Chapter 82. To grant the military target range of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, to the city of Chandler, Oklahoma, and reserving the right to use for military and aviation purposes
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CHAP. 82.— An Act To grant the military target range of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, to the city of Chandler, Oklahoma, and reserving the right to use for military and aviation purposes. February 15, 1923.[[H.R. 6204](/us/bill/67/hr/6204).][[Public, No. 416](/us/67/pl/416).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the titleChandler, Okla.Lincoln County, Army target range granted to, for a public park. and fee to the military target range of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, described in words and figures as follows, to wit:
The south half of the south half of the northwest quarter of section nine, in township fourteen, north of range four, east of the Indian meridian; except the land described as follows: Beginning at theDescription. south-east corner of said northwest quarter of section nine, running thence west three hundred and sixty-three feet; thence north four hundred and forty-five feet; thence east three hundred and sixty-three feet; thence south four hundred and forty-five feet to the place of be- ginning.
Also, except the right of wav of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Western Railroad, now the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, being a strip of land one hundred feet in width across said land, extending fifty feet on each side of the center of the roadbed or main track of said railroad company. Also, except a strip of land sixteen feet wide across the south line of the northwest quarter of said section nine, extending from the west line of the right of way of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad to the west line of the said northwest quarter of the said section nine, said tract so conveyed containing thirty-four and forty-eight hundredths acres, according to the survey thereof.
And the south half of the south half of the northeast quarter of section eight, in township fourteen, north of range four, east of the Indian meridian, containing forty acres, according to the Government survey thereof. And the south half of the northwest quarter of section eight, in township fourteen, north of range four, east1256of the Indian meridian, be, and the same is hereby, granted and Use for Army or militia reserved.conveyed to the city of Chandler. Oklahoma, to be used as a public park, subject, however, to the right of the United States to at any time reenter and occupy the same for military purposes or as an aviation field; or the same may be used for said purposes by the militia of the State of Oklahoma under such terms and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War of the United States Provisos.Reversion on non-user.of America: *Provided, however*, That in the event the said lands are not used by the municipality for the purposes specified in this Act, the same shall revert to the United States: *And provided further*, Subject to use for military purposes.That said lands shall be subject to the right of the United States at any and all times and in any manner, to assume control of or use and occupy the same or any part thereof, without license, consent, or leave from said city or State for any and all military purposes, including use for a target range or aviation purposes, free from any conveyance, charges, incumbrances, or liens, made, created, permitted, or sanctioned thereon by said city or State.
Approved, February 15, 1923.