and 30 seconds east 755.40 feet to a stake; 
thence continuing with the centerline of said highway south 43 
degrees 03 minutes and 15 seconds east 155.65 feet to a stake; thence 
leaving said highway south 44 degrees 13 minutes and 45 seconds west 
600 feet to a stake; thence north 29 degrees 54 minutes and 00 seconds 
west 1,073.90 feet to a stake; thence north 44 degrees 13 minutes and 
45 seconds east 600 feet to the beginning; containing 14.36 acres, more 
or less; being located at the northeast corner of the Cumberland State 
Park in Cumberland County, Tennessee. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall provide that 
in the event that the lands cease to be used for public purposes all 
right, title, and interest therein shall immediately revert to and re-
vest in the United States. 
Approved September 8, 1959. 
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