An Act to direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey a 3 acre tract of land situated about 6 miles south of the city of San Antonio, in Bexar County, Tex., to the State of Texas.
PL 84-819 (H.R.9081), enacted 07/27/1956

70 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 819-JULY 27, 1956 
697 
Public Law 819 
CHAPTER 753 
AN ACT 
July 27, 1956 
T
H R 90811 
To direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey a three-acre tract —i- 
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of land situated about six miles south of the city of San Antonio, in Bexar 
County, Texas, to the State of Texas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary NwaeJV sue.'r'e^." 
of the Army or his designee is authorized and directed to convey by state "^*^^"*'* *" 
quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the State of Texas all right, 
title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in this Act 
in and to the following described land formerly designated as the De-
partment of Agriculture San Antonio Nursery Site, with all buildings, 
improvements thereon, and all appurtenances and utilities belonging 
or appertaining thereto: 
A certain tract of land, situated in the county of Bexar, and State 
of Texas, containing three acres, said tract being situated in the south-
west corner of a tract of land containing two hundred and five acres 
heretofore conveyed to G. W. Ware and R. F. Moore, out of what is 
known as the Manuel Leal Survey located about six miles south of 
the city of San Antonio; said three acres of land being more 
particularly described as follows, to wit: 
Beginning at a stake in the east edge of the Corpus Christi Road and 
the north line of Cemetery Road, at a point where the south line of 
said two hundred and five acre tract of land intersects said Corpus 
Christi Road, for its southwest corner; the same being also the north-
west corner of the San Antonio Sewer Farm as originally conveyed 
to the city of San Antonio, and being 62.2 feet north 22 degrees 28 
minutes w est from the present fence corner of the same; thence with 
the east line of the Corpus Christi Road north 19 degrees 35 minutes 
west 200 feet to a stake set for the northwest corner of this tract; thence 
south 89 degrees 33 minutes east 695.5 feet to a stake set for the 
northeast corner of this tract; thence south 19 degrees 35 minutes east 
200 feet to a stake in the Ware and Moore fence line, being the north 
line of the Cemetery Road; for the southeast corner of this tract: 
thence with the said fence north 89 degrees 33 minutes west 695.5 
feet to the place of beginning. 
Subject to right-of-way for the purpose of widening State High-
way Numbered 9 granted by letter-permit, dated June 16, 1937, from 
the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of 
Agriculture, to the Texas State Highway Department, covering eighty-
five thousandths acre of land, being more particularly described as 
follows: 
Beginning at the northwest corner of said tract, said corner bears 
south 89 degrees 33 minutes east 35.1 feet from station 47 + 58.7 on 
the centerline; thence south 89 degrees 33 minutes east 17.3 feet to 
point for corner; thence south 20 degrees 46 minutes east 201.4 feet 
to a point on the north line of Cemetery Road; thence north 89 de-
grees 33 minutes w^est 21.5 feet along the north line of Cemetery Road 
to its intersection with the east line of State Highway Numbered 9; 
thence north 19 degrees 35 minutes w^est 200.0 feet with the east line 
of State Highway Numbered 9 to place of beginning. 
SEC. 2. All mineral rights, including oil and gas, in the lands au- 
Mineral right, 
thorized to be conveyed by this Act shall be reserved to the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall „„^®"°"^ Guard 
be upon condition that such property shall be used primarily for train-
ing of the National Guard and for other military purposes, and that 
if the State of Texas shall cease to use the property so conveyed for 
use. 
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PUBLIC LAW 820-JULY 27, 1956 
[70 S T A T . 
Disposal of im-
provetnents. 
National e m e r -
gency. 
Reservations and 
conditions. 
the purposes intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to 
the United States, and in addition, all improvements made by the State 
of Texas during its occupancy shall vest in the United States without 
payment of compensation therefor. 
SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the State of Texas from 
disposing of or salvaging the improvements now located on the land 
to be conveyed. 
SEC. 5. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall 
be upon the further provision that whenever the Congress of the 
United States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or 
the President declares a state of emergency, and upon the determina-
tion by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under 
this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, 
or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall have the 
right, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to reenter 
upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any 
and all improvements made thereon by the State of Texas, for the 
duration of such state of war or of such emergency. 
Upon the ter-
mination of such state of war or of such emergency plus six months 
such property shall revert to the State of Texas, together with all 
appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. 
SEC. 6. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army or his designee shall include specific pro-
visions covering the reservations and conditions contained in sections 
2,3,4, and 5 of this Act. 
Approved July 27, 1956. 
July 27, 1956 
[H. R. 7121] 
Public Law 820 
CHAPTER 754 
AN ACT 
To validate payments of mileage made to United States Army and Air Force 
personnel pursuant to permanent change of station orders anthorizin;; travel 
by commercial aircraft, and for other purposes. 
and 
U. S. Army 
Air Force. 
M i l e a g e 
pay 
ments. 
C r e d i t s in ac-
counts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all payments 
of mileage made to United States Army and Air Force personnel in 
accordance with Department of the Army and Department of the Air 
Force instructions during the period January 1, 1950, through March 
ol, 1951, inclusive, for travel performed by commercial aircraft pur-
suant to permanent change of station orders authorizing travel by 
commercial aircraft, except those for which repayment has been 
effected, be validated notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of 
the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 364), as amended by sec-
tion 203 of the Act of August 2,1946 (60 Stat. 859), in effect when the 
travel involved was performed. 
SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his desig-
nee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing 
agents, of the Army and the Air Force from accountability or respon-
sibility for any payments validated by this Act, and shall allow credits 
in the settlement of the accounts of such officers or agents for such 
payments which appear to be free from fraud or collusion. 
Approved July 27, 1956.