An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain lands and improvements comprising the Castle Island Terminal Facility at South Boston in exchange for certain other lands
PL 82-222 (H.R.4049), enacted 10/27/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 222—OCT. 27, 1951 
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STAT. 
October 27,1951 
[H. R. 4049] 
Public Law 222 
CHAPTER 590 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts certain lands and improvements comprising the Castle Island 
Terminal Facility at South Boston in exchange for certain other lands. 
Castle Island Ter-
minal Facility, South 
Boston, Mass. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Secretary 
of the Navy is authorized to convey to the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter expressly 
stated and to such other terms and conditions as the said Secretary of 
the Navy shall deem to be in the public interest, all of the right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the property known as Castle 
Island Terminal Facility in South Boston, Massachusetts, including 
Government-owned land and improvements thereon and all Govern-
ment improvements constructed on lands of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts or the city of Boston, being the same property trans-
ferred to the Navy Department by the War Assets Administration on 
April 13, 1949, in consideration of the conveyance by the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts to the United States of America, free of all 
encumbrances the following lands together with any improvements 
thereon: (a) An area one hundred and forty-two feet by one hundred 
and sixty feet occupied by the United States under permit 4112 issued 
by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (b) an area of approximately 
four hundred and eighty thousand square feet occupied by the United 
States under permit 4113 issued by the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts; and (c) an area of approximately four hundred and forty thou-
sand square feet adjacent to lands occupied under said permit 4113, 
this area being a part of the Reserve Channel and being occupied and 
filled by the United States pursuant to informal permission of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
hereinabove authorized shall be made subject to the following express 
conditions: (a) That the Commonwealth, at its own expense, will 
preserve and maintain in a condition suitable for terminal purposes the 
improvements now existing on said property and those which may 
hereafter be constructed thereon; (b) that in time of war or national 
emergency the United States shall have the right of the free and 
unlimited use of all of said property including any improvements 
which may be erected by the grantee; and (c) that the property shall 
not be used for any purpose other than as a terminal except with the 
prior consent in writing of the Secretary of the Navy. 
Approved October 27, 1951. 
October 27,1951 
[H. R. 4945] 
Public Law 223 
CHAPTER 591 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of appropriations for refunding moneys erroneously 
received and covered for the refund of forfeited bail. 
62 Stat. 846. 
18U. S. C.ch.237. 
Be it enaxited hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That hereafter ap-
propriations available for refunding moneys erroneously received 
and covered shall be available for the refund of forfeited bail covered 
into the general fund of the Treasury which has been ordered remitted, 
in whole or in part, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure. 
Approved October 27, 1951.