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PUBLIC LAW 995-AUG. 6, 1956

P u b l i c Law 995

CHAPTER 9 8 3 AN ACT

To provide for the conveyance of La Puntilla Military Reservation, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey the property described in section 2 of this Act to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by quitclaim deed, without monetary consideration therefor but on condition that the property will be maintained by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a historic monument, and if such property shall ever cease to be maintained by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a historic monument, or for other similar purposes, all the right, title, and interest in and to such property shall revert to, and become the property of the United States, which shall have the immediate right of entry thereon. SEC. 2. The real property to be conveyed to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico consists of 3.24 acres, more or less, together with improvements thereon, in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, described as follows: Beginning at a point marked by a large granite post sunk in the ground, having a punched brass bolt let into the top, located on the line between the Department of the Army reservation known as La Puntilla and the lighthouse reservation, about 30 feet east of the true north and south line permanently established in 1913; thence south 85 degrees 46 minutes 50 seconds west, 257.58 feet; thence south 5 degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds east, 98.26 feet; thence south 84 degrees 6 minutes 39 seconds west, 273.53 feet; thence north 5 degrees 35 minutes 22 seconds west, 177.751 feet; thence south 46 degrees 6 minutes 6 seconds east, 79.609 feet; thence north 40 degrees 38 minutes 56 seconds east, 286.78 feet; thence south 4 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds east, 11.14 feet; thence south 4 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds east, 8.67 feet; thence in arc of 90 degrees 18 minutes 6.5 seconds—13.7 feet, r. = 8.7 feet, 13.709 feet; thence north 85 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds east, 8.49 feet; thence north 85 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds east, 79.85 feet; thence north 25 degrees 26 minutes 25 seconds east, 345.5 feet; thence north 74 degrees 6 minutes 51 seconds east, 108.94 feet; thence north 75 degrees 3 minutes 42 seconds east, 33.63 feet; thence north 82 degrees 30 minutes 11 seconds east, 56.47 feet; thence south 87 degrees 26 minutes 54 seconds east, 42.25 feet; thence south 27 degrees 33 minutes 6 seconds west, 7.74 feet; thence north 87 degrees 26 minutes 44 seconds west, 19.90 feet; thence south 28 degrees 27 minutes 23 seconds west, 107.80 feet; thence south 3 degrees 7 minutes 58 seconds east, 122.65 feet; thence south 86 degrees 32 minutes 46 seconds west, 84.51 feet; thence south 3 degrees 24 minutes 22 seconds east, 134.04 feet; thence north 86 degrees 30 minutes 8 seconds east, 83.86 feet; thence south 3 degrees 7 minutes 58 seconds east, 172.53 feet; thence south 85 degrees 46 minutes 50 seconds west, 126.65 feet, containing 4.55 acres, more or less, excepting and reserving unto the United States, however, a portion thereof comprising 1.31 acres, more particularly described in Executive Order Numbered 8867 dated August 22, 1941, "Transferring to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Treasury Department a Certain Portion of the Military Reservation at 'La Puntilla' San Juan, Puerto Rico". Approved August 6, 1956,

August 6, 1956

[H. R. 9506]

Puerto Rico. Conveyance.

3 CFR cum. suppi. 990

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