Chapter 205. To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H
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CHAP. 205.— An Act To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, in the State of Arkansas. May 26, 1920. [[H. R. 13274](/us/bill/66/hr/13274).] [[Public, No. 224](/us/pl/66/224).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of WarFort Logan H. Roots, Ark.Sale of portion of lands, to Big Rock Stone and Construction Company. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon the payment by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas, of such sum as he may determine to be the reasonable value of the premises (but not less than $150 per acre), to convey to the said company the following-described portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H.
Roots, near the city of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, to wit: Beginning at the southeast corner of a two-acre tract purchasedDescription. from the United States by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, approved by Act of Congress August 14, 1912; thence north one degree eighteen minutes east four hundred and thirty-seven feet to the southeast comer of an eighteen and seventy-five one-hundredths acre tract purchased from the United States by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, approved by Act of Congress August 14, 1912; thence south fifty-four degrees thirty minutes west along boundary line two hundred and fifty feet to the southwest corner of said eighteen and seventy-five one-hundredths acre tract, this point being also the northeast comer of the two-acre tract above mentioned; thence south thirty-three degrees thirty-four minutes east three hundred and fifty feet along boundary of said two-acre tract to point of beginning, same being a triangular parcel of626 ground located in the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight, township two north, range twelve west, containing one acre.
Sec. 2. Revocable lease of other lands of, to same Company. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to enter into a revocable lease with the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, a corporation as aforesaid, on the following-described portion of the military reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, near the city of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, to wit: Description.From cut-stone monument in boundary line of military reservation of Fort Logan H. Roots, approximately one hundred and fifty feet southeast of brick pumping station, run north thirty-seven degrees fifty-two minutes west six hundred and twenty-four feet from point of beginning; thence south fifty-four degrees thirty minutes west approximately two hundred and forty feet to bank of Arkansas River; thence in a northwesterly direction, following up the left bank of river, approximately one thousand three hundred feet to boundary line of a two-acre tract purchased from the United States by the Vol. 37, p. 310.Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, approved by Act of Congress August 14, 1912; thence north fifty-four degrees thirty minutes east along boundary line of said two-acre tract to the southeast corner of said tract; thence south thirty-three degrees thirty-four minutes east alongside of bluff one thousand three hundred feet to point of beginning, same being a strip of ground lying along the east bank of Arkansas River in the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight, township two north, range twelve west, containing seven and Rent.twenty-one-hundredths acres, at a rental value to be determined by the War Department.
Sec. 3. Effect. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved, May 26, 1920.