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550 PUBLIC LAW 719-JULY U, 1956 [70 ST AT. in the Federal Register. The sustained yield management require ment contained in this Act shall not be construed by any court to impose a financial liability on the United States." SEC. 2. Section 8 of such Act of June 17, 1954, is amended to read as follows: Property title transfer. "SEC. 8. The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the tribe, on December 31, 1958, or on such earlier date as may be agreed upon by the tribe and the Secretary, the title to all ])roperty, real and personal held in trust by the United States for the tribe: Provided^ hoioever^ That if the tribe obtains a charter for a corporation or otherwise organizes under the laws of a State or of the District of Columbia for the purpose, among any others, of taking title to all tribal lands and assets and enterprises owned by the tribe or held in trust by the United States for the tribe, and requests such transfer to be made to such corporation or organization, the Secretary shall make such transfer to such corporation or organization. The Secre tary is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to the tribe or any member or group of members thereof any federally owned property acquired, withdrawn, or used for the administration of the affairs of the tribe which he deems necessary for Indian use, or to transfer to a public or nonprofit body any such property which he deems necessary for public use and from which members of the tribe will derive benefits.'' Approved July 14, 1956. Public Law 719 CHAPTER 605 July 14, 1956 AN ACT [H. R. 9660] To direct the Secretary of the Army or his designee to convey an eleven and one-fourth acre tract of land situated in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Virginia, to the State of Virginia. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va. United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the Secretary Conveyance. of the Army or his designee is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, without consideration, to the State of Virginia, all right, title, and interest of the United States, except as retained in this Act, in and to eleven and one-fourth acres of land situated in York County, Virginia, and being a part of the lands at the Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, Virginia. The eleven and one-fourth acre tract of land to be conveyed to the State of Virginia is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southwestern boundary line of the Camp Peary Reservation where the Government's southwestern property line intersects the center line of Queen's Creek; said point of beginning is also the farthermost point west that the Government's boundary line traverses the center line of Queen's Creek; thence from the said point of beginning along the property line of the Government north 41 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds west 84.14 feet to a concrete monu ment ; thence north 41 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds west 150.13 feet to a concrete monument in a corner of the Government's southwestern boundary line; thence continuing along the property line of the Gov ernment north 51 degrees 15 minutes east 1,374.04 feet to a concrete monument; thence south 35 degrees 4 minutes east, through property of the Government, 2,682.73 feet to the true point of beginning; thence, from said true point of beginning, south 69 degrees 49 minutes east 837 feet to a pomt on the northwestern right-of-way line of Virginia State Highway Route Numbered 132; thence southwesterly along said 70 STAT.] PUBLIC LAW 719-JULY 14, 1956 551 right-of-way line, and on a curve to the right, with a radius of 2,746.79 feet an arc distance of 911.09 feet to a point; thence, continuing along said right-of-way line, south 53 degrees 59 feet west 108.87 feet to a point; thence north 15 degrees 6 minutes west 743.28 feet to a point; thence north 24 degrees 52 minutes east 310.54 feet to the true point of beginning, containing eleven and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less, and shown on District Public Works Office, Fifth Naval District, drawing numbered 46265, entitled "Camp Peary, Williams burg, Va." Reservations to SEC. 2. All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands U. S. authorized to be conveyed by this Act shall be reserved to the United States. SEC. 3. There shall be further reserved to the United States in the conveyance of the above-described lands, rights of ingress and egress over roads in the above-described lands serving buildings or other works operated by the United States or its successors or assigns in connection with the remaining portion of the lands at the Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, near Williams burg, Virginia, rights-of-way for water lines, sewer lines, telephone and telegraph lines, power lines, and such other utilities which now exist, or which may become necessary to any operations of the United States on or in connection with the remaining portion of said lands at the Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity, Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, Virginia. SEC. 4. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall Conditions. be upon condition that such property shall be used for training of the National Guard and for other military purposes, and that if the State of Virginia shall cease to use the property so conveyed for the pur poses intended, then title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and in addition, all improvements made by the State of Virginia during its occupancy shall vest in the United States without payment of compensation therefor. National emer. SEC. 5. The conveyance of the property authorized by this Act shall gency. 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 deter mination by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under this Act is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval pur poses, 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 Virginia, for the duration of such state of war or of such emergency. Upon the termination of such state of war or such emergency plus six months, such property shall revert to the State of Virginia, together with all appurtenances and utilities belonging or appertain ing thereto. SEC. 6. In executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, the Secretary of the Army or his designee shall include specific pro visions covering the reservations and conditions contained in sections 2,3,4, and 5 of this Act. SEC. 7. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident to the Survey costs. conveyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of Virginia. Approved July 14, 1956. .