An Act to direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located in El Paso, Tex., and described as part of Fort Bliss, to the State of Texas
PL 83-711 (S.3595), enacted 08/30/1954

974 
PUBLIC LAW 711-AUG. 30, 1954 
[68 S 
TAT. 
Point Reservoir back of Gavins Point Dam, which is located on the 
Missouri River near Yankton, South Dakota, shall hereafter be 
known as Lewis and Clark Lake and any law, regulation, document, 
or record of the United States in which such reservoir is designated 
or referred to under the name of Gavins Point Reservoir shall be 
held to refer to such body of water under and by the name of Lewis 
and Clark Lake. 
Approved August 30,'1954. 
Public Law 711 
CHAPTER 1081 
August 30, 1954 
[S. 3595] 
Port Bliss Mili-
tary 
Reservation, 
Tex. 
Conveyance. 
AN ACT 
R e s e r v a t i o n s 
and conditions. 
S-TM^J 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain property located in El 
Paso, Texas, and described as part of Fort Bliss, to the State of Texas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Afnerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, 
without consideration, to the State of Texas all right, title, and inter-
est of the United States, except as retained in this Act, in and to a 
parcel of land within Fort Bliss Military Reservation, such parcel 
consisting of a portion of North El Paso Addition and a portion of 
Morningside Heights Addition, El Paso, Texas, and being more par-
ticularly described by metes and bounds as follows: 
Beginning at a point which is the intersection of the east right-of-
way line of Pollard Street and the south right-of-way line of Hayes 
Avenue; thence south no degrees fourteen and ninety one-hundredths 
minutes west along the east right-of-way line of Pollard Street, a dis-
tance of nine hundred two and six-tenths feet; thence south eighty-
nine degrees forty-five and ten one-hundredths minutes east a distance 
of one thousand forty-two and thirty-nine one-hundredths feet to 
the west right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad (formerly 
the E. P. & S. W. R. R.); thence north thirteen degrees forty-five and 
two one-hundredths minutes east a distance of eight hundred forty-five 
and seventy-three one-hundredths feet along the Southern Pacific 
Railroad right-of-way line, to a point; thence north one degree fifteen 
and sixty-two one-hundredths minutes west a distance of one hundred 
twelve and five one-hundredths feet, to a point in the south right-of-
way line of Hayes Avenue; thence south eighty-eight degrees forty-
six minutes west a distance of one thousand two hundred thirty-seven 
and three-tenths feet along the south right-of-way line of Hayes Ave-
nue, to the point of beginning, containing in all twenty-four and 
twenty-five one-hundredths acres of land, more or less. 
SEO. 2. All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands 
authorized to be conveyed oy 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 Fort Bliss, 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 the operation of 
the said Fort Bliss. 
SEC. 4. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act 
shall be upon condition that such property shall be used primarily 
for training of the National Guard and for other military purposes, 
and that if the State of Texas shall cease to use the property so con-
veyed for the purposes intended, then title thereto shall immediately 
68 
S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 712-AUG. 30, 1954 
975 
revert to the United States, and in addition, all improvements made 
by the State of Texas 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 
Texas, for the duration of such state of war or of such emergency. 
Upon the termination of such state of war or of such emergency plus 
six months such property shall revert to the State of Texas, together 
with all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. 
SEC. 6. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army shall include specific provisions covering 
the reservations and conditions contained in sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 
of this Act. 
Approved August 30, 1964. 
Public Law 712 
CHAPTER 1082 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Air Force or his designee to convey certain 
property located in proximity to San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, to the 
State of Texas. 
August 30, 1954 
[S. 3750] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Air Force or his designee is authorized and directed to convey 
by quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the State of Texas all 
right, title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in 
this Act, in and to the following described land in proximitj^ to San 
Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, together with all buildings, improve-
ments thereon, and all appurtenances and utilities belonging or apper-
taining thereto, such land including approximately two hundred 
eighteen and fifty-six one-hundredths acres and formerly designated 
as Martindale Auxiliary Field, as shown on maps on file with the 
Office of the Chief of Engineers: 
Beginning at a point on the south right-of-way line of United 
States Highway Numbered 90, at the northwest corner of the Emil 
F. Gambler tract, said corner being also the northeast corner of the 
Virginia M. Johnson tract: 
Station 1-2, bearing north sixty-nine degrees forty-five minutes 
twenty seconds east, a distance of forty-two and six-tenths feet; 
Station 2-3, bearing south no degrees twelve minutes forty seconds 
east, a distance of eight hundred one and seven-tenths feet; 
Station 3-4, bearing north eighty-nine degrees thirty-six minutes 
twenty seconds east, a distance of two thousand two hundred thirty-
three and one one-hundredth feet; 
Station 4r-5, bearing north three degrees twenty-three minutes forty 
seconds west, a distance of five hundred forty and five-tenths feet; 
Station 5-6, bearing north eighty-six degrees thirty-six minutes 
twenty seconds east, a distance of twenty feet; 
Martindale Aux-
iliary Field, Tex. 
Conveyance t o 
State.