48 U.S.C. § 235

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“(a) Funds held in trust by the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in his official capacity, as of the effective date of this Compact shall remain available as trust funds to their designated beneficiaries. The Government of the United States, in consultation with the Government of Palau, shall appoint a new trustee who shall exercise the functions formerly exercised by the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.“(b) To provide for the continuity of administration, and to assure the Governments [sic] of Palau that the purposes of the laws of the United States are carried out and that the funds of any other trust fund in which the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands has authority of a statutory or customary nature shall remain available as trust funds to their designated beneficiaries, the Government of the United States agrees to assume the authority formerly vested in the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1930–1930 · leading case: Freeman v. Smith, 8 Alaska 229 (D. Alaska 1930).

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Freeman v. Smith, 8 Alaska 229 (D. Alaska 1930). “Whether an act of the territorial Legislature aimed to assist in conservation of fish would, from that fact alone, be beyond the power of the Legislature need not be determined in this case.”

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