Volume 69 · 593
Public Law 84–301
To provide for the conveyance of a portion of the former O’Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, to the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.
Approved August 9, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of a portion of the former O’Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, to the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Administrator of General Services is authorized and directed, upon certification to him by the Secretary of Defense and the Governor of Missouri that the property described in section 2 of this Act is needed for the training or support of the National Guard of Missouri, to convey the property to the State of Missouri, by quitclaim deed, without monetary consideration therefor, upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines to be necessary to properly protect the interest of the United States: Provided, however, That such deed of conveyance by express terms shall—
a.
reserve to the United States all mineral rights including gas and oil;
b.
reserve to the United States right of exclusive use without charge therefor of such property together with any improvements thereon during any period of national emergency,
c.
specify that said property shall be used for the training of the National Guard or for other military purposes, and in the event of non-use for such purpose within a reasonable time as determined by the Secretary of Defense or of discontinuance of use for such purpose, shall, in its then existing condition together with any improvements thereon, at the option of the United States as determined and exercised by the Secretary of Defense, revert to the United States.
Sec. 2.
The real property to be conveyed to the State of Missouri is described as follows:
A parcel of land in the city of Springfield, Green County, Missouri, being a portion of the former O’Reilly General Hospital, and beginning at a point 31 poles and 20 links south of the northwest, corner of northeast quarter of section 18, township 29, range 21, for a point, of true, beginning; running thence south 661.3 feet to a woven wire fence; running thence east along said fence 66 poles and 18 links; running thence north 661.3 feet to a point 31 poles and 20 links south of the north line of the northeast quarter of section 18, township 29, range 21; running thence west 66 poles and 18 links to the point of true beginning, being 16.5 acres, more or less.
Sec. 3.
The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the conveyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of Missouri.
Approved August 9, 1955.