Chapter 176. To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the hospital reservation of United States Veterans’ Hospital Numbered Seventy-eight (Fort Logan H
1,078 words·~5 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-42/chapter-176-5687013·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 176.— An Act To convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the hospital reservation of United States Veterans’ Hospital Numbered Seventy-eight (Fort Logan H. Roots) in the State of Arkansas. March 2, 1923.[[H. R. 12751](/us/bill/67/hr/12751).][[Public, No. 463](/us/67/pl/463).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the DirectorFort Logan H. Roots, Ark.Portion of Veterans’ Hospital reservation at, conveyed to Big Rock Stone and Construction Company. of the United States Veterans’ Bureau 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 portions ofDescription. the hospital reservation of the United States Veterans’ Hospital Numbered Seventy-eight, North Little Rock, Arkansas (Fort Logan H.
Roots), near the city of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, to wit: Beginning at a stone corner common to sections twenty, twenty-one, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine, township two north, range twelve west; thence north along section line three hundred feet; thence west approximately eight hundred and ten feet to east bank of Arkansas River; thence in a southeasterly direction along bank of river to intersection with section line between sections twenty and twenty-nine; thence east along said section line approximately six hundred and seventy feet to point of beginning, same being a strip of land three hundred feet in width, located in section twenty, township two north, range twelve west, lying immediately north of the present property of the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company and containing approximately five acres;
Beginning at a stone corner common to sections twenty, twenty-one, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine, township two north, range twelve west; thence east along section line five hundred and twenty-nine and two-tenths feet; thence north sixty degrees twenty-seven minutes west, six hundred and eight and three-tenths feet to intersection with section line between sections twenty and twenty-one: thence south along said section line three hundred feet to point of beginning, same being a triangular tract of land lying entirely within section twenty-one, township two north, range twelve west, and lying directly northeast of the present property of the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company and containing one and eighty-two one-hundredths acres;
Beginning at a stone corner common to sections twenty, twenty-one, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine, township two north, range twelve west; thence east along the section line five hundred and twenty-nine and two-tenths feet; thence south one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven and eight-tenths feet to a point on the east boundary line of an eighteen and seventy-five one-hundredths1376 acre tract purchased from the United States by the Big Rock Stone Vol. 37, p. 310.and Construction Company, approved by an Act of Congress August 14, 1912; thence north thirty-one degrees five minutes west along said east boundary line one thousand and twenty-five feet; thence north along section line between sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine, one thousand and fifty feet to point of beginning, same being a strip of land lying entirely within section twenty-eight, township two north, range twelve west, and lying along the east side of the present property of the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company and containing eighteen and nine one-hundredths acres; beginning at the southeast corner of a two-acre tract of land purchased from the United States by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company under authority of an Act of Congress approved August 14, 1912; thence south thirty-three degrees and thirty minutes east, five hundred feet; thence south fifty-four degrees and thirty minutes west, approximately two hundred feet to the east bank of the Arkansas River; thence in a northwesterly direction along the bank of the river to the south boundary line of the hereinbefore mentioned two-acre tract of land; thence north fifty-four degrees and thirty minutes east along said boundary line, approximately two hundred feet to the point of beginning, same being a strip of land located in section twenty-eight, township two north, range twelve west, lying on the south side of the present property of the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company and containing approximately two and twenty-nine one-hundredths acres, this two and twenty-nine one-hundredths-acre tract being now occupied by the Big Rock Stone Vol. 41, p. 625.and Construction Company under lease from the United States Government, authorized by the Act of Congress approved May 26, 1920;
Conditional use of latter tract.Upon the further condition that the two and twenty-nine one-hundredths-acre tract of land hereinbefore described shall not be used for any blasting operations or for any other purpose detrimental to the use by the United States of the remainder of said reservation, and that the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company shall not use for any blasting operations or any other purpose that will interfere with the use by the United States of the remainder of said hospital reservation the one-acre tract of land acquired from the Vol. 41, p. 625.United States Government by purchase authorized by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to convey to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company a portion of the military reservation at Fort Privileges retained.Logan H.
Roots in the State of Arkansas,” approved May 26, 1920; and upon the further condition that the United States shall have the privilege of using the Arkansas River front of the property hereto-fore conveyed by the United States Government to the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company, and of property conveyed under the authority of this Act for the construction of any revetments, piers, wharves, or similar structures along the banks of the Arkansas Right of way for Government purposes.River abutting on the land and the free passage over the land to such revetments, piers, or wharves: and that the United States Government shall also have the right of passageway on, over, or under any portion of the land owned by the Big Rock Stone and Construction Company already acquired or which may be acquired by said company under authority of this Act for roads, pipe lines, wires, and other purposes which may be deemed necessary for the use of the said hospital reservation by the United States Government.
Sec. 2. Enforcement. That this Act shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and approval. Approved, March 2, 1923.