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PUBLIC LAW 505-JULY 16, 1954 CHAPTER 5 3 3

JOINT RESOLUTION To designate the lake to be formed by the completion of the Texarkana Dam and Reservoir on Sulphur River, about nine miles southwest from Texarkana, Texas, as Lake Texarkana.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the lake that will be created by the construction of the Texarkana Dam and Keservoir in Sulphur River, between the counties of Bowie and Cass, in the State of Texas, about nine miles southwest from Texarkana, Texas, shall be known hereafter as Lake Texarkana, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such lake is designated or referred to under any other name shall be held to refer to such lake under and by the name of Lake Texarkana. Approved July 16, 1954. Public Law 505

July 16, 1954 [H, J. Res. 459]

Lake Texarkana, Tex.

CHAPTER 534

AN ACT To authorize and direct the conveyance of certain lands to the Board of Education of Prince Georges County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, so as to permit the construction of public educational facilities urgently required as a result of increased defense and other essential Federal activities in the District of Columbia and its environs.

BB it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed or other appropriate means to the Board of Education of Prince Georges County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, upon such terms and conditions as she may deem necessary all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to those portions of Lot Numbered 3 and Lot Numbered 4 of the Godding Croft property located east of Indian Head Road, Maryland, and now under the control and jurisdiction of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as the Secretary shall determine to be needed and usable by the Board of Education of Prince Georges County for educational purposes, upon payment by such Board to the Secretary of an amount equal to the fair market value of the property to be so transferred. SEC. 2. The instrument of conveyance to be delivered by the Secretary shall contain appropriate provisions whereby there is reserved to the United States of America (a) all right, title, and interest in and to any and all oil, gas, hydrocarbons, minerals, or other ores, and source or fissionable materials and substance, together with the right to prospect for, mine, extract, and remove the same, and (b) the option to revert title to the property so conveyed in the event the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that the Board of Education of Prince Georges County, its successors or assigns, fails to commence use of the said property for educational purposes within a reasonable time (as determined by the Secretary) after the delivery of the instrument of conveyance or thereafter fails for a period of one year to utilize the property for educational purposes. Approved July 16, 1954.

July 16, 1954 [H. R. 4496]

Board of Educa* tion, Prince Georges C o u n t y, Md. Conveyance.

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