Volume 68 · 475

Public Law 83–493

To provide for the conveyance of the federally owned lands which are situated within Camp Blanding Military Reservation, Florida, to the Armory Board, State of Florida, in order to consolidate ownership and perpetuate tie availability of Camp Blanding for military training and use.

Approved July 14, 1954

Statutory text

AN ACT

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey, upon the terms and conditions and for the consideration set forth in section 2 of this Act, to the Armory Board, State of Florida (hereinafter referred to as the “board”), all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land (hereinafter referred to as “Federal land”) situated within Camp Blanding Military Reservation, Florida, and more particularly described as follows:

All of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 5 south, range 23 east; all of sections 19 and 30, township 5 south, range 24 east; all that part of section 31, township 5 south, range 24 east, lying north of Florida State Highway Numbered 550; all that part of section 6, township 6 south, range 24 east, lying north of Florida State Highway Numbered 550; all of sections 1 to 12, inclusive, except the west half of the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 2, and except the south half of the northeast quarter of section 10; section 17, except that part lying east of Florida State Highway Numbered 551 and south of Florida State Highway Numbered 48; all of sections 18 and 19; that part of section 20 lying west of Florida State Highway Numbered 551, except a triangular parcel in section 20 lying west of the right-of-way of Florida State Highway Numbered 551, south and east of the right-of-way of the north fork of Florida State Highway Numbered 48, and north and east of the right-of-way of the south fork of said Florida State Highway Numbered 48; and sections 28 to 33, inclusive, township 6 south, range 23 east; all that part of sections 16, 17, and 18, township 6 south, range 24 east, lying south of Florida State Highway Numbered 48, except the west half of the southwest quarter of aforesaid section 18; all of sections 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and section 28 except the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter thereof, township 6 south, range 24 east; and sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, and those portions of sections 9, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 30, township 7 south, range 24 east lying west and northwest of Florida State Highway Numbered 68; excepting from all the above-described area all lands within the rights-of-way of State roads traversing the area described; all being in Clay County, Florida, and containing forty thousand one hundred forty-five and fifty-one one-hundredths acres, more or less. Reserving unto the United States, however, all uranium, thorium,

Fissionab1e source material rights.

42 USC 1805.

and all other materials determined pursuant to section 5 (b) (1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 761) to be peculiarly essential to the production of fissionable material, contained, in whatever concentration, in deposits in the lands above described, and further reserving unto the United States through its authorized agents or representatives the right at any time to enter upon the lands above described and to prospect for, mine and remove said materials before referred to, making full compensation for any damage or injury occasioned thereby, provided, however, such lands may be used, and any rights otherwise acquired by said Board pursuant to any conveyance of said described lands as herein provided for, as if no reservation of such materials had been made; except that, when such use results in the extraction of such material from the land in quantities which may not be transferred or delivered without a license under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as it now exists or may hereafter be

60 Stat. 755.

42 USC 1801 note.

amended, such material shall be the property of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and said Commission may require delivery of such material to it by any possessor thereof after such material has been separated as such from the ores in which it was contained, and also provided that if the said Commission requires the delivery of such material to it, it shall pay to the person mining or extracting the same, or to such other person as the said Commission determines to be entitled thereto, such sums, including profits, as the Commission deems fair and reasonable for the discovery, mining, development, production, extraction and other services performed with respect to such material prior to such delivery, but such payment shall not include any amount on account of the value of such material before removed from its place of deposit in nature, and further provided that if and in the event the said Commission does not require delivery of such material to it, the reservation hereby made shall be of no force or effect.

Sec. 2.

The conveyance of the Federal land provided for in the first section shall be made upon the terms and conditions and for the consideration set forth as follows:

In the event of the existence of any national emergency declared

National emergency.

by proclamation of the President or by action of the Congress, the use of the Federal land, or any part thereof, shall, upon the request of the Secretary of the Army to the board, revert to the United States for the full period of such national emergency without cost to the United States. Upon the expiration of such national emergency such use of the Federal land shall cease in favor of the board, and the United States shall be under no obligation to restore the premises or to compensate the State for any waste or any damage to the property arising out of the use and occupancy thereof by the United States.

