An Act to Authorize the Sale of Certain Lands to the State of Oklahoma
An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands of the State of Oklahoma.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the State of Oklahoma, at a fair value as determined by him, which in no event shall be less than the cost to the Government of acquiring such areas, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following described land situated in the counties of Greer and Kiowa, State of Oklahoma, for public park and recreational purposes only.
The west half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the west half of the western half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the east half of the eastern half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15, township 5 north, range 20 west, of the Indian base meridian, containing forty-two and five-tenths acres, more or less, in Greer County.
The east half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the west half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 22, township 5 north, range 20 west, of the Indian base meridian, containing fifteen acres, more or less, in Greer County.
The east half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, township 5 north, range 20 west, of the Indian base meridian, containing thirty acres, more or less, in Kiowa County.
Approved August 15, 1953.
- Title
- An Act to Authorize the Sale of Certain Lands to the State of Oklahoma
- Description
- This law authorized the state of Oklahoma to buy land once under the control of tribal nations, as the U.S. government resolved to terminate the special trustee relationship tribes held with the United States, further eroding tribal sovereignty.
- Date
- 1953-08-15
- Author
- United States. Congress
- Legal Concept
- Tribal Sovereignty
- Subject
- Native Americans
- Document Type
- Act of Congress
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- Act of August 15, 1953, Pub. L. No. 83-282, 67 Stat. 590 (1953)
- Digital Repository
- GovInfo
- Title
- An Act to Authorize the Sale of Certain Lands to the State of Oklahoma
- Description
- This law authorized the state of Oklahoma to buy land once under the control of tribal nations, as the U.S. government resolved to terminate the special trustee relationship tribes held with the United States, further eroding tribal sovereignty.
- Date
- 1953-08-15
- Author
- United States. Congress
- Legal Concept
- Tribal Sovereignty
- Subject
- Native Americans
- Document Type
- Act of Congress
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bluebook Citation
- Act of August 15, 1953, Pub. L. No. 83-282, 67 Stat. 590 (1953)
- Digital Repository
- GovInfo