An Act to authorize and direct the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain land and grant certain easements to the State of California for highway-construction purposes in Richmond, California
PL 82-563 (H.R.7126), enacted 07/16/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 562-JULY 16, 1952 
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July 16, 1952 
[H. R. 6521] 
Public Law 562 
CHAPTER 887 
AN ACT 
To amend section 4472 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to further provide 
for the safe loading and discharging of explosives in connection with trans-
portation by vessel. 
Loading and dis-
charging. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^^Expiosives on United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4472 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of October 9, 1940 
54 Stat. 1023. 
(46 U. S. C , sec. 170), is further amended by adding the following-
paragraph to subsection (7) thereof: 
"(e) The United States Coast Guard shall issue no permit or author-
ization for the loading or discharging to or from any vessel at any 
point or place in the United States, its territories or possessions (not 
including Panama Canal Zone) of any explosives unless such explo-
sives, for which a permit is required by the regulations promulgated 
pursuant to this section, are packaged, marked, and labeled in con-
formity with regulations prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission under section 835 of title 18 of the United States Code, and 
unless such permit or authorization specifies that the limits as to 
maximum quantity, isolation and remoteness established by local, 
municipal, territorial, or State authorities for each port shall not be 
exceeded. 
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to limit or 
restrict the shipment, transportation, or handling of military explo-
sives by or for the Armed Forces of the United States." 
Approved July 16, 1952. 
62 Stat. 739. 
July 16, 1952 
[H. R. 7126] 
Public Law 563 
CHAPTER 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain land and 
grant certain easements to the State of California for highway-construction 
purposes in IJichmond, California. 
R i c h m o n d , 
Calif. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Secre-
tary of Commerce is authorized and directed to donate and convey 
to the State of California all the right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to certain land (hereinafter referred to as "Parcel A") 
located between Railroad Avenue and Castro Street in the city of 
Richmond, California. Such land, which contains approximately two 
hundred and fifty-seven one-thousandths acre (eleven thousand one 
hundred and seventy-eight square feet), comprises a portion of lots 
22 and 23 in section 14, township 1 north, range 5 west. Mount Diablo 
base and meridian, as shown on the map entitled "Map No. 1, Salt 
Marsh and Tide Lands situate in the County of Contra Costa, State of 
California, 1872" (on file in the oiRce of the surveyor general), and is 
more particularly described as follows: 
Commencing at the northeasterly corner of lot 2 in block 14 as said 
lot and block are shown on the map of Osborne's Addition, filed in map 
book "E", at page 107, in the office of the County Recorder of Contra 
Costa County; thence along the northerly and northeasterly line of 
said block 14, north seventy-seven degrees fourteen minutes twenty-
eight seconds west, nineteen and seventy-nine one-hundredths feet and 
north forty degrees forty minutes four seconds west, one hundred 
fifty-eight and seventy-seven one-hundredths feet to the property line 
common to the lands, now or formerly, of United States of America 
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and of the city of Richmond; thence along said common property line 
north forty-nine degrees nineteen minutes fifty-six seconds east, 
twenty-five and forty-four one-hundredths feet; thence from a tangent 
that bears south fifty-six degrees twenty-five minutes twenty-nine and 
seven-tenths seconds east, along a curve to the right with a radius of 
two thousand five hundred and fifty-five feet, through an angle of six 
degrees twenty minutes fifty-one and seven-tenths seconds, a distance 
of two hundred eighty-three and six one-hundredths feet to the north-
erly line of block 13 of Osborne's Addition as shown on the map above 
referred to; thence along said northerly line and the westerly pro-
longation of said line north seventy-seven degrees fourteen minutes 
twenty-eight seconds west, one hundred twenty-six and thirty-four 
one-hundredths feet to the point of commencement. 
(b) The land to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used 
by the State of California for the construction and maintenance of a 
public highway, and for no other purpose. 
