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Surplus Property Act of 1944 (ch. 479, 58 Stat. 765, 50A U.S.C. § 1611 et seq., enacted October 3, 1944) is an act of the United States Congress that was enacted to provide for the disposal of surplus government property to "a State, political subdivision of a State, or tax-supported organization".
In 1922, the Supreme Court held in Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon that governmental regulations that went "too far" were a taking. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, writing for the majority of the court, stated that "[t]he general rule at least is that while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking."
Which rights are included in the bundle known as property rights, and which bundles are preferred to which others, is simply a matter of policy. [1] Therefore, a government can prevent the building of a factory on a piece of land, through zoning law or criminal law, without damaging the concept of property. [1]
Public Law 90-461 - An Act to amend section 508(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to extend for a period of five years the authorization to make appropriations for allocations and grants for the collection and publication of documentary sources significant to the history of the United States, approved August 8 ...
The Surplus Property Board (SPB) was briefly responsible for disposing of $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II. [1] Created by the Surplus Property Act of 1944 , [ 2 ] the Board functioned for less than nine months, before being replaced by a more streamlined agency.
Inverse condemnation is a legal concept and cause of action used by property owners when a governmental entity takes an action which damages or decreases the value of private property without obtaining ownership of the property through the use of eminent domain. Thus, unlike the typical eminent domain case, the property owner is the plaintiff ...
Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state-level action.
Embezzlements of or stealing government property are almost always federal crimes in multiple countries. Acts of the earlier include though are not limited to: Converting, possessing or appropriating government properties for one's own personal uses, using government-issued vehicles or government issued computers with intent to use these devices privately.