Volume 69 · A85
Private Law 84–243
To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands erroneously conveyed to the United States.
Approved August 1, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands erroneously conveyed to the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed in accordance with the following sections of this Act all of the right, title, and interest of the United States, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in and to the lands described in such sections, which were erroneously conveyed to the United States.
Such conveyances shall be subject to the following donation easements and releases:
Donation easement and release from Walter McAviney and Gertrude H. McAviney, his wife, to the United States of America, dated March 2, 1954, and recorded in book 151 of deeds, pages 130 and 133, records of Stevens County, Washington;
Donation easement and release from Walter Thomas McAviney and Winifred Joyce McAviney, his wife, to the United States of America, dated March 2, 1954, and recorded in book 151 of deeds, page 131, records of Stevens County, Washington; and
Donation easement and release from Cull A. White and Katherine M. White, his wife, to the United States of America, dated March 1, 1954, but not recorded in the Ferry County records.
Sec. 2.
The following-described lands shall be conveyed to Walter McAviney and Gertrude H. McAviney, husband and wife, of Gifford, Washington:
A parcel of land containing 11.81 acres, more or less, being all that portion of the following-described tract of land lying in lot 3 less the northerly 375.0 feet thereof, of section 4, township 32 north, range 37 east, Willamette meridian: Beginning at the southeast corner of said lot 3 (which corner is identical to the quarter section corner on the east line of said section 4) and running thence north 89 degrees 52 minutes 8 seconds west along the south line of said lot 3 for a distance of 582.52 feet; thence north 8 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds west 337.28 feet; thence north 16 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds east 175.0 feet; thence south 64 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds east 70.03 feet; thence north 13 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds east 63.79 feet; thence north 33 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds west 85.18 feet; thence north 20 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds east 491.71 feet; thence north 55 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds east 239.34 feet; thence north 17 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds east 122.85 feet to a point on the north line of said lot 3; thence south 89 degrees 52 minutes 11 seconds east 114.43 feet along the north line of said lot 3 to the northeast corner thereof; thence south 1 degree 24 minutes 52 seconds east along the east line of said lot 3 for a distance of 1,320.07 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel of land also being described as all that portion of lot 3 of said section 4, less the northerly 375.0 feet thereof, lying easterly of the boundary traverse of Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (formerly known as the Columbia River Reservoir); and
A tract of land containing 0.36 of an acre, more or less, being that portion of lot 1, section 4, township 32 north, range 37 east, Willamette meridian, described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of lot 1 of said section 4 and running thence north 89 degrees 52 minutes 11 seconds west along the south line of said lot 1 a distance of 114.43 feet; thence north 17 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds east 156.08 feet; thence north 38 degrees 11 minutes 50 seconds east 100.59 feet to a point on the east line of said lot 1; thence south 1 degree 24 minutes 52 seconds east along the east line of said lot 1 a distance of 228.35 feet to the point of beginning; said tract of land also being described as that portion of lot 1 of said section 4 lying easterly of the boundary traverses of Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (formerly known as the Columbia River Reservoir).
Sec. 3.
The following-described land shall be conveyed to Walter T. McAviney and Winifred McAviney, husband and wife, of Gifford, Washington: A tract of land containing 2.20 acres, more or less, being all that portion of the north 375.0 feet of lot 3 of section 4, township 32 north, range 37 east, Willamette meridian, lying easterly of the easterly line of the right-of-way for abandoned Primary State Highway Numbered 22, excepting therefrom that portion heretofore conveyed to the United States of America by warranty deed from Ollie Winings (sometimes known as Ollie Winnings), as guardian of the estate of Verva Yeager (nee Gifford) and Roland Gifford, minors, dated November 21, 1938, and recorded in book 103 of deeds, at page 619 under auditor’s file numbered 170217, records of Stevens County, Washington, and by warranty deed from Elmer J. Gifford, and others, dated August 1, 1938, and recorded in book 103 of deeds, at page 435 under auditor’s file numbered 168052, records of Stevens County, Washington; said tract of land also being described as that portion of the north 375.0 feet of lot 3 of said section 4 lying easterly of the boundary of Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (formerly known as the Columbia River Reservoir).
Sec. 4.
The following-described land shall be conveyed to Cull A. White and Katherine M. White, husband and wife, of Quincy, Washington: The east half of the west half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, section 9, township 28 north, range 32 east, Willamette meridian.
Sec. 5.
The following-described land containing 39.84 acres, more or less, shall be conveyed to Harvey F. Jones and Joan E. Jones, husband and wife, of Wilbur, Washington: All that portion of the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 14, township 28 north, range 33 east, Willamette meridian, lying southerly of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of the southwest quarter southeast quarter section 14 which bears north 00 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds west 1,268.17 feet from the quarter section corner on the south line of said section 14 and running thence north 75 degrees 29 minutes 15 seconds east 180.91 feet, thence north 89 degrees 49 minutes 15 seconds east 1,214.93 feet; thence north 85 degrees 49 minutes 39 seconds east 1,240.11 feet to a point on the east line of said section 14 which bears north 00 degrees 13 minutes 58 seconds west 1,404.31 feet from the southeast corner of said section 14.
Approved August 1, 1955.