An Act to authorize the conveyance of certain lands owned by the United States to the State of Tennessee for the use of Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee
PL 90-32 (H.R.4717), enacted 06/28/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-32-JUNE 28, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
apply to non-Federal institutions, for grants for the same purpose to 
hospitals of the Service, of the Veterans' Administration, or of the 
Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, and to Saint Eliza-
beths Hospital." 
Approved June 24, 1967. 
June 28, 1967 
[H. R. 4717] 
Public Law 90-32 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance of certain lands owned by the United States to the 
State of Tennessee for the use of Memphis State University, Memphis, 
Tennessee. 
Memphis State 
University, Tenn. 
Land convey-
Time limitation. 
Conditions. 
Use of property. 
Surveys cost. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assembled^ That the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to convey, with-
out consideration, to the State of Tennessee for the use of Memphis 
State University, Memphis, Tennessee, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to that tract of land constituting a portion 
of the grounds of the Kennedy Veterans' Hospital in Memphis, Ten-
nessee, including the improvements thereon, containing 129 acres, more 
or less, and being the same tract of land acquired by the United States 
for hospital purposes and paid for by the city of Memphis and county 
of Shelby, Tennessee, and which, upon completion of a new veterans' 
hospital presently under construction at another site in the city of 
Memphis, will be excess to the needs of the Veterans' Administration. 
SEC. 2. (a) The conveyance authorized by the first section of this 
Act shall be made not later than December 31, 1970, and may be made 
at any time prior to such date if the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs 
determines that the property to be conveyed is no longer needed by the 
Veterans' Administration. 
(b) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to convey 
anj portion or portions of the tract referred to in the first section of 
this Act prior to the time that he determines that the entire tract is 
no longer needed by the Veterans' Administration, if he determines 
that (1) such portion or portions are no longer needed by the Veterans' 
Administration, (2) the conveyance of such portion or portions will 
not interfere with activities of the Veterans' Adm.inistration still being 
carried out on the lands at the Veterans' Administration not yet con-
veyed, and (3) the conveyance of such portion or portions will facili-
tate the conversion of such property to educational uses by Memphis 
State University. 
SEC. 3. Any deed of conveyance made pursuant to this Act shall 
contain such additional terms, conditions, reservations, easements, and 
restrictions as may be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs to be necessary to protect the interest of the United States. 
SEC. 4. The property conveyed pursuant to this Act shall be used 
solely for educational purposes, and if such property is ever used for 
purposes other than educational purposes, title thereto shall revert to, 
and become the property of, the United States which shall have the 
right of immediate entry thereon. 
SEC. 5. Memphis State University shall pay the cost of such surveys 
as may be necessary to determine the exact legal description of the real 
property to be conveyed and shall bear all other expenses in connection 
with the preparation and recording of the necessary legal documents. 
Approved June 28, 1967.