An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands of the United States to the Board of Commissioners of Volusia County, Fla.
PL 84-739 (H.R.9774), enacted 07/20/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 739~JULY 20, 1956 
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Public Law 739 
CHAPTER 648 
AN ACT 
July 20, 1956 
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands of the United States to the Board —."• ^' ^—-i 
of Commissioners of Volusia County, Florida. 
Be it enacted hy the Senaie and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Adminis- Fiaf*""^* county, 
trator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey for 
conveyance, 
public purposes by quitclaim deed to the Board of Commissioners of 
Volusia County, Florida, at a price equal to 50 per centum of the fair 
market value of the property as determined by the Administrator, 
General Services all of the right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the tracts of land more particularly described as 
follows: 
PARCEL A 
Beginning at an 8 inch by 8 inch granite monument marking the 
northwest corner of the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse Reservation as 
described in deed executed by Barlota C. Pacetti, Martha J. Pacetti, 
and Mercides F. de Pacetti, in favor of the United States dated 
December 1,1883, measure thence south 10 degrees 00 minutes west for 
415 feet to a point; thence south 80 degrees 00 minutes east for 125 
feet to a point; thence north 10 degrees 00 minutes east for 160 feet 
to a point; thence north 60 degrees 00 minutes east for 396.7 feet to a 
point; thence north 80 degrees 00 minutes west for 428.9 feet to the 
point of beginning containing 2.08 acres more or less. All as shown 
on drawing SK-2123 dated March 21, 1955. 
PARCEL B 
Beginning at an 8 inch by 8 inch monument at the northwest corner 
of the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse Reservation as described in deed 
executed by Barlota C. Pacetti, Martha J. Pacetti, and Mercides F. de 
Pacetti in favor of the United States dated December 1,1883, measure 
south 10 degrees 00 minutes west a distance of 445 feet to a point, which 
is the northwest corner of parcel numbered " B " and the point of 
beginning of this description. 
Thence south 10 degrees 00 minutes west for 215 feet to an 8 inch 
by 8 inch granite monument; thence south 80 degrees 00 minutes east 
for 660 feet to a point; thence north 10 degrees 00 minutes east for 215 
feet to a point; thence north 80 degrees 00 minutes west for 660 feet 
to the point of beginning containing 3.26 acres more or less, excepting, 
however, the right of ingress and egress over a portion of this land 
which is described as follows: 
From the northwest corner of the above-described parcel " B " meas-
ure south 80 degrees 00 minutes east a distance of 299 feet to a point 
which shall be the point of beginning and the northwest corner of the 
ri^ht-of-way; thence south 10 degrees 00 minutes west for 215 feet to a 
point; thence south 80 degrees 00 minutes east for 25 feet to a point; 
thence north 10 degrees 00 minutes east for 215 feet to a point; thence 
north 80 degrees 00 minutes w^est for 25 feet to the point of beginning. 
All as shown on drawing SK-2123 dated March 21,1955. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall contain the fol- 
conditions, 
lowing conditions: 
(1) A condition that no structure shall be erected on the property 
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conveyed which would in any way obscure or otherwise interfere with 
the usefulness or visibility of the light or tower; and 
(2) A condition that in the event the property so conveyed to such 
county ceases to be used for public purposes, title therein shall revert 
to the United States. 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
July 20, 1956 
[S. 976] 
Public Law 740 
CHAPTER 649 
AN ACT 
To provide for the release of the right, title, and interest of the United States in 
a certain tract or parcel of land conditionally granted by it to the city of 
Montgomery, West Virginia. 
Mont g o m e r y , 
W. Va. 
Conveyance. 
R e v e r s i o n to 
U. S. 
National 
gency. 
Mineral rights. 
Survey co«t. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to modify by appropriate written instru-
ment the exception and reservation to the United States of America in 
the deed executed by the Secretary of War on December 13,1938, pur-
suant to the Act of Congress approved June 14, 1938 (52 Stat. 675), 
of the perpetual right to flood such part of the eight and three-tenths 
acres conveyed to the town of Montgomery, West Virginia, as may be 
necessary from time to time in the interests of navigation so as to limit 
such exception and reservation to the portion of the eight and three-
tenths acres located below elevation 619 feet, mean sea level, and to 
release by appropriate written instrument to the city of Montgomery, 
West Virginia, such restrictions and conditions imposed by section 2 
of said Act of June 14, 1938, and included in the deed granted pur-
suant thereto: Provided^ That any release by the Secretary of the 
Army of the restrictions and conditions imposed by section 2 of said 
Act of June 14, 1938, shall be effective only in the event the land de-
scribed in such Act is conveyed to the State of West Virginia within 
one year from the date of enactment of this Act on condition that it 
shall be used for National Guard or other military purposes. 
If the State of West Virginia shall cease to use the property for the 
purpose intended then the title thereto shall immediately revert to the 
United States and, in addition, all improvements made by the State 
of West Virginia during its occupancy shall vest in the United States 
without payment or compensation therefor. 
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 determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under this Act is 
useful or necessary for military, air, or for 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 West Virginia, for the 
duration of such state of war or of such emergency. Upon the termi-
nation of such state of war or of such emergency, plus six months, 
such property shall revert to the State of West Virginia, together with 
all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertaining thereto. 
All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands authorized 
by this Act shall be reserved to the United States. 
The cost of any surveys necessary as an incidence to the conveyance 
authorized herein shall be borne by the State of West Virginia. 
Approved July 20, 1956.