Volume 71 · 457
Public Law 85–178
To authorize the conveyance of Bunker Hill Island In Lake Cumberland near Burnside, Kentucky, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for public park purposes.
Approved August 28, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the conveyance of Bunker Hill Island In Lake Cumberland near Burnside, Kentucky, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for public park purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, subject to section 2, the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to convey to the Commonwealth of Kentucky all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following portion of Bunker Hill Island in Lake Cumberland, near Burnside, Kentucky:
A tract of land situate in the eighth magisterial district of Pulaski County, Kentucky, at Burnside, Kentucky, and more particularly described as follows:
Being all of that part of an island lying entirely above the 765-foot contour line (m. s. 1.), said island being known as Bunker Hill Island in the south fork of the Cumberland River embayment of Lake Cumberland, the downstream end of said island being located approximately 2,000 feet, more or less, upstream from the mouth of said river and extends upstream approximately 5,800 feet, more or less, said island contains 390 acres, more or less, and being a part of the same lands, the fee title to which was vested in the United States by reason of the following deeds of record in the office of the county court clerk for Pulaski County, Kentucky, and/or the filing of declaration of takings in civil actions pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at London, viz:
| Tract No. | Vendor | Date of Deed and/or D/T | Deed Book | Page | D/T No. | Civil Action No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M–1327 | Ella G. Sloan | 1–18–49 | 163 | 469 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1344 | Elmer R. Walden et ux | 1– 5–49 | 163 | 192 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1366 | Ethel E. Roaster et vir | 6– 1–49 | 167 | 203 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1368 | Mitt Boland et ux | 6– 2–49 | 166 | 295 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1369 | Lillie Hollars et vir | 2–10–49 | 164 | 156 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1372 | W. T. Turpin et ux | 3–17–49 | 165 | 147 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1373 | Charles R. Cox et ux | 3–21–49 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 1 | 471 |
| M–1374 | John Hollars et ux | 3– 1–49 | 164 | 499 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1375 | Cleveland Davis et ux | 3–29–49 | 165 | 227 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1376 | Zelmer Fitzgerald et ux. | 1–18–40 | 163 | 374 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1377 | Luther Hutchinson et ux | 12– 1–48 | 162 | 361 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1379 | Earl Love et ux | 1–12–49 | 163 | 267 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1380 | Oscar L. Dyer et ux | 1– 4–49 | 163 | 141 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1385 | Nancy Massey et vir | 2–16–49 | 164 | 388 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| M–1387 | Mary Truxell et vir | 1–24–49 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 1 | 464 |
| M–1388 | Cora Thompson et al | 4– 8–49 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 1 | 477 |
| M–1301 | Marguerite Sloan. | 8– 3–49 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 2 | 462 |
Sec. 2.
Title to the property authorized to be conveyed by this Act
Conditions.
shall revert to the United States, which shall have the right of immediate entry thereon, if the Commonwealth of Kentucky—
has not commenced the development of such property for public park purposes within the three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; or
shall ever cease to use such property for public park purposes.
Sec. 3.
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to grant to the
Rights-of-way
Commonwealth of Kentucky such rights-of-way for public access and utility lines across any property of the United States as may be necessary to facilitate the development and use of the property conveyed under authority of this Act for public park purposes.
Approved August 28, 1957.