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 70 S T A T. ] Public Law 839

PUBLIC LAW 839-JULY 30, 1956

723 CHAPTER 783

- ^ '^^'^ July 30, 1956 To authorize the commissioner of public lands to sell public lands located a t — [ H. R. 7888] — Weliweli, Island of K a u a i, to certain claimants.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a^sermled, That any provision "^^°oV public of section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, or of the laws of Hawaii lands, relating to public lands, to the contrary notwithstanding, the com- llusc'eesnote. missioner of public lands, with the approval of the Governor and twothirds of the members of the board of public lands, in his discretion, may transfer and convey by quitclaim deeds to claimants who are citizens of the United States, or who have legally declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States and upon becoming such, and who claim under color of title any portion of the tract of land described as follows: PORTION OF THE GOVERNMENT LAND OF WELIWEIJ AT WELIWELI, KONA, KAUAI

Being portion of the Government land of Weliweli occupied and claimed by various persons as portions of grant 1408 to Kauaihewa and grant 1416 to Eke Opunui. Beginning at a pipe in ahu at the northwest corner of this parcel of land and on the boundary between the lands of Koloa and Weliweli, said pipe in ahu marking the end of course 40 of land court application 956 and being the initial point of lot A of land court application 1188, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station " L A A U K A H I " being 23,298.80 feet south and 2,361.40 feet east, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south: 1. 261 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds 328.40 feet along land court application 1188 to a pipe; 2. 14 degrees 22 minutes no seconds 573.10 feet along grant 1408 to Kauaihewa to a pipe set in top of stonewall; 3. 117 degrees 30 minutes no seconds 46.10 feet along R. P. 3750, L. C. Aw. 3359, Apana 1 to Niihau to a pipe; 4. 348 degrees 30 minutes no seconds 102.90 feet along R. P. 3750, L. C. Aw. 3359, Apana 1 to Niihau to a pipe; 5. 14 degrees 22 minutes no seconds 86.36 feet along grant 1408 to Kauaihewa and grant 1416 to Eke Opunui; 6. 105 degrees 35 minutes no seconds 21.81 feet along land court application 1373; 7. 8 degrees 33 minutes no seconds 112.00 feet along land court application 1373 to seashore at high-water mark; Thence along seashore at high-water mark for the next three courses, the direct azimuths and distances between points at seashore being: 8. 68 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds 117.28 feet; 9. 74 degrees 53 minutes no seconds 54.75 feet; 10. 65 degrees 18 minutes no seconds 173.90 feet; thence 11. 193 degrees 27 minutes 932.00 feet along the boundary between the lands of Koloa and Weliweli to the point of beginning and containing a gross area of 260,235 square feet after deducting and excluding therefrom the following described parcel of land being the present Kuai and Poipu Roads and additional areas required for widening said roads to a width of 50 feet: Beginning at the west corner of this parcel of land, on the new south side of Poipu Road and on the boundary between the lands of Koloa and Weliweli, the coordinates of said point of beginning

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