Volume 70
Public Law 84–872
To provide for the conveyance to the State of Oregon of the land and Improvements known as the Clackamas National Guard target range, at Clackamas, Oregon, to be used for National Guard purposes.
Approved August 1, 1956
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance to the State of Oregon of the land and Improvements known as the Clackamas National Guard target range, at Clackamas, Oregon, to be used for National Guard purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Clackamas County, Oreg.
Conveyance.
Reservation.
of the Army is authorized to convey to the State of Oregon all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land in Clackamas County, Oregon, comprising two hundred thirty-three and ninety-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, together with buildings and improvements thereon, being the same property now utilized by the State of Oregon National Guard as a firing range and storage depot; subject, however, to reservation in the United States of all mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the land authorized to be conveyed by this Act.
Sec. 2.
The conveyance of the property identified in section 1 of
Conditions.
National emergency.
this Act to the State of Oregon shall be made without consideration therefor and upon condition that it shall be used for military purposes only, and in the event it shall not be used for such purposes title thereto shall immediately revert to the United States, and, in addition, title to all improvements made by the State of Oregon during its occupancy shall vest in the United States without payment of compensation therefor. The deed of conveyance shall contain the further provision that whenever the Congress of the United States shall declare a state of war or other national emergency, or the President declares a state of emergency to exist, and upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that the property so conveyed is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, or in the interest of national defense, the United States shall have the right, without payment of any kind, to reenter upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including any and all improvements made by the State of Oregon, for a period not to exceed the duration of such state of war or national emergency plus six months, and upon cessation of such use, such property shall revert to the State of Oregon, together with any or all improvements thereon and appurtenances appertaining thereto.
Sec. 3.
The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the conveyance
Survey cost.
authorized herein shall be borne by the grantee.
Approved August 1, 1956.