Guam § 2004 - Policy with Respect to Original Landowners.

§ 2004. Policy with Respect to Original Landowners.

It is the policy of the government of Guam that land returned by the

federal government to Guam be returned to the estates that held such

property prior to the condemnations of said lands by the Federal

Government. Exceptions to this policy shall be:

(a) Lands clearly under existing public use. In such circum-

stances, the government of Guam shall make good faith efforts to

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derive a means of compensation for continued public use of such

lands.

(b) Lands that were Spanish Crown Lands, or otherwise passed

directly into the possession of the government of the United States

with the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War.

(c) Lands condemned by the government of the United States, or

otherwise acquired, prior to July 21, 1944.

(d) Land for which said original landholder against whom

condemnation was exercised was not an individual or family, but

rather an organization, be it fraternal or either a profit-making or non-

profit corporation, or otherwise.