An Act to authorize and direct the transfer and conveyance of certain property in the Virgin Islands to the government of the Virgin Islands.
72 S T A T J PXJBLIC LAW 85-714-AUG. 21, 1958 707 Public Law 85-712 AN ACT To authorize and direct the transfer and conveyance of certain property in the Virgin Islands to the government of the Virgin Islands. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repi^esentatwes of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Virgin Islands Corporation is authorized and directed to transfer and convey to the government of the Virgin Islands upon request of the Governor of the Virgin Islands, without cost, the following-described property: (a) A tract comprising five acres, more or less, of parcel numbered 3, Estate Upper Bethlehem, Kingshill, Saint Croix, now in use by the government of the Virgin Islands for educational purposes; and (b) A tract comprising twelve and forty-four one-hundredths acres, more or less, of Bluebeard's Castle Estate, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, now in use by the government of the Virgin Islands as a catchment area. SEC. 2. …
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72 S T A T J PXJBLIC LAW 85-714-AUG. 21, 1958 707 Public Law 85-712 AN ACT To authorize and direct the transfer and conveyance of certain property in the Virgin Islands to the government of the Virgin Islands. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repi^esentatwes of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Virgin Islands Corporation is authorized and directed to transfer and convey to the government of the Virgin Islands upon request of the Governor of the Virgin Islands, without cost, the following-described property: (a) A tract comprising five acres, more or less, of parcel numbered 3, Estate Upper Bethlehem, Kingshill, Saint Croix, now in use by the government of the Virgin Islands for educational purposes; and (b) A tract comprising twelve and forty-four one-hundredths acres, more or less, of Bluebeard's Castle Estate, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, now in use by the government of the Virgin Islands as a catchment area. SEC. 2. Upon the transfer and conveyance of such property by the Virgin Islands Corporation to the government of the Virgin Islands, the interest-bearing investment of the United States in the Corpora- tion shall be reduced by the appraised value of such tracts. Approved August 21, 1958. August 211, 1958 [H. R. 9410] Virgin Islands. Conveyance. Public Law 85-713 AN ACT To authorize the Commissioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii to exchange certain public lands for private lands of equal value required for public highway purposes. August 2!L, 1958 [H. R. 8482] Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repr-esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand- K^^^^^* ing any limitation imposed by section 73 (1) of the Hawaiian Organic puwlc landsV Act (48 U. S. C. 673), or section 99-48, Revised Laws of Hawaii, ^° ^*«*- '^°^- 1955, the Commissioner of Public Lands of the Territory of Hawaii, in his discretion but with the approval of the Governor of the Terri- tory of Hawaii and two-thirds of the members of the board of public lands, is authorized to exchange public lands, consisting of rights-of- way of existing public highways which are to be relocated or realined, for the purpose of acquiring privately owned lands of equal value required for such relocation or realinement of public highways. SEC. 2. The lands received in the exchanges authorized in the first Land status, section of this Act shall, except as otherwise provided, have the same status and be subject to the same,laws as the lands given in exchange. Approved August 21, 1958, of Public Law 85-714 To amend section AN ACT of the Hawaiian Organic Act. Aiigust 211, 1958 [H. R. 8673] Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asseimhled^ That the fourth sentence of section 69 of the Hawaiian Organic Act (31 Stat. 141, 154; 48 U. S. C. 534) is amended to read as follows: "He shall per- form such other duties as are prescribed in this Act or as may be required of him by the Legislature of Hawaii." Approved August 21, 1958. S e c r e t a r y Hawaii. of