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PUBLIC LAW 88-544-AUG. 31, 1964

[78 STAT.

Public Law 88-544 August 31, 1964 AN ACT —[H- R- 4242]— rp^ provide for the release and transfer of all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to certain tracts of land in Pender County, North Carolina.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Nrrth1:"ro°ina*^' ^''i^H^d States of Amevica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Lands. of Agriculture is authorized and directed, subject to the requirements of section 3 of this Act, to take such action as may be necessary to release and transfer, by quitclaim deed or otherwise to th^ Board of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, all right, title, and interest retained by the United States of America in and to five parcels or tracts of land and the improvements thereon located in Pender County, North Carolina, conveyed to the said board of education, and more particularly described in the following deeds from the United States of America and the Penderlea Farms Homestead Association, Incorporated, listed in section 2 of this Act. SEC. 2. The deeds referred to in the first section of this Act are the following: (1) Thequitclaimdeed, dated September 22, 1941, and recorded in book 249, page 397, of the Pender County Registry, Pender County, North Carolina, from the Penderlea Farms Homestead Association, Incorporated, to the County Board of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, conveying.430 acres, more or less, and the improvements thereon. (2) The quitclaim deed, dated December 6, 1941, and recorded in book 229, page 605, of the Pender County Register, Pender County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to the County Board of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, conveying 23.663 acres, more or less, and the improvements thereon. (3) The correction deed, dated October 24, 1946, and recorded in book 262, page 340, of the Pender County Registry, Pender County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to the County Board of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, conveying 23.663 and.78 acres, more or less, and the improvements thereon. (4) The quitclaim deed, dated June 13, 1945, and recorded in book 255, page 573, of the Pender County Registry, Pender County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to the Board of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, conveying 9.282 acres, more or less, and the improvements thereon. (5) The quitclaim deed, dated January 18, 1946, and recorded in boojk 257, page 436, of the Pender County Registry, Pender County, North Carolina, from the United States of America to the Pender County Board of Education, conveying 2.584 acres, more or less. SEC. 3. No conveyance shall be made under this Act unless the ]ioard of Education of Pender County, North Carolina, pays to the Secretary of Agriculture within one year after notification thereof, the sum of (a) the fair market value of the mineral interests conveyed under this Act, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as of the effective date of this Act; and (b) such amount as may be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture to reimburse the United States for the administrative costs of the conveyance under this Act. Approved August 31, 1964.

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