An Act to provide for the conveyance of La Puntilla Military Reservation, San Juan, P. R., to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
PL 84-995 (H.R.9506), enacted 08/06/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 995-AUG. 6, 1956 
Public Law 995 
CHAPTER 983 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of La Puntilla Military Reservation, San Juan, 
[H. R. 9506] 
Puerto Rico, to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
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August 6, 1956 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized and directed to convey the property 
described in section 2 of this Act to the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, by quitclaim deed, vv^ithout monetary consideration therefor but 
on condition that the property will be maintained by the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico as a historic monument, and if such property 
shall ever cease to be maintained by the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico as a historic monument, or for other similar purposes, all the 
right, title, and interest in and to such property shall revert to, and 
become the property of the United States, which shall have the imme-
diate right of entry thereon. 
SEC. 2. The real property to be conveyed to the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico consists of 3.24 acres, more or less, together with improve-
ments thereon, in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, described as 
follows: 
Beginning at a point marked by a large granite post sunk in the 
ground, having a punched brass bolt let into the top, located on the 
line between the Department of the Army reservation known as La 
Puntilla and the lighthouse reservation, about 30 feet east of the true 
north and south line permanently established in 1913; thence south 
85 degrees 46 minutes 50 seconds west, 257.58 feet; thence south 5 
degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds east, 98.26 feet; thence south 84 degrees 
6 minutes 39 seconds west, 273.53 feet; thence north 5 degrees 35 
minutes 22 seconds west, 177.751 feet; thence south 46 degrees 6 minutes 
6 seconds east, 79.609 feet; thence north 40 degrees 38 minutes 56 
seconds east, 286.78 feet; thence south 4 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds 
east, 11.14 feet; thence south 4 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds east, 8.67 
feet; thence in arc of 90 degrees 18 minutes 6.5 seconds—13.7 feet, 
r. = 8.7 feet, 13.709 feet; thence north 85 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds 
east, 8.49 feet; thence north 85 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds east, 
79.85 feet; thence north 25 degrees 26 minutes 25 seconds east, 345.5 
feet; thence north 74 degrees 6 minutes 51 seconds east, 108.94 feet; 
thence north 75 degrees 3 minutes 42 seconds east, 33.63 feet; thence 
north 82 degrees 30 minutes 11 seconds east, 56.47 feet; thence south 
87 degrees 26 minutes 54 seconds east, 42.25 feet; thence south 27 
degrees 33 minutes 6 seconds west, 7.74 feet; thence north 87 degrees 26 
minutes 44 seconds west, 19.90 feet; thence south 28 degrees 27 minutes 
23 seconds west, 107.80 feet; thence south 3 degrees 7 minutes 58 
seconds east, 122.65 feet; thence south 86 degrees 32 minutes 46 seconds 
west, 84.51 feet; thence south 3 degrees 24 minutes 22 seconds east, 
134.04 feet; thence north 86 degrees 30 minutes 8 seconds east, 83.86 
feet; thence south 3 degrees 7 minutes 58 seconds east, 172.53 feet; 
thence south 85 degrees 46 minutes 50 seconds west, 126.65 feet, con-
taining 4.55 acres, more or less, excepting and reserving unto the 
United States, however, a portion thereof comprising 1.31 acres, more 
particularly described in Executive Order Numbered 8867 dated 
August 22, 1941, "Transferring to the Control and Jurisdiction of the 
Treasury Department a Certain Portion of the Military Reservation 
at 'La Puntilla' San Juan, Puerto Rico". 
Approved August 6, 1956, 
Puerto Rico. 
Conveyance. 
3 CFR cum. suppi. 
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