An Act to direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey an 11 1/4 acre tract of land situated in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Va., to the State of Virginia.
PL 84-719 (H.R.9660), enacted 07/14/1956

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in the Federal Register. 
The sustained yield management require-
ment contained in this Act shall not be construed by any court to 
impose a financial liability on the United States." 
SEC. 2. Section 8 of such Act of June 17, 1954, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 8. The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to transfer 
to the tribe, on December 31, 1958, or on such earlier date as may be 
agreed upon by the tribe and the Secretary, the title to all ])roperty, 
real and personal held in trust by the United States for the tribe: 
Provided^ hoioever^ That if the tribe obtains a charter for a corporation 
or otherwise organizes under the laws of a State or of the District of 
Columbia for the purpose, among any others, of taking title to all 
tribal lands and assets and enterprises owned by the tribe or held in 
trust by the United States for the tribe, and requests such transfer 
to be made to such corporation or organization, the Secretary shall 
make such transfer to such corporation or organization. 
The Secre-
tary is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to the tribe or any 
member or group of members thereof any federally owned property 
acquired, withdrawn, or used for the administration of the affairs of 
the tribe which he deems necessary for Indian use, or to transfer 
to a public or nonprofit body any such property which he deems 
necessary for public use and from which members of the tribe will 
derive benefits.'' 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 719 
CHAPTER 605 
July 14, 1956 
[H. R. 9660] 
Camp 
P e a r y , 
Williamsburg, Va. 
Conveyance. 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey an eleven and 
one-fourth acre tract of land situated in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Virginia, 
to the State of Virginia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army or his designee is authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the State of Virginia, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in this 
Act, in and to eleven and one-fourth acres of land situated in York 
County, Virginia, and being a part of the lands at the Armed Forces 
Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, 
Virginia. The eleven and one-fourth acre tract of land to be conveyed 
to the State of Virginia is more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point in the southwestern boundary line of the Camp 
Peary Reservation where the Government's southwestern property 
line intersects the center line of Queen's Creek; said point of beginning 
is also the farthermost point west that the Government's boundary 
line traverses the center line of Queen's Creek; thence from the said 
point of beginning along the property line of the Government north 
41 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds west 84.14 feet to a concrete monu-
ment ; thence north 41 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds west 150.13 feet 
to a concrete monument in a corner of the Government's southwestern 
boundary line; thence continuing along the property line of the Gov-
ernment north 51 degrees 15 minutes east 1,374.04 feet to a concrete 
monument; thence south 35 degrees 4 minutes east, through property 
of the Government, 2,682.73 feet to the true point of beginning; thence, 
from said true point of beginning, south 69 degrees 49 minutes east 
837 feet to a pomt on the northwestern right-of-way line of Virginia 
State Highway Route Numbered 132; thence southwesterly along said 
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right-of-way line, and on a curve to the right, with a radius of 2,746.79 
feet an arc distance of 911.09 feet to a point; thence, continuing along 
said right-of-way line, south 53 degrees 59 feet west 108.87 feet to a 
point; thence north 15 degrees 6 minutes west 743.28 feet to a point; 
thence north 24 degrees 52 minutes east 310.54 feet to the true point of 
beginning, containing eleven and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, 
more or less, and shown on District Public Works Office, Fifth Naval 
District, drawing numbered 46265, entitled "Camp Peary, Williams-
burg, Va." 
SEC. 2. All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands 
authorized to be conveyed by this Act shall be reserved to the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. There shall be further reserved to the United States in 
the conveyance of the above-described lands, rights of ingress and 
egress over roads in the above-described lands serving buildings or 
other works operated by the United States or its successors or assigns 
in connection with the remaining portion of the lands at the Armed 
Forces Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, near Williams-
burg, Virginia, rights-of-way for water lines, sewer lines, telephone 
and telegraph lines, power lines, and such other utilities which now 
exist, or which may become necessary to any operations of the United 
States on or in connection with the remaining portion of said lands 
at the Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, 
near Williamsburg, Virginia. 
SEC. 4. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall 
be upon condition that such property shall be used for training of the 
National Guard and for other military purposes, and that if the State 
of Virginia shall cease to use the property so conveyed for the pur-
poses intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to the 
United States, and in addition, all improvements made by the State 
of Virginia during its occupancy shall vest in the United States 
without payment of compensation therefor. 
SEC. 5. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall 
be upon the further provision that whenever the Congress of the 
United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, 
or the President declares a state of emergency, and upon the deter-
mination by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed 
under this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval pur-
poses, or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall 
have the right, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to 
reenter upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, 
including any and all improvements made thereon by the State of 
Virginia, for the duration of such state of war or of such emergency. 
Upon the termination of such state of war or such emergency plus 
six months, such property shall revert to the State of Virginia, 
together with all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertain-
ing thereto. 
SEC. 6. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army or his designee shall include specific pro-
visions covering the reservations and conditions contained in sections 
2,3,4, and 5 of this Act. 
SEC. 7. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident to the 
conveyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of Virginia. 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Reservations to 
U. S. 
Conditions. 
National e m e r . 
gency. 
Survey costs.