An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to disclaim any interest of the United States in and to certain property located in the State of Washington
PL 83-317 (S.1827), enacted 03/26/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 317-MAR. 26, 1954 
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Public Law 317 
CHAPTER 107 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to disclaim any interest of the United 
States in and to certain property located in the State of Washington. 
March 26,1954 
[S. 1827] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate cmd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserrvbled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to disclaim any and all right, title, lien, or 
interest of the United States in and to certain property located in the 
city of Seattle, Washington, King County, Washington, hereafter de-
scribed as follows: 
A portion of West Canal Street and Burns Avenue Northwest, 
described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of lot 16, block 
3, Ross addition; thence on the south line of said lot south eighty-nine 
degrees thirty-eight minutes thirty-two seconds west seven and forty 
one-hundredths feet to the true place of beginning; thence south 
thirty-nine degrees thirty-one minutes west ninety feet to a point on 
the north line of the Lake Washington Canal; thence following the 
said north line to the most southerly corner of lot 8, block 1, Seattle 
tide lands; thence along the easterly and northeasterly lines of said 
lot 8 to an intersection with the southeasterly line of that portion of 
Burns Avenue Northwest as vacated by ordinance numbered 76354; 
thence following said southeasterly line northeasterly to an intersec-
tion with the northeasterly line of Burns Avenue Northwest; thence 
following the northeasterly line of Burns Avenue Northwest and West 
Canal Street southeasterly to the true place of beginning; Also, 
A portion of West Canal Street (formerly Ewing St -eet), together 
with a portion of West Bowdoin Place, formerly West Fortieth Street: 
Beginning at the southeast corner of block 6, Ross addition to the city 
of Seattle; thence south thirty-nine degrees six minutes no seconds 
west one hundred thirty and eighteen one-hundredths feet to a point 
on the northerly line of the Lake Washington Canal right-of-way; 
thence on the said northerly line, northwesterly four hundred forty-
eight and seventy-eight one-hundredths feet; thence north thirty-nine 
degrees thirty-one minutes east sixty-nine and sixty-six one-hun-
dredths feet to a point on the north line of said block 6, Ross addition; 
thence on said north line north eighty-nine degrees thirty-eight 
minutes thirty-two seconds east thirty-one and seventy-three one-
hundredths feet to a point on the northerly line of West Canal Street; 
thence on said line southeasterly three hundred seventy-five and twenty 
one-hundredths feet to a point on the south line of said block; thence 
on said line north eighty-nine degrees thirty-eight minutes thirty-two 
seconds east sixty-three and twelve one-hundredths feet to the place 
of beginning; Also, 
A portion of West Canal Street (formerly Ewing Street), together 
with a portion of Sixth Avenue Northwest: Beginning at the north-
west corner of block 8, Ross addition to the city of Seattle; thence on 
the west line thereof south no degrees twenty-one minutes twenty-eight 
seconds east twenty-six and two one-hundredths feet to a point on the 
northerly line of West Canal Street; thence on said line southeasterly 
three hundred forty and fifty-one one-hundredths feet to a point on 
the south line of said block 8; thence south thirty-eight degrees sixteen 
minutes no seconds west ninety feet to a point on the northerly line 
of the Lake Washington Canal right-of-w-ay; thence on said line 
northwesterly three hundred fifty-eight feet, more or less, to a point 
that bears south thirty-eight degrees fifty-six minutes no seconds west 
from the place of beginning; thence north thirty-eight degrees fifty-
six minutes no seconds east to the place of beginning; Also, 
Seattle, Wash. 
U, S. title, etc., 
to c e r t a i n prop-
erty, disclaimer. 
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A portion of West Canal Street (formerly Ewing Street): Begin-
ning at the northwest corner of lot 4, block 9, Ross addition to the 
city of Seattle; thence on the north line of said block north eighty-
nine degrees thirty-eight minutes thirty-two seconds east forty-five 
and twenty-two one-hundredths feet to a point on the northerly line 
of West Canal Street, as established by ordinance numbered 14267; 
thence on said line southeasterly two hundred seventy-eight and 
thirty-nine one-hundredths feet to a point on the east line of said 
block 9, which said point is south no degrees twenty-one minutes 
twenty-eight seconds east twenty-two and sixty-four one-hundredths 
feet from the northeast corner of lot 11 of said block; thence on the 
east line of said block and the same extended south no degiees twenty-
one minutes twenty-eight seconds east one hundred and forty-eight 
feet, more or less, to a point on the northerly line of the Lake Wash-
ington Canal right-of-way; thence on said line northwesterly to a 
point that bears south thirty-eight degrees six minutes no seconds 
west from the place of beginning; thence north thirty-eight degrees 
six minutes no seconds east to the place of beginning. 
Approved March 26, 1954. 
March 26,1954 
[S. J. Res. 34] 
Public Law 318 
CHAPTER 108 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Army to receive for instruction at the United 
States Military Academy at West Point two citizens and subjects of the King-
d<mi of Thailand, and the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at 
the I'nited States Naval Academy at Annapolis two citizens and subjects of 
the Kingdom of Belgium. 
Thai citizens. 
I n s t r u c t ion at 
West Point. 
Belgian citizens. 
I n s t r u c t i o n at 
Annapolis. 
Conditions. 
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1092C. 
10 99. 
Re-iolved by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
/states of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the 
Army is authorized to permit within one year after the date of enact-
ment of this joint resolution, two persons, citizens and subjects of the 
Kingdom of Thailand, to receive instruction at the United States 
Military Academy at West Point, New York, but the United States 
shall not be subject to any expense on account of such instruction. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to permit within one 
year after the enactment of this joint resolution, upon designation of 
the President of the United States, two persons, citizens and subjects 
of the Kingdom of Belgium, to receive instruction at the United States 
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, but the United States shall 
not be subject to any expense on account of such instruction. 
SEC. 3. Except as may be otherwise determined by the Secretary of 
the Army, in the case of persons attending the United States Military 
Academy, or the Secretary of the Navy, in the case of persons attend-
ing the United States Naval Academy, the said persons shall, as a 
condition to receiving instruction under the provisions of this joint 
resolution, agree to be subject to the same rules and regulations gov-
erning admission, attendance, discipline, resignation, discharge, dis-
missal, and graduation, as cadets at the United States Military Acad-
emy or midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, appointed 
from the United States, but they shall not be entitled to appointment 
to any office or position in the United States Army or the United States 
Navy by reason of their graduation from the United States Military 
Academy or the United States Naval Academy. 
Srx3. 4. Nothing in this joint resolution shall be construed to subject 
the said persons to the provisions of section 1320 of the Revised Stat-
utes or to section 3 of the Act of June 30,1950 (64 Stat. 304). 
Approved March 26, 1954.