An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain land in the State of Delaware.
PL 98-195 (S.1503), enacted 12/01/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-195—DEC. 1, 1983 
97 STAT. 1349 
Public Law 98-195 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a 
reversionary interest in certain land in the State of Delaware. 
Dec. 1, 1983 
[S. 1503] 
State of 
Delaware, 
release of 
reversionary 
land interest. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to 
section 2, the Secretary of Agriculture shall release, on behalf of the 
United States, with respect to the land described in section 3, the 
condition contained in the deed dated September 24, 1954, recorded 
June 30, 1955, in deed book 447, page 595, in the Office of the Sussex 
County Recorder of Deeds, Georgetown, Delaware, between the 
United States of America and the State of Delaware, conveying 
certain tracts of land to the State of Delaware, which condition 
requires that the land conveyed be used for public purposes and if at 
any time such land ceases to be so used, it shall immediately revert 
to and become revested in the United States. 
SEC. 2. The condition referred to in section 1, with respect to the 
Certification 
land described in section 3, shall be released only upon certification 
by the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources 
and Environmental Control to the Secretary of Agriculture that an 
area of wetlands, marsh, or shore lands within the State of Dela-
ware containing at least 6.21 acres has been dedicated to public 
purposes. Such certification shall specify the location and set forth a 
legal description of the dedicated area, and shall be accompanied by 
a legal opinion establishing that title to the dedicated property is 
vested in the State of Delaware and that a restriction of public 
purpose applies to the dedicated property. 
SEC. 3. The land referred to in section 1 is a tract of land, 
being a portion of tract numbered 24 of those lands conveyed 
by James Leslie Ford, marshal of the United States for the 
District of Delaware, to the United States of America in the 
deed dated September 16, 1939, recorded November 20, 1939, in 
deed book 322, page 125, in the Office of the Sussex County Recorder 
of Deeds, Georgetown, Delaware, containing 6.21 acres of land, more 
or less, more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly 
side of Hassell Street (at 30 feet wide) with the northeasterly 
side of a 50-foot wide right-of-way known as Assawoman Street, 
thence with said point of beginning and along the said north-
easterly side of Hassell Street^ and crossing the said 50-foot wide 
right-of-way known as Assawoman Street, south 05 degrees 20 
minutes 55 seconds east, 297.80 feet to a point in the low water 
line of Little Bay; 
thence by the various meanderings thereof, generally in a 
northwesterly and northeasterly direction, and the westerly 
limits of lands known as Bay View Park and Bay View Park 
first addition, 1,666 feet, more or less, to a point, said point 
being distant by the seventeen following tie lines connecting 
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points in or near the said low water line from the last described 
point: 
(1) south 39 degrees 04 minutes 05 seconds west, 45.00 feet 
to a point; 
(2) north 68 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds west, 40.00 feet 
to a point; 
(3) north 30 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds west, 72.00 feet 
to a point; 
(4) north 66 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds west, 114,00 
feet to a point; 
(5) north 62 degrees 34 minutes 00 seconds west, 178.00 
feet to a point; 
(6) north 41 degrees 07 minutes 35 seconds west, 180.00 
feet to a point; 
(7) north 22 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds east, 138.00 
feet to a point; 
(8) north 79 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds east, 120,00 
feet to a point; 
(9) north 47 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds east, 87,00 feet 
to a point; 
(10) north 27 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds east, 67.00 
feet to a point; 
(11) north 48 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds east, 121.00 
feet to a point; 
(12) north 66 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds east, 23.00 
feet to a point; 
(13) north 04 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, 100.00 
feet to a point; 
(14) north 25 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds west, 74.00 
feet to a point; 
(15) north 77 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds west, 96.00 
feet to a point; 
(16) north 02 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, 145,00 
feet to a point; and 
(17) north 81 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds west, 66.00 
feet to a point; 
thence by a line through Bay View Park the first and second 
additions, crossing Hassell Street and Todd Drive and through 
lots numbered 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and a portion of 20, north 09 
degrees 57 minutes 20 seconds west, 650.30 feet to a point; 
thence continuing through a portion of lot numbered 20 and 
recrossing a portion of said Todd Drive, north 40 degrees 04 
minutes 20 seconds west, 115,00 feet to a point in the low water 
line of Jefferson Creek; 
thence thereby the two following described courses and 
distances: 
(1) south 77 degrees 36 minutes 45 seconds east, 68.63 feet 
to a point; and 
(2) north 75 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds east, 30.90 feet 
to a point; 
thence along the northeasterly line of lots numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, 
10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 of Bay View Park second addition, 
south 15 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds east, 698.18 feet to a 
point in the line dividing Bay View Park first addition from Bay 
View Park second addition and the northeasterly side of Hassell 
Street; 
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thence by new lines along the said northeasterly side of 
Hassell Street the three following described courses and 
distances: 
(1) south 85 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds east, 53.72 feet 
to a point; 
(2) south 15 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds east, 295.00 
feet to a point; and 
(3) south 05 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds east, 469.20 
feet to a point on the northeasterly side of said Assawoman 
Street and the point and place of beginning. 
Approved December 1, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1503: 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-287 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Nov. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 18, considered and passed House.