(c) There shall be reserved to the United States in the conveyance 
of the land described in subsection (a) all oil, gas, coal, and other 
mineral deposits in such land, including all materials determined pur-
suant to section 5 (b) (1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 to be 
peculiarly essential to the production of fissionable material, together 
with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such minerals. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to 
grant to the State of California an easement for the construction and 
maintenance of a highway embankment, and for the construction and 
maintenance of trenches and pipes as required for proper drainage, 
upon, over, under, and across certain land (hereinafter referred to as 
"Parcel B") which contains approximately four hundred and two 
square feet and is more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning for reference at the most northerly corner of lot 13 in 
block 14 as said lot and block are shown on the map of Osborne's 
Addition, filed in map book "E", at page 107, records of Contra Costa 
County; thence along the northeasterly line of said block 14 south 
forty degrees forty minutes four seconds east, fifteen and thirty-eight 
one-hundredths feet; thence from a tangent that bears south fifty-
eight degrees twenty-four minutes sixteen seconds east, along a curve 
to the right with a radius of two thousand five hundred and fifty-five 
feet, through an angle of four degrees fifty minutes forty-four sec-
onds, a distance of two hundred sixteen and eight one-hundredths 
feet to the true point of commencement, said point being fifty-five 
feet measured radially from engineer's station 279+15 on the center-
line of the State Highway in the city of Richmond from Garrard 
Boulevard to Marine Street, IV-CC-69-Rch., thence north thirty-
six degrees twenty-six minutes twenty-eight seconds east, twenty feet; 
thence from a tangent that bears south fifty-three degrees thirty-three 
minutes thirty-two seconds east, along a curve to the right with a 
radius of two thousand five hundred and seventy-five feet, through an 
angle of no degrees twenty-six minutes fifty-five seconds, an arc 
length of twenty and sixteen one-hundredths feet; thence south thirty-
six degrees fifty-three minutes twenty-three seconds west, twenty 
feet; thence from a tangent that bears north fifty-three degrees six 
minutes thirty-seven seconds west, along a curve to the left with a 
radius of two thousand five hundred and fifty-five feet, through an 
angle of no degrees twenty-six minutes fifty-five seconds, a distance 
of twenty feet to the true point of commencement. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to 
grant to the State of California a temporary easement, to be effective 
until January 1, 1955, for the construction and maintenance of a high-
way embankment upon, over, under, and across certain land (herein-
Use. 
60 Stat. 761. 
42 u s e 180S(b). 
Easement. 
Temporary ease-' 
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after referred to as "Parcel C") comprising a portion of lots 22 and 23 
in section 14, township 1 north, range 5 west, Mount Diablo base and 
meridian, as shown on the map entitled "Map. No. 1, Salt Marsh and 
Tide Lands situate in the County of Contra Costa, State of California, 
1872" (on file in the office of the surveyor general). Such land contains 
approximately one hundred and twenty-nine one-thousandths acre 
(five thousand six hundred and twelve square feet), excepting there-
from the land described in section 2, and is more particularly described 
as follows: 
Beginning for reference at the northwesterly corner of block 13, 
as said block is shown on the map of Osborne's Addition, filed in map 
book "E", at page 107, in the office of the county recorder of Contra 
Costa County; thence along the northerly line of said block 13, south 
seventy-seven degrees fourteen minutes twenty-eight seconds east, 
sixty-six and thirty-four one-hundredths feet to the true point of com-
mencement ; thence from a tangent that bears north fifty degrees four 
minutes thirty-eight seconds west, along a curve to the left with a 
radius of two thousand five hundred and fifty-five feet, through an 
angle of six degrees twenty minutes fifty-one and seven-tenths seconds, 
a distance of two hundred eighty-three and six one-hundredths feet 
to the property line common to the lands, now or formerly, of United 
States of America and of the city of Richmond; thence along said 
common line, north forty-nine degrees nineteen minutes 
fifty-six 
seconds east, twenty and seventy-seven one-hundredths feet; thence 
from a tangent that bears south fifty-six degrees seventeen minutes 
fifty-seven and eight-tenths seconds east, along a curve to the right 
with a radius of two thousand five hundred and seventy-five feet 
through an angle of six degrees twenty-seven minutes fifty-seven and 
eight-tenths seconds, a distance of two hundred ninety and sixty one-
hundredths feet; thence south forty-nine degrees fifty minutes east, 
twenty-seven and seventy-four one-hundredths feet to said northerly 
line of said block 13; thence along last said line north seventy-seven 
degrees fourteen minutes twenty-eight seconds west, forty-three and 
fifty one-hundredths feet to the true point of commencement. 
Requirements. 
SEC. 4. (a) The eascmeuts granted pursuant to sections 2 and 3 
shall include all the privileges and appurtenances necessary for the 
full enjoyment thereof. 
(b) The conveyance of land made pursuant to the first section of 
this Act and the grants of easements made pursuant to sections 2 and 3 
of this Act shall expressly provide that the State of California will 
at all times maintain such public highway, embankments, and drain-
age systems in good order, condition, and repair wholly at its own 
cost and expense, and that such drainage systems will be constructed 
and maintained by the State of California in such manner as to pro-
vide sufficient and adequate surface drainage at all times from the 
adjacent or contiguous lands owned by the United States. 
Approved July 16, 1952. 
Public Law 564 
CHAPTER 889 
July 16, 1952 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 8127] 
To amend the Act of June 21, 1940, relating to the alteration of certain bridges 
over navigable waters, so as to include highway bridges, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
of the 
Bridges. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third, 
fourth, and fifth paragraphs of section 1 of the Act of June 21, 1940,