An Act to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to convey certain lands situated in the State of Oregon to the city of Roseburg, Oreg
PL 89-228 (H.R.2414), enacted 10/01/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-228-OCT. 1, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
to a point; 
thence south 0 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds east 376.60 feet 
to a point; 
thence north 89 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds east 970.00 feet to 
the point of beginning and containing 14.2452 acres, more or less, 
and being the total remaining acreage of the original 20.56 acres 
above mentioned now owned by the United States Government. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by the first section of this Act 
shall be subject to the condition that the State of Maryland pay to 
the United States an amount equal to the fair market value, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior, of the fixed improvements on 
the tract of land to be conveyed. 
Approved October 1, 1965. 
Public Law 89-228 
October 1, 1965 
A N A C T 
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To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain lands 
situated in the State of Oregon to the city of Roseburg, Oregon. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Land'^^onv^yr^* United StoMs of America in Congress assemhled, That, subject to the 
ance. 
provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs shall convey by quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the 
city of Roseburg, Oregon, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to two parcels of land, containing approximately forty-
seven acres, more or less, which were heretofore conveyed by such city 
to the United States without consideration. The exact legal descrip-
tion of the land to be conveyed shall be determined by the Administra-
tor of Veterans' Affairs, and in the event a survey is required in order 
to make such determination, the city of Roseburg shall bear the expense 
thereof. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by the first section of this Act 
shall be made subject to (1) the condition that the city of Roseburg, 
Oregon, erect a chain link fence on the north side of parcel numbered 2 
along the property line which would divide the portion of the remain-
ing Veterans' Administration reservation and the land transferred 
to such city; (2) the condition that the tee and green of the golf course 
falling into parcel numbered 2 be relocated by the city of Roseburg 
to a location to be selected by the hospital director; (3) the condition 
that the city of Roseburg provide all necessary materials for a green-
house and small horticultural clinic to be built in a new location by 
the Veterans' Administration hospital to serve the same purpose as 
the existing greenhouse and clinic building; (4) the condition that the 
Veterans' Administration retain riparian rights to irrigation water 
from the Umpqua River and the river pump on its north side and that 
the city of Roseburg furnish the Veterans' Administration water for 
irrigating the veterans' cemetery adjacent to parcel numbered 1 as long 
as the pump on the south side of the Umpqua River (existing on the 
date of the enactment of this Act) is operated by such city; (5) the 
condition that the bridge over the Umpqua River be included in the 
property conveyed to the city of Roseburg pursuant to this Act and 
that said bridge be maintained by said city; and (6) such other terms 
and conditions as the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration 
may determine necessary to protect the interest of the United States. 
Approved October 1, 1965. 
Conditions.