In consideration of the conveyance of the Federal land, the

Use for military purposes.

board, acting for the State of Florida, shall agree to use for military purposes only, and not to sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of all or any part, of certain land or permanent improvements thereon (hereinafter referred to as “State land”) comprising a part of the State-owned portion of Camp Blanding Military Reservation to any party other than the United States. The State land is more particularly described as follows:

township 6 south, range 23 east

The south half of the northeast quarter of section 10;

All of sections 13 and 14; a portion of section 15 more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the east boundary line of section 15, said point being fifty feet south of the centerline of State Road Numbered 48; run thence south eighty-eight degrees twelve minutes forty-eight seconds west along a line, said line being fifty feet south of and parallel to the centerline of State Road Numbered 48, a distance of two thousand three hundred eighty-one and sixty-five one-hundredths feet to a point; run thence south fifty-one degrees forty-five minutes twenty-seven seconds east a distance of nine hundred fifty-three and fifty one-hundredths feet to a point; run thence south thirty-eight degrees fourteen minutes thirty-three seconds west a distance of one thousand nine hundred and seventy feet, more or less, to the northeasterly shoreline of Kingsley Lake; run thence southeasterly along the northeasterly shoreline of Kingsley Lake a distance of three thousand nine hundred and ten feet more or less, to the south boundary line of section 15; run thence easterly along the south boundary line of section 15 a distance of seven hundred eighty and ten one-hundredths feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of said section 15; run thence north along the east boundary line of section 15 a distance of five thousand two hundred thirty and ninety-three one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning; and all of sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36;

township 7 south, range 23 east

All of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, except the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10 and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 20; all of section 25, lying northwest of State Highway Numbered 68; all of sections 26, 27, 28, and 29; and east half of section 30; all of sections 32, 33, and 34; and all of section 35 lying northwesterly of State Highway Numbered 68;

township 8 south, range 23 east

All of sections 3 and 4 lying northwesterly of State Highway Numbered 68; in section 5, the following lots and blocks in Spring Lake Estates, according to plat recorded in plat book 2, page 53 of the public records of said Clay County, Florida, viz: all of blocks 1, 2, and 3; lots 1 to 10, inclusive, block 4; all of blocks 9 and 10; lots 1 to 10, inclusive, block 11; all of blocks 13 to 27, inclusive; all of blocks 31 to 44, inclusive; the north half of section 8 and all that part of the north half of section 9 lying northwesterly of State Highway Numbered 68;

all in Clay County, Florida, and containing thirty thousand two hundred thirty-four and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less.

In the event of the existence of any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President or by action of the Congress, the use of the State land, or any part thereof, shall, upon request of the Secretary of the Army, be vested in the United States for the full period of such national emergency without cost to the United States in accordance with the usual conditions contained in the United States Standard Form of Lease. Upon the expiration of such national emergency such use of the State land shall cease in favor of the board and such land shall be restored in accordance with the usual conditions contained in the United States Standard Form of Lease.

In the event that the State of Florida or board shall at any time

Use for other than military purposes, etc.

use for other than military purposes, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of, or shall attempt to sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of, all or any part of the State or Federal land, all of the right, title, and interest in and to the Federal land shall revert to the United States without cost: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the State of Florida or board from disposing of interests or rights in land by lease, license, or easement or by contract of sale of timber or timber products, each of which shall be terminable at will in the event of need of the land involved during any national emergency and, insofar as these grants or sales affect Federal lands, shall be entered into only after the State of Florida or board and the United States, by and through the Secretary of the Army, or his designee, shall have reached an agreement within nine months subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act whereby revenues received by the State of Florida from any such lease, license, easement, or sale shall be expended for the management of natural resources at Camp Blanding and its maintenance and preservation as a military installation and the sharing of any residual revenue by the State of Florida or board and the United States: Provided further, That exploitation of minerals by

Mineral exploitation.

strip mining or similar operations shall be confined to the following Federal lands: In township 5 south, range 23 east, sections 19, 30, and 31; in township 6 south, range 23 east, sections 6, 7, that part of section 8 lying southwest of State Highway Numbered 121; those parts of sections 17 and 20 now owned by the United States and sections 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, and 32: Provided further, That exploitation of minerals by strip mining or similar operations shall be confined to the following State lands: In township 7 south, range 23 east, sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, all of section 20, except the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 29, and the east half of section 30: And provided further, That in event of breach by the Armory Board, State of

Reversion to United States.

Florida, of any of the provisions of this Act or of the provisions of the agreement pursuant to the Act, title to the Federal lands will revert to the United States.

Approved July 14, 1954.