An Act to provide for the release of restrictions and reservations on certain real property heretofore conveyed to the State of Arkansas by the United States of America.
PL 88-145 (S.812), enacted 10/16/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-145-CX:T. 16, 1963 
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STAT. 
October 16, 1963 
[S. 812] 
Public Law 88-145 
AN ACT 
To provide for the release of restrictions and reservations on certain real 
property heretofore conveyed to the State of Arkansas by the United States 
of America. 
Arkansas. 
Real property, 
release of 
restrictions. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subject to the 
provisions of section 2 of this Act the Secretary of the Army is author-
ized to convey, quitclaim, or release to the State of Arkansas, all rights, 
reservations, restrictions, and exceptions reserved by the United States 
in and over that part of Camp Joseph T. Robinson which was conveyed 
to the State of Arkansas by deed executed by the Secretary of the 
Army on August 25,1950, pursuant to the Act approved June 30,1950 
(64 Stat. 310), insofar as these rights, reservations, restrictions, and 
exceptions pertain to that parcel of land in Pulaski County, Arkansas, 
described in a lease-purchase agreement dated February 10, 1959, 
entered into between the Arkansas National Guard and the State 
board of education. State of Arkansas, containing nine and eight-
tenths acres, more or less. 
SEC. 2. The first section of this Act shall take effect upon the pay-
ment by the State of Arkansas to the Secretary of the Army oi the 
fair market value of the fee simple title of the property described 
therein (but not including any buildings or other permanent improve-
ments placed on such property by the Arkansas State Board of 
Education), as such value is determined by the Secretary after 
appraisal. 
Approved October 16, 1963. 
Public Law 88-146 
October 16, 1963 
A N A C T 
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To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1&46, as amended. 
74 Stat. 327. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) 
of section 7 of tne Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 808, 
as amended; 5 U.S.C. 73b-3(b)) is amended by deleting the word 
"promoted" wherever it appears and substituting the word "assigned", 
and by deleting the word "promotion" wherever it appears and 
substituting the word "assignment". 
Approved October 16, 1963. 
October 16, 1963 
[S. 1125] 
Nevada. 
100th anniver-
sary medals. 
Public Law 88-147 
AN ACT 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the admission of Nevada to statehood. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the com-
memoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of 
Nevada to statehood, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and 
directed to strike and furnish to the Nevada Centennial Commission 
not more than twenty thousand medals with suitable emblems, devices, 
and inscriptions to be determined by the Nevada Centennial Commis-
sion subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. 
The 
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medals shall be made of silver alloy and delivered at such times as 
may be required by the commission in quantities of not less than two 
thousand, but no medals shall be made after December 31, 1964. The 
medals shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning 
of section 3551 of the Eevised Statutes. 
3i use aes. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be 
struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the 
Mint shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full 
payment of such cost. 
SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act 
shall be of such size or sizes as shall be determined by the Secretary 
of the Treasury in consultation with such commission. 
Approved October 16, 1963. 
Public Law 88-148 
AN A C T 
October 17, 1963 
To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to convey certain land 
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situated in the State of Arkansas to the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to 
veterans' A
f
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section 2 of this Act, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall f^J^^t'^,'^™'"' 
convey by quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the city of Fayette- '^Land'convey-
ville, Arkansas, for park and recreational purposes, all right, title, and ^^^^''' ^Y''"^' 
interest of the United States in and to the following described tract "" *
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of land, which constitutes a portion of certain lands heretofore con-
veyed by such city to the United States without consideration, and 
which has been declared surplus to the needs of the United States: A 
tract of land situated in the county of Washington, State of Arkansas, 
being part of the northeast quarter of section 9, township 16 north, 
range 30 west, of the fifth principal meridian, and being more partic-
ularly described as follows : 
Beginning at the northeast corner of section 9; thence south along 
the east line of said section 9, 660 feet to a point; thence west 165 feet 
to a point; thence south 100 feet to a point; thence west 733 feet to a 
point; thence north 350 feet to a point; thence west 435 feet to a point; 
thence north 410 feet to a point on the north line of section 9; thence 
east along the north line of said section 9, 1,333 feet to the point of 
beginning; and containing 19.382 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 2. The land authorized to be conveyed by the first section of this 
Act shall be conveyed subject (1) to the condition that it shall be used 
for park and recreational purposes in a manner which, in the judg-
ment of the Administrator of v eterans' Affairs, will not interfere with 
the care and treatment of patients in the Veterans' Administration 
hospital situated on lands adjacent to the land herein authorized to 
be conveyed, and (2) to the condition that in the event that the Admin-
istrator of Veterans' Affairs determines, within twenty years after the 
date of execution of such conveyance, that the land so conveyed has 
been devoted to any use other than for park and recreational purposes, 
all right, title, and interest therein shall revert to and revest in the 
United States in its then existing condition, and (3) to the gas ease-
ment which was granted to the Arkansas Western Gas Company (for 
a period of fifty years) by the Department of the Army. 
Approved October 17, 1963.