An Act to authorize and direct the conveyance of certain lands to the Board of Education of Prince Georges County, Upper Marlboro, Md., so as to permit the construction of public educational facilities urgently required as a result of increased defense and other essential Federal activities in the District of Columbia and its environs
PL 83-505 (H.R.4496), enacted 07/16/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 505-JULY 16, 1954 
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Public Law 504 
CHAPTER 533 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To designate the lake to be formed by the completion of the Texarkana Dam 
and Reservoir on Sulphur River, about nine miles southwest from Texarkana, 
Texas, as Lake Texarkana. 
July 16, 1954 
[H, J. Res. 459] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the lake that will be 
created by the construction of the Texarkana Dam and Keservoir in 
Sulphur River, between the counties of Bowie and Cass, in the State 
of Texas, about nine miles southwest from Texarkana, Texas, shall 
be known hereafter as Lake Texarkana, and any law, regulation, 
document, or record of the United States in which such lake is desig-
nated or referred to under any other name shall be held to refer to 
such lake under and by the name of Lake Texarkana. 
Approved July 16, 1954. 
Lake Texarkana, 
Tex. 
Public Law 505 
CHAPTER 534 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the conveyance of certain lands to the Board of Educa-
tion of Prince Georges County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, so as to permit 
the construction of public educational facilities urgently required as a result 
of increased defense and other essential Federal activities in the District of 
Columbia and its environs. 
July 16,1954 
[H. R. 4496] 
BB it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized and directed to con-
vey by quitclaim deed or other appropriate means to the Board of 
Education of Prince Georges County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 
upon such terms and conditions as she may deem necessary all right, 
title, and interest of the United States of America in and to those 
portions of Lot Numbered 3 and Lot Numbered 4 of the Godding 
Croft property located east of Indian Head Road, Maryland, and 
now under the control and jurisdiction of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, 
as the Secretary shall determine to be needed and usable by the Board 
of Education of Prince Georges County for educational purposes, 
upon payment by such Board to the Secretary of an amount equal to 
the fair market value of the property to be so transferred. 
SEC. 2. The instrument of conveyance to be delivered by the Secre-
tary shall contain appropriate provisions whereby there is reserved 
to the United States of America (a) all right, title, and interest in and 
to any and all oil, gas, hydrocarbons, minerals, or other ores, and 
source or fissionable materials and substance, together with the right 
to prospect for, mine, extract, and remove the same, and (b) the 
option to revert title to the property so conveyed in the event the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that the 
Board of Education of Prince Georges County, its successors or 
assigns, fails to commence use of the said property for educational 
purposes within a reasonable time (as determined by the Secretary) 
after the delivery of the instrument of conveyance or thereafter fails 
for a period of one year to utilize the property for educational 
purposes. 
Approved July 16, 1954. 
Board of Educa* 
t i o n , 
P r i n c e 
Georges County, 
Md. 
Conveyance.