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Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
Guam is a presidential democracy. Guam is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the US.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 11 - 15 of 75Public Law 30-75 - An Act to amend §75108.1 (a) of Chapter 75, Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, relative to cottage industry activity authorized.
This Act amends Chapter 75 of Title 21 GCA so as to allow residential and agricultural leaseholders are authorized to conduct small-scale cottage industry activities, in which goods and services are produced primarily within their leased residential and agricultural lots. Cottage industry activities include small-scale cultivation and farming.
Amends: Chamorro Land Trust Commission – Chapter 75 of 21 GCA “Real Property”. (2006-04-14)
Guam Land Conservation Act - Chapter 65 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the Guam Code.
This Act allows the Department of Agriculture to establish agricultural preserves, contains rules governing administration and establishment of preserves, grants authority to the Department to enter into contracts with landowners to limit the use of agricultural land for preservation purposes and provides for relief from the provisions of such contracts.The following lands may be included in an agricultural reserve: (a) land devoted to recreational use; (b) a wildlife habitat area; and (c) a submerged area.
Public Law 29-151 - An Act to add a new Article 14 to Chapter 68 of Title 21 of the Guam Code Annotated, relative to the return of unused properties to their rightful owners and heirs, and to cite the act as "The Return of Private Properties Act of 2008."
This Act concerns repair to land owners for expropriation of their property and loss of land or adverse effects on their land caused by a Government project. Repair shall be effected by return of former properties and land exchange.
Amends: Use and Development of Government and Other Land - Chapter 68 of 21 GCA “Real Property”. (2006-04-14)
Liens in General - Chapter 33 of Title 7 GCA “Civil Procedure and Judiciary”.
This Act provides rules relative to the establishment of liens and legal consequences of liens and related procedural requirements. It also concerns land subject to a lien and provides for administration of the Act.
Public Law 30-148 - An Act to amend §60112 of Article 1, Division 2 of Chapter 60, Title 21, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the land for the landless program.
This Act amends the Land Management Act so as to introduce a requirement of legislative approval of sale, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer of government land. This rule shall not apply to Land Use Permits, the Land for the Landless Program or residential leases granted by the Chamorro Land Trust Commission pursuant to its Rules and Regulations.
Amends: Land Management - Chapter 60 of 21 GCA “Real Property”. (2006-04-14)