Public Law 75–142

That the Secretary

Military Road, Va.

Conveyance of portion of, to National Airport Corporation.

of War is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the National Airport Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, the lands forming that part of Military Road, Fort Myer Military Reservation, Arlington County, Virginia,

Description.

described as follows: Beginning at point on the easterly line of the Arlington Reservation north sixteen degrees west seventy-five and twenty-nine one-hundredths feet from the stone marking the south-east corner of said reservation; thence with said easterly line of said reservation north sixteen degrees no minutes west seventy-one and seventy-three one-hundredths feet; thence north eighty-five degrees thirty-five minutes east two hundred and sixty-three and twenty-five one-hundredths feet; thence by a curve to the right of six hundred and eight and seven-tenths feet radius three hundred and thirty-six and forty-two one-hundredths feet; thence south sixty-two degrees forty-five minutes east one thousand two hundred and fifty-three and eleven one-hundredths feet; thence by a curve to the left of four hundred and six and seven-tenths feet radius four hundred and fifty-four and twenty-seven one-hundredths feet; thence north fifty-three degrees fifteen minutes east thirty-two and nine one-hundredths feet to a point; thence south thirty-one degrees twenty-seven minutes east eight and ninety-six one-hundredths feet to the northwest corner of the right-of-way of the Virginia approach to the Highway Bridge; thence with the westerly line of said right-of-way south twenty degrees fifty-five minutes west one hundred and ten and ninety-one one-hundredths feet; thence south sixty-six degrees fifteen minutes west forty-five and eighty-five one-hundredths feet; thence by a curve to the right of four hundred and seventy-six and seven-tenths feet radius four hundred and twenty-four and three-tenths feet; thence north sixty-two degrees forty-five minutes west one thousand two hundred and fifty-three and eleven one-hundredths feet; thence by a curve to the left of five hundred and thirty-eight and seven-tenths feet radius two hundred and ninety-seven and seventy-three one-hundredths feet; thence south eighty-five degrees thirty-five minutes west two hundred and forty-seven and sixty-three one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning. The above-described parcel of land comprises a strip of land seventy feet in width, the center line of said seventy-foot strip being coincident with the center line of the highway from the Highway Bridge to Arlington National Cemetery, and contains three and seven thousand one hundred and sixty-five ten-thousandths acres of land, more or less.

Sec. 2.

The Secretary of War is further authorized and directed to lease to such corporation for airport purposes, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, for a period not exceeding fifty years and only for such period as the adjoining land shall be used for an airport, at a rental of $1 per annum, that part of such Military Road lying east of the Washington and Southern freight branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad and which is not included in the conveyance provided for in section 1 of this Act and which contains approximately one and one-half acres.

Sec. 3.

The Secretary of War is authorized and directed, upon the execution of such quitclaim deed and lease, to close that portion of Military Road described in sections 1 and 2 of this Act.

Sec. 4.

The Secretary of War shall not execute such quitclaim deed or lease to the National Airport Corporation until the National Airport Corporation shall have paid to the Board of Commissioners of Arlington County the sum of $25,000 for the construction of a substitute road.