An Act to authorize certain land and other property transactions, and for other purposes
PL 82-210 (H.R.1215), enacted 10/25/1951

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May 11, 1906, on page 186 of volume 34 of the Statutes at Large (39 
U.S.C.8). 
(9) By inserting a comma, followed by "until disposed of as pro-
vided by law," after "and" in line 7 of section 71 of the Act of June 
8,1872, on page 293 of volume 17 of the Statutes at Large (39 U. S. C. 
41). 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
Public Law 210 
CHAPTER 563 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain land and other property transactions, and for other purposes. 
Be it eTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. The authority granted to the Secretary of the Army by 
the Act of July 2,1917 (40 Stat. 241), as amended, the Act of May 17, 
1926 (44 Stat. 562), and section 7 of the Act of July 24,1946 (60 Stat. 
643), is hereby similarly granted to the Secretary of the Navy to be 
exercised with respect to the naval service of the United States. For 
the purpose of this section, the terms "military training camps", and 
"military purposes" as used in the afore-mentioned Act of July 2, 
1917, as amended, shall be deemed to include "naval training stations" 
and "naval purposes", respectively. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to accept 
on behalf of the United States, for use as a naval training center, a 
donation from the city of Gainesville, Florida, of a parcel of land 
situated near that city, county of Alachua, State of Florida, metes and 
bounds description of which is as follows: 
Begin at the southwest corner of block 1, range 19, Elliott and 
L'Engle's Addition, as per plat in deed book "J" at page 230 and 231, 
public records of Alachua County, Florida; thence run east a distance 
of two hundred and twenty-nine and five-tenths feet to a point; thence 
run north parallel to the west line of block 1, 2, and 3, range 19, a 
distance of seven hundred and eighty feet to a point; thence run west 
two hundred and ninety-nine and five-tenths feet to the southwest 
corner of block 4, range 19; thence south seven hundred and eighty 
feet to the point of beginning. All lying and being in section 33, 
township 9 south, range 20 east, Alachua County, Florida, and con-
taining four and thirty-nine one-hundredths acres. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey 
to the Commonwealth of Virginia for roadway purposes, under such 
terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, two parcels of land; 
the first being a strip varying in width from ten feet at the westerly 
end to fifty feet at the easterly end, is one thousand six hundred two 
and eighty-seven one-hundredths feet in length, contains eighty-one 
one-hundredths of an acre, more or less, and is located adjacent to the 
southerly boundary of the naval auxiliary air station, Cnincoteague, 
Virginia; the second is a strip fifty feet in width, nine thousand five 
hundred sixty-eight and one one-hundredth feet in length, contains ten 
and sixty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less, and traverses the 
southerly and easterly portion of said auxiliary air station. 
The 
metes and bounds descriptions of both parcels are on file in the Navy 
Department. 
dctober 25,1951 
[H. R. 1215] 
Navy Department. 
C e r t a i n property 
transactions. 
50 U. S. C. § 171. 
10 U. S. C. J§ 1351, 
1352. 
43U.S.C. §931b. 
Acceptance of land 
from Gainesville, Flti. 
Commonwealth of 
Virginia. 
Conveyance. 
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Park Field Mili-
tary Reservation, 
tary Keservation, 
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The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to trans-
shefby County, Tenn; fer, without exchange of funds, to the Navy Department, that land 
comprising the former site of Park Field Military Reservation, Shelby 
County, Tennessee, said land being the same land which was trans-
ferred from the War Department to the Department of Agriculture 
by the Act of July 25,1939 (53 Stat. 1075), metes and bounds descrip-
tion of which is on file In the Navy Department. 
Easements to certain 
grantees. 
New York City. 
Condition for grant. 
State of Texas. 
San Diego, Calif. 
Spokane County, 
Wash. 
State of Florida. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to grant, 
under such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate, per-
petual easements in the lands or portions thereof or improvements 
thereon hereinafter mentioned (metes and bounds description of which 
are on file in the Navy Department) to the following grantees: 
(a) The city of New York, in that sewer line located in the New York 
Naval Shipyard which enters the shipyard at Clymer Street, proceeds 
along berth 22 to an outfall in the Wallabout Basin at berth 23 and 
empties into East River as shown in a map entitled "Substitute Outlet 
Classon Ave. Sewer System" on file in the Navy Department: Pro-
vided, That in addition to such other terms and conditions as the 
Secretary of the Navy may deem proper, the ^rant shall be on the 
specific condition that the city of New York waive its claim for com-
pensation against the United States based on the condemnation pro-
ceedings in the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of New York, entitled "United States versus 25.4 acres of land in 
Brooklyn, etc.". Civil Numbered M-586. 
