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tory, Commonwealth, or possession, or political sub- 

 division thereof, or to a citizen, association, 

 p>artnership. or corporation of a State, Territory. 

 Commonwealth, or possession. 



(b) No easement granted under this section may 

 include more land than is necessary for the ease- 

 ment. 



(c) The Secretarj- of the military department 

 concerned may terminate all or part of any ease- 

 ment granted under this section for — 



(1) faUure to comply with the terms of the 

 grant; 



(2) nonuse: or 



(3) abandonment. 



(d> The Secretary concerned shall include in his 

 annual report to the President a complete statement 

 of each easement granted under this section, in- 

 cluding the name and address of the grantee, the 

 purpose of the grant, and the benefits accruing to 

 the United States or to the public. (Aug. 10. 1956. 

 ch. 1041. 70A Stat. 151. > 



HisnHticAi. Aim REVISION Notes 



Rertsed 

 section 



I (a)-. 



»(b). 

 1(c).. 

 )(d). 



SniFce {U. S. Code) 



10: 1351 (less 2d and 



provisos^. 

 No source. 

 10: 1351 (2d proviso). 

 10: 1351 (last proviso). 



Source (Statutes at Lar^) 



Mav 17. 1926. ch. 313. 5 1. 44 

 SUt. 562; Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 

 563. 5 101 (22d through 30th 

 words). 65 Stat. 641. 



Section 101 ol the act of October 25, 1951, cited above, 

 makes the act of May 17. 1926. cited above, applicable to 

 the Navy. 



In subsection (a), the word "conditions" Is omitted as 

 covered by the word "terms". The descriptions of the 

 lands and persons covered are restated to reflect an opin- 

 ion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAGR 

 1952 3179. 27 Mar. 52). The wortis "and empowered", "of 

 the tJnlted States", "across", and "military reservations 

 and other" are omitted as surplusage. The word "CJom- 

 monwealth" Is Inserted to reflect the present status of 

 Puerto Rico. 



Subsection (b) is inserted for clarity and Is based on 

 the above cited opinion. 



In subsection (c). the words "any easement" are sub- 

 stituted for the words "such rights-of-way". The word 

 "terminate" Is substituted for the words "annulled and 

 forfeited". The words "and conditions" are omitted as 

 covered by the word "terms". The words "of rights 

 granted under the authority hereof" are omitted as sur- 

 plusage. 



In subsection (d). the words "a complete statement of 

 each easement" are substituted for the words "a full and 

 complete statement of each and all easements". 



7. Economic Growth Center Development Highways 

 23 UJS.C. 143, Pub. L. 93-87 § 122 



(aj In order to promote the desirable development 

 of the Nation's natural resources, to reritalize and 

 diversify the economy of rural areas and smaller 

 (immunities, to enhance and disperse industrial 

 growth, to encourage more balanced population pat- 

 terns, to check, and. where possible, to reverse cur- 

 rent migratory trends from rural areas and smaller 

 (immunities, and to improve living conditions and 

 the quality of the en\-ironment, the Secretarv- is au- 

 thorized to make grants to States for projects for 

 the construction, reconstroction. and improvement 

 of development highways on a Federal-aid system 

 (other than the Interstate Systems to sene and 

 promote the development of economic growth cen- 

 ters and surrounding areas, encourage the location 

 of business and industry in rural areas. facUitate the 

 mobility of labor in sparsely populated areas, and 

 provide rural citizens with improved highways to 

 such public and private services as health care, 

 recreation, employment, education, and cultural ac- 

 tivities, or otherwise encourage the social and eco- 

 nomic development of rural communities, and for 

 planning, surveys, and investigations in connection 

 therewith. 



(b) Each Governor may transmit to the Secretary 

 his recommendations for (1) the selection of eco- 

 nomic growth centers within the State. (2) priorities 

 for the construction of development highways on a 



Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate Sys- 

 tem) to serve such centers, and '3) such other in- 

 formation as may be reo.uired by the Secretary, for 

 his consideration in approving the selection of eco- 

 nomic growth centers for projects. 



(c) Upon the application of the State highway de- 

 partment of any State in which an economic growth 

 center approved by the Secretary as eligible for a 

 project is located, the Secretary is authorized to pay 

 up to 100 per centum of the cost of engineering and 

 economic surveys or other investigations necessary 

 for the planning and design of development high- 

 ways on a Federal- aid system (other than the Inter- 

 state System > needed to provide appropriate access 

 to such growth center, including publicly owned air- 

 port faciUties and public ports for water transporta- 

 tion which may be established to serve it, in order 

 to carry out the purposes of this section. 



Id) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 

 all of the provisions of this title applicable to high- 

 ways on the Federal-aid system on which such de- 

 velopment highway is located except those which the 

 Secretarj- determines are inconsistent with this sec- 

 tion shall apply to development highways and to 

 funds authorized to carry out this section. For the 

 purposes of sections 105, 106, and 118 of this title, 

 funds authorized to carry out this section shall be 

 deemed to be apportioned on January 1 next preced- 

 ing the comiri<-ncement of the fiscal year for which 

 authorized. No State shall receive in any fiscal year 



