An Act to provide for the release and transfer of all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to certain tracts of land in Pender County, N.C
PL 88-544 (H.R.4242), enacted 08/31/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-544-AUG. 31, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-544 
August 31, 1964 
AN ACT 
—[H- R- 4242]— rp^ provide for the release and transfer of all right, title, and interest of the 
United States of America in and to certain tracts of land in Pender County, 
North Carolina. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Nrrth1:"ro°ina*^' ^''i^H^d States of Amevica in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Lands. 
of AgFiculture is authorized and directed, subject to the requirements 
of section 3 of this Act, to take such action as may be necessary to 
release and transfer, by quitclaim deed or otherwise to th^ Board of 
Education of Pender County, North Carolina, all right, title, and 
interest retained by the United States of America in and to five 
parcels or tracts of land and the improvements thereon located in 
Pender County, North Carolina, conveyed to the said board of educa-
tion, and more particularly described in the following deeds from the 
United States of America and the Penderlea Farms Homestead Asso-
ciation, Incorporated, listed in section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The deeds referred to in the first section of this Act are the 
following: 
(1) Thequitclaimdeed, dated September 22,1941, and recorded 
in book 249, page 397, of the Pender County Registry, Pender 
County, North Carolina, from the Penderlea Farms Homestead 
Association, Incorporated, to the County Board of Education of 
Pender County, North Carolina, conveying .430 acres, more or 
less, and the improvements thereon. 
(2) The quitclaim deed, dated December 6, 1941, and recorded 
in book 229, page 605, of the Pender County Register, Pender 
County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to 
the County Board of Education of Pender County, North Caro-
lina, conveying 23.663 acres, more or less, and the improvements 
thereon. 
(3) The correction deed, dated October 24,1946, and recorded 
in book 262, page 340, of the Pender County Registry, Pender 
County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to 
the County Board of Education of Pender County, North Caro-
lina, conveying 23.663 and .78 acres, more or less, and the improve-
ments thereon. 
(4) The quitclaim deed, dated June 13, 1945, and recorded in 
book 255, page 573, of the Pender County Registry, Pender County, 
North Carolina, from the United States of America to the Board 
of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, conveying 9.282 
acres, more or less, and the improvements thereon. 
(5) The quitclaim deed, dated January 18, 1946, and recorded 
in boojk 257, page 436, of the Pender County Registry, Pender 
County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to the 
Pender County Board of Education, conveying 2.584 acres, more 
or less. 
SEC. 3. No conveyance shall be made under this Act unless the 
]ioard of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, pays to the 
Secretary of Agriculture within one year after notification thereof, the 
sum of (a) the fair market value of the mineral interests conveyed un-
der this Act, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as of the 
effective date of this Act; and (b) such amount as may be fixed by 
the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse the United States for the 
administrative costs of the conveyance under this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1964.