(b) The State of Texas, for public highway purposes in, over, and 
across a strip of land averaging forty-four and one-half feet in width 
and seven thousand and six hundred feet in length containing seven 
and seven hundred and thirty-two one-thousandths acres, more or 
less, forming a part of the United States Naval Auxiliary Air Station, 
Cuddihy Field, Corpus Christi, Texas. 
(c) The State of Texas, for public highway improvement purposes 
in, over, and across a strip of land averaging twenty-four and one-half 
feet in width and approximately two thousand seven hundred feet in 
length and containing one and fifty-one one-hundredths acres, more or 
less, said strip of land now being a part of the Arlington Outlying 
Field (number 25811), located in Tarrant County, Texas. 
(d) The city of San Diego, California, for street improvement pur-
poses in, over, and across— 
(1) a strip of land one hundred seventy-four and sixty-three 
one-hundredths feet in length varying in width from no feet to 
twelve feet for a distance of fifty-seven and three hundred and 
fifteen one-thousandths feet at each end, and having a constant 
width of twelve feet for the central sixty feet, and containing 
three hundred and forty-one ten-thousandths of an acre; and 
(2) a triangular parcel of land at the most easterly corner of 
Lowell and Rosecrans Streets having a length of seven and forty-
two one-hundredths feet on Lowell Street and four and sixty-
three one-hundredths feet on Rosecrans Street and containing an 
area of seventeen and seventeen one-hundredths square feet, both 
parcels now being a part of the United States Naval Training 
Center, San Diego, California. 
(e) The county of Spokane, Washington, for public highway pur-
poses in, over, and across a parcel of land containing one and nine-
tenths acres, more or less, said parcel now being a part of the Naval 
Supply Depot, Spokane, Washington. 
(f) The State of Florida, for public highway purposes in, over, and 
across a strip of land one hundred and fifty feet in width and three 
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thousand and five hundred feet in length, containing eleven and fifty-
nine one-hundredths acres, more or less, said strip of land now being 
a part of the United States Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, 
Florida. 
(g) The city of Dania, Florida, for public highway purposes in, 
over, and across a strip of land twenty-five feet in width and two 
thousand seven hundred and ninety-six and seventy-three one-hun-
dredths feet in length and containing one and six hundred and five 
one-thousandths acres, more or less, said strip of land now being a 
f
art of the United States Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, 
lorida. 
(h) The Fred H. Bixby Company, of Long Beach, California, in, 
over, and across a strip of land in section 35, township 4 south, range 
12 west, San Bernardino base meridian, Los Angeles County, Califor-
nia, being ten feet in width for nine hundred and seventy-six and nine-
tenths feet and eighteen feet in width for four hundred and eighteen 
and eighty-four one-hundredths feet, and containing approximately 
three hundred and ninety-seven one-thousandths acres: 
Provided, 
That in addition to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary 
of the Navy may deem proper, the foregoing grant shall contain a 
specific provision that said grant is in exchange for a perpetual ease-
ment which the said Bixby Company has already conveyed to the 
Navy Department in a strip of land ten feet in width and three hun-
dred and thirty-five one-hundredths feet in length lying in section 35, 
township 4 south, range 12 west, San Bernardino base meridian, Los 
Angeles County, California, containing six thousand ei^ht hundred 
and ninety-five ten-thousandths acres, more or less; detailed descrip-
tions of both easements are on file in the Navy Department. 
(i) The Territory of Hawaii, for public highway purposes in, over, 
and across three adjacent strips of land of varying width and approxi-
mately three thousand feet in length and containing three and three 
hundred and thirty-nine one-thousandths acres, more or less, said 
strips of land now being a part of the naval facility known as Camp 
Catlin, Moanalua, Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
Dania, Fla. 
Fred H. Bixby Co., 
Long Beach, CsM. 
Condition for grant. 
Territory of Hawaiii. 
Public Law 211 
CHAPTER 5 6 4 
AN ACT 
Providing for the conveyance to the State of North Carolina of the Currituck 
Beach Lighthouse Reservation, Corolla, North Carolina. 
October 25,1951 
[H. R. 5230] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon pay-
ment to the United States of the sum of $3,000, the Administrator of 
General Services is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim 
deed to the State of North Carolina all of the right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to all lands constituting the Currituck 
Beach Lighthouse Reservation, situated at Corolla, North Carolina, 
together with the buildings and other improvements thereon, saving 
and excepting therefrom a small, irregular parcel of land, with ingress 
and egress thereto, containing about eighty-two one-hundredths of an 
acre, on which the lighthouse and two structures are located and 
maintained by the United States Coast Guard: Provided, 
however, 
That the instrument of conveyance shall contain such terms and con-
ditions which will allow for the capture by the Federal Government 
of such property in the event such property is not used for muskrat 
experimentation and research, recreational, or other public purposes: 
North Caroliaa. 
Conveyance.