Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Back to Top. TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS. SEC. 101.
In 1661, the first permanent settlement was established on Staten Island. The years that followed saw the development of small villages, with a cemetery in the northern section of the Island that was in use until 1696.
Historic Yorktown Yorktown was established by the Act for Ports of 1691, passed by the General Assembly at Jamestown (Virginia's government seat for almost a century). The legislation was but another in a succession of disputed and unsuccessful efforts by the colonial government to encourage growth of towns in rural Tidewater Virginia.