An Act to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
PL 84-264 (S.1167), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 265-AUG. 9, 1955 
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outside of the area hereby withdrawn, equal in vahie, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior, to the lands relinquished, from the 
vacant, unappropriated public lands, within the State of Utah, such 
lieu selections to be made in the manner provided in the enabling Act 
pertaining to said State, except as to the payment of fees or commis-
sions, which are hereby waived. 
Valid rights and claims of individ-
uals initiated under Federal law with respect to any lands so selected 
and prior to such selection shall not be affected by such selection." 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 264 
CHAPTER 624 
AN ACT 
To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. 
August 9, 1955 
[S. 1167] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Iloune of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That subsection (e) 
of section 8 of the Soil ConserA'ation and Domestic Allotment Act, 
as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (e)), is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sentence: "Persons who carry out conserva-
tion practices on federally owned noncropland which directly con-
serve or benefit nearby or adjoining privately owned lands of such 
persons and who maintain and use such Federal land under agreement 
with the Federal agency having jurisdiction thereof and who comply 
with the terms and conditions of the agricultural conservation pro-
gram formulated pursuant to sections 7 to 17 of this Act, as amended, 
shall be entitled to apply for and receive payments under such pro-
gram to the same extent as other producers.'' 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
S o i l 
conserva-
tion of 
F e d e r a l 
lands. 
52 Stat. 34. 
Public Law 265 
CHAPTER 625 
AN ACT 
To authorize the convej'ance l).v (initclaim deed of certain land to the Browns-
ville Navif;ation District of Cameron County, Texas. 
August 9,1955 
[S. 1340] 
Be it enacted hy the Seiuite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Coru/resx assemhled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to reconvey, by quit-
claim deed, to the Brownsville Navigation District of (^imeron 
County, Texas, for a monetary consideration equal to that paid by 
the United States to such district therefor, all right, title, and inter-
est of the Ignited States in and to tliose lands located on Brazos and 
Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, including accretions thereto, 
which were conveyed to the Cnited States by the Brownsville Navi-
gation District by two deeds, both dated October 25, 1932, and 
recorded in volume 243, pages 26()-2()2, and volume 244, pages 101-
103 of the deed records of Cameron County, Texas, except for such 
portions of the lands or interests therein as the Secretary of the 
Army may determine are needed in connection with river and harbor 
improvement works at the location. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance autliorized by this Act shall contain such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army, with the con-
currence of the Secretary of the Treasury, determines advisable to 
assure that the use of the hind by the Brownsville Navigation Dis-
trict or its transferees will he comjiatible with the operations of the 
B r o w n s v i l l e 
N a v i g a t i o n Dis-
trict, Tex. 
Conveyance. 
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