An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Massachusetts Port Authority, an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certain lands and improvements thereon comprising a portion of the so called E Street Annex, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, in South Boston, Massachusetts, in exchange for certain other lands
PL 86-602 (H.R.5888), enacted 07/07/1960

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Motor 
v e h i c l e 
hire. 
T r a v e l 
penses. 
Secretary of Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which 
qualify as small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such pro-
curement, performance characteristics for aircraft to be used based 
upon modern aircraft operated by the civil airfleet. 
SEC. 532. Not to exceed $9,000,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act for the purpose shall be available for the hire of motor 
vehicles. 
SEC. 533. Not to exceed $677,854,000 of the funds made available in 
this Act shall be available for travel expenses in connection with tem-
porary duty and permanent change of station of civilian and military 
personnel of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 534. Effective January 1, 1961, no part of any appropriation 
contained in this Act shall be used to provide flight pay at the rates 
prescribed in section 204(b) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 
(6S Stat. 802), as amended, for more than 99,046 officers (other than 
Reserve officers on active duty for training and officers receiving flight 
pay pursuant to section 514 of this Act and flying student officers). 
SEC. 535. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, 
should he deem it advantageous to the national defense to accelerate 
any strategic or tactical missile or satellite program, may transfer 
under the authority and terms of the Emergency Fund, an additional 
$150,000,000 for the acceleration of such missile or satellite program 
or programs: Provided^ That the transfer authority made available 
under the terms of the Emergency Fund appropriation contained in 
this Act is hereby broadened to meet the requirements of this section: 
Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the co^grVs^sl""^" *° 
Appropriations Committees of the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority. 
SEC. 536. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1961". 
Approved July 7, 1960. 
Limitation. 
72 Stat. 124, 125. 
Transfer of funds 
for m i s s i l e pro-
gram. 
Short title. 
Public Law 86-602 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Massachusetts Port 
Authority, an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certain 
lands and improvements thereon comprising a portion of the so-called E Street 
Annex, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, in South Boston, Massa-
chusetts, in exchange for certain other lands. 
July 7, I960 
[H. R. 5888] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Navj^ is authorized to conv&y to the Massachusetts Port Au-
thority, an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter in this Act expressly 
stated, and to such other terms and conditions as the said Secretary 
of the Navy shall deem to be in the public interest, all the right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to that portion of the property 
known as E Street Annex, South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Ship-
yard, in South Boston, Massachusetts, including the improvements 
thereon, and described as follows: 
Beginning at a point, said point being the intersection of the east-
erly side line of E Street, and the northerly side line of West First 
Street, thence running north 40 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds east 
by the easterly side of said E Street, a distance of 1,325.78 feet to a 
point, thence turning and running south 49 degrees 01 minutes 00 
seconds east a distance of 206.25 feet to a point bounded by land of 
United States of America (United States Naval Station), thence 
M a s s a chusetts 
Port Authority. 
Transferor land. 
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turning and running south 40 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds west a 
distance of 389.83 feet to a point bounded by land of United States 
of America (United States ]Savy, Boston Naval Shipj'^ard), thence 
turning and running south 49 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds east a 
distance of 447.75 feet to a point bounded by land of United States 
of America (United States Navy, Boston Naval Shipyard), thence 
turning and running south 40 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds west a 
distance of 935.95 feet to a point on the northerly side line of West 
First Street and bounded by land of the United States of America 
(United States Navy, District Public Works Officer, First Naval Dis-
trict) and now or formerly by land of Mary I. Murphy, thence turn-
ing and running north 49 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds west a dis-
tance of 654.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing in area 15.9 
acres of land, more or less, and shown on Public Works Drawing 
Numbered 981-391-28 titled "Plan of Land in Boston, Massachusetts, 
South Boston District, Portion of E Street Annex, South Boston, 
Massachusetts, dated 18 November 1958", reserving to the Govern-
ment a railroad right-of-way to building numbered 61 on lands re-
tained by the Government and an easement for a water line and sub-
ject to a right-of-way for railroad purposes granted to the Port of 
Boston Authority and a drainage easement to the city of Boston, in 
consideration of the conveyance bv the Massachusetts Port Authority 
to the United States of America, free of all encumbrances, the follow-
ing lands, together with any improvements thereon: (a) An area of 
approximately 60,300 square feet occupied by the United States under 
permit A-260 issued by the Port of Boston Commission of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, bearing Department of the Navy instru-
ment numbered NOy(E)-^5507: and (b) an area of approximately 
109,264 square feet occupied by tne United States under permit A-261 
issued by the Port of Boston Commission of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, bearing Department of the Navy instrument numbered 
NOy(E)-65508. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance to the Massachusetts Port Authority au-
thorized by the first section of this Act shall be made subject to the 
following express conditions: (a) That the Massachusetts Port Au-
thority, at its own expense, will preserve and maintain in a condition 
suitable for, and not inconsistent with, the purposes of the Authority, 
the lands and the improvements existing on said property on the date 
of enactment of this Act, and those which may be constructed thereon 
after such date of enactment^ (b) that in a time of war or national 
emergency the United States shall have the right of the free and 
unlimited use of all said property including any improvements which 
may be erected by the grantee, but the United States shall pay a fair 
rental for any improvements made after the date of enactment of 
this Act and shall be responsible during the period of such use for 
the entire cost of maintaining said property. 
SEC. 3. (a) As a condition of the exchange of land authorized by 
this Act the Secretary of the Navy shall require the Massachusetts 
Port Authority to pay an amount of money equal to the amount, if 
any, by which the fair market value of the property conveyed by the 
United States exceeds the fair market value of the property conveyed 
to the United States, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. 
(b) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, with respect to any 
amount determined by him to be payable to the United States pur-
suant to the provisions of subsection (a), to waive such portion thereof, 
but not to exceed 50 per centum, as he deems equitable m consideration 
of the rent free use by the Department of the Navy in past years of 
the land conveyed hereunder by the Massachusetts Port Authority. 
Approved July 7, 1960.