An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain land in the county of Alameda, Calif., and to accept other land in exchange therefore
PL 84-710 (S.3723), enacted 07/14/1956

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"§ 83. Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle facilities 
"Whoever willfully, with intent to endanger the safety of any 
person on board or anyone who he believes will board the same, or 
with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, damages, dis-
ables, destroys, tampers with, or places or causes to be placed any 
explosive or other destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to, 
any motor vehicle which is used, operated, or employed in interstate 
or foreign commerce, or its cargo or material used or intended to be 
used in connection with its operation; or 
"Whoever willfully, with like intent, damages, disables, destroys, 
sets fire to, tampers with, or places or causes to be placed any explosive 
or other destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to any garage, 
terminal, structure, supply, or facility used in the operation of, or 
in support of the operation of, motor vehicles engaged in interstate 
or foreign commerce or otherwise makes or causes such property to be 
made unworkable, unusable, or hazardous to work or use; or 
"Whoever, with like intent, willfully disables or incaj)acitates any 
driver or person employed in connection with the operation or main-
tenance of the motor vehicle, or in any way lessens the ability of such 
person to perform his duties as such; or 
"Wlioever willfully attempts to do any of the aforesaid acts— 
shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 
twenty years, or both. 
"§ 34. Penalty when death results 
"Whoever is convicted of any crime prohibited by this chapter, 
which has resulted in the death of any person, shall be subject also 
to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life, if the jury shall in 
its discretion so direct, or, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea 
of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, if the 
court in its discretion shall so order. 
"§ 35. Imparting or conveying false information 
"Whoever willfully imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or 
conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, con-
cerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to 
do any act which would be a crime prohioited by this chapter or 
chapter 97 or chapter 111 of this title— 
shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 
one year, or both." 
SEC. 2. The part analysis preceding chapter 1 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting between chapters 1 and 3 the 
following item: 
"2. Aircraft and motor vehicles 
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Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 710 
CHAPTER 596 
July 14, 1956 
AN ACT 
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To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain land in the county of 
Alameda, California, and to accept other land in exchange therefor. 
Alameda, Calif. 
Conveyances. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Navy is authorized to convey to the State of California all of 
the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to 
that certain real property located in the county of Alameda, State of 
California, as more particularly described in section 2 of this Act, 
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and in consideration for said conveyance, to accept on behalf of the 
ITnited States of America all of the right, title, and interest of the 
State of California in and to that certain real property described in 
section 8 of this Act. Said conveyances shall be made by, and accepted 
on behalf of, the United States of America subject to (1) all reserva-
tions, rights, and easements hereinbelow set forth, and (2) to such other 
and further terms and conditions as may be expressly agreed upon by 
the parties thereto. 
SFWC. 2. The property to be conveyed by the United States of America 
to the State of California is described as follows: 
A portion of tract 89, according to the map entitled, "Map of Ala-
meda Marsh Land, as partitioned among the owners thereof in the 
suit numbered 8928 and entitled 'Pacific Improvement 
Company, 
plaintiff, against James A. Waymire, and others', defendants, superior 
court of Alameda County, State of California", filed July 80, 1900, 
in the office of the recorder of Alameda County and of record in map 
book 25, pages 74, 7H, and 78, said portion being described as follows: 
Commencing at the northeasterly corner of that certain 76.15 acre 
tract of land, described in the declaration of taking made on Decem-
ber 18, 1951, in District Court of the United States for the Northern 
District of California, southern division, case numbered 80785, United 
States of America against 76.15 acres of land, more or less, and so 
forth, a certified copy of which was recorded on December 21, 1951, 
in book 6618, page 889, official records of Alameda County said corner 
also being on the general western line of Webster Street, as said line 
Avas established by the deed from the regents of the University of 
California to city of Alameda, dated April 18, 1944, recorded May 
4, 1944, in book 4555 of official records of Alameda County, page 50; 
thence along the last mentioned line the three following courses and 
distances: South 6 degrees 52 minutes 06 seconds west 28.42 feet south 
