An Act to amend the repayment contract with the Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District, and for other purposes
PL 90-311 (S.1946), enacted 05/18/1968

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May 18, 1968 
[S.1173] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-310-lVIAY 18, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-310 
AN ACT 
To convey certain fedeniUy owned lands to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes 
of Olvlahoma. 
Cheyenne and 
Arapaho Tribes, 
Okla. 
Land convey-
ance. 
Nonexemption 
to taxation. 
Claims. 
25 u s e 70a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of RepresentatU'en of the 
United States of Amenca In Congress assembled^ That, all right, title, 
and interest of the Ignited States in and to the following described 
land, and improvements thereon, are hereby conveyed to the Cheyenne 
and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma: 
All of the northwest quarter .section 18, township 12 north, range 
16 west, Indian meridian, Custer County, State of Oklahoma, except 
approximately thirty-one and twenty-five-hundredths acres located in 
the easterly part of the east half northwest (quarter described as 
follows: 
Beginning at a point 259 feet west of the northeast corner of the 
east half northwest quarter section 18, township 12 north, range 
16 west, thence west along the north section line of said section 18 
for a distance of 426 feet; thence south 1 degree 20 minutes west 
for a distance of 1,487 feet; thence south 88 degrees 20 minutes 
east for a distance of 284 feet; then south 0 degree 50 minutes 
west for a distance of 987.5 feet; thence south 42 degrees 54 
minutes west for a distance of 223.9 feet to the east-west quarter 
section line of said section 18; thence east along said quarter sec-
tion line for a distance of 570 feet to the southeast corner of said 
northwest quarter of section 18; thence north 0 degree 43 minutes 
east along the north-south quarter section line for a distance of 
2,315 feet; thence west for a distance of 259 feet; thence north 0 
degree 43 minutes east for a distance of 325 feet to the point of 
beginning. 
SEC. 2. The title of the tribes to the land conveyed pursuant to this 
Act shall be subject to no exemption from taxation or restriction on 
use, management, or disposition because of Indian ownership. 
SEC. 3. This conveyance is subject to existing rights-of-way for 
w^aterlines, electric transmission lines, roads, and railroads. 
SEC. 4. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con-
veyed by this Act should or should not be set oif against any claim 
against the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved May 18, 1968. 
May 18, 1968 
[S.1946] 
Foss Reservoir 
Master Conserv-
ancy District. 
Feasibility 
studies. 
Public Law 90-311 
AN ACT 
To amend the repayment contract with the Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy 
District, and for other puriKises. 
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Atnerica in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to conduct feasibility studies in the areas 
serving the Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District to determine 
alternative water sources and the most practicable and feasible methods 
of alleviating the problems associated with the poor quality and supply 
of water stored m Foss Reservoir, Washita River Basin project, 
Oklahoma. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-312-MAY 18, 1%8 
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SEC, 2. In order to assist the Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy 
District in developing an adequate interim water supply, the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to relieve the District (1) of the obliga-
tion of making any further construction charge payments under its 
repayment contract with the United States, numbered 14-06-500-322, 
dated February 14, 1958, as amended, and (2) of any interest accrual 
on its total obligation, until initial delivery of water is made which 
the Secretary considers to be satisfactory for municipal and industrial 
use. The Secretary is also authorized (a) to refund to the District the 
amount of $218,364.62, representing the amount already paid under 
such contract and to revise such contract by adding such amount to 
the obligation for future payment, (b) to further revise such con-
tract so that further payments on its construction charge obligation will 
be rescheduled in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary over a period 
not to exceed fifty years from the date of the aforementioned delivery 
of water, and (c) to cancel anv penalties which have accrued on any 
unpaid matured construction charge payments. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior may use any funds that are 
otherwise available to him to carry out this Act. 
Approved May 18, 1968. 
Public Law 90-312 
AN ACT 
May 18, 1968 
To declare a p<trti<m <tf BiMston Inner Harbor and Fort Point Channel 
[H. R. 14681] 
nonnavigable. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That that portion of H^bor°rnd"Fort 
Boston Inner Harbor and Fort Point Channel in Suffolk County, PoinrchLnnel' 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, lying within the following described "^^^^ 
area is hereby declared to be not a navigable water of the United States 
within the meaning of the laws of the United States: Beginning at the 
intersection of the northeasterly sideline of Northern Avenue and the 
westerly United States Pierhead Line of the Fort Point Channel and 
running northwesterly by the northeasterly sideline of Northern 
Avenue to the westerly sideline of Atlantic Avenue; thence turning 
and running northerly and northwesterly by the westerly sideline of 
Atlantic Avenue and of Commercial Street to the southeasterly side-
line of Hanover Street; thence turning and running northeasterly by 
the southeasterly sideline of Hanover Street to the southwesterly 
property line of the United States Coast Guard Base; thence turning 
and running southeasterly by the southwesterly property line of the 
United States Coast Guard Base to the southeasterly property line of 
the United States Coast Guard Base; thence turning and running 
northeasterly by the southeasterly property line of the United States 
Coast Guard Base extended to the United States Pierhead Line; thence 
turning and running southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly by 
the United States Pierhead Line, to the point of beginning. 
Approved May 18, 1968.