4 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds Avest 852.87 feet and south 89 degrees 
41 minutes 14 seconds east 42.00 feet (recorded bearings and dis-
tances south 5 degrees 54 minutes 88.5 seconds west 28.52 feet south 8 
degrees 48 minutes 27 seconds west 852.87 feet and north 89 degrees 
10 minutes east 42.00 feet) to the westerly line of Webster Street, 
as said line was established by the deed to the city of Alameda, dated 
May 81,1928, recorded June 5,1928, in book 1867 of official records of 
Alameda County, page 2G6; thence along the last mentioned line 
south 0 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds west 74.95 feet (recorded bear-
ing and distance south 0 degrees 50 minutes east 74.95 feet) to the 
southern boundary line of the said 76.15 acre tract of land; thence 
along said southern boundary line north 87 degrees 55 minutes 29 
seconds west 889.66 feet (recorded bearing north 89 degrees 00 min-
utes 80 seconds west) thence north 2 degrees 04 minutes 81 seconds 
east 464.08 feet to the general northerly boundary line of said 76.15 
acre tract of land; thence along said northerly line south 87 degrees 
12 minutes 48 seconds east (recorded bearing south 88 degrees 20 
minutes east), 815.00 feet to the point of commencement, said prop-
erty containing 8.588 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 3. The land to be conveyed to the United States of America 
by the State of California is described as follows: 
A portion of tract 39 as shown on the map of Alameda Marsh Land 
filed July 80, 1900, in book 25 of maps at pages 74, 76, and 78 in the 
office of the county recorder of Alameda County, said portion being 
described as follows: 
Commencing at the northwesterly corner of that certain 76.15 acre 
parcel of land described in the declaration of taking made on Decem-
ber 13, 1951, in District Court of the United States for the Northern 
District of California, southern division, case numbered 30735, United 
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States of America against 76.15 acres of land, more or less, a certified 
copy of which was recorded on December 21, 1951, in book 6618, page 
839, official records of Alameda County; thence along the northern 
boundary line of the said 76.15 acre parcel south 87 degrees 12 minutes 
43 seconds east, 1,863.14 feet; thence north 2 degrees 47 minutes 17 
seconds east, 309.5 feet; thence north 87 degrees 12 minutes 43 seconds 
west, 1,875.09 feet to the westerly line of said tract 39; thence along 
said westerly line south 0 degrees 34 minutes 39 seconds west, 309.73 
feet to the point of commencement, said property containing 13.280 
acres, more or less. 
Easements. 
gj,^ 4. (a) The property authorized to be conveyed to the State of 
California by section 2 of this Act shall be subject to— 
(1) nonexclusive easement for roadway purposes over and 
across a strip of land 75 feet wide, the centerline of said strip of 
land described as follows: 
Commencing at a point on the westerly line of the above-
described parcel, distance thereon north 2 degrees 04 minutes 31 
seconds east 37.50 feet from the southwesterly corner of said par-
cel ; thence south 87 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds east 387.19 feet. 
The easterly terminus of said centerline being distant north 87 
degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds west 452.39 feet from the westerly 
line of Webster Street, as said line was established by the deed to 
the city of Alameda, recorded June 5, 1928, in book 1867, page 
266, official records of Alameda County; 
(2) easement for water pipeline serving the Oakland Quarter-
master Market Center; 
(3) easement for water pipeline serving Estuary Housing 
Project; and 
(4) easement for utility lines lying within the 8.538 acres to 
be conveyed. 
(b) The property authorized to be conveyed to the United States 
by section 3 of this Act shall be subject to a perpetual easement for 
right-of-way 20 feet in width for the construction and maintenance of 
a sewer over and across the herein-described property as condemned 
by the United States of America in action numbered 22606-S had in 
the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of 
California, southern division. The certified copy of the decree of 
condemnation in said action being recorded on June 18, 1943, in book 
4414 of official records of Alameda County at page 13. 
(c) The bearings and distances used in the description of property 
contained in this Act are on the California coordinate system, zone 3. 
Approved July 14, 1956. 
Public Law 711 
CHAPTER 597 
July 14, 1956 
A.N ACT 
[H. R. 1761] 
rp^j relieve certain veterans who relied on an erroneous interpretation of the 
law from liability to repay a portion of the subsistence allowances which 
they received under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. 
Veterans. 
U. C. and Stan-
ce it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That every individual 
ford'u^Ttudent'^' 
who, wliile attending the University of California or Stanford Uni-
p&ymentl':^'"' '*" versity prior to January 1, 1951, was employed by the Veterans' 
Administration as a clinical psychologist trainee, and who, in reliance 
upon interpretations of paragraph 6 of part VIII of Veterans Regu-
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lation Numbered 1 (a) that work performed in excess of twenty hours 
per week was to be considered as irregular and nonscheduled overtime,