Public Law 894.
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70 Stat. 901 Public Law 894 chapter 850 AN ACT To withdraw and restore to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii certain land at Kaakaukukul, Honolulu, Oaha, Territory of Hawaii. August 1, 1956[[H. R. 6024](/us/bill/84/hr/6024)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all of the Hawaii. Land restoration. [48 USC 661](/us/usc/t48/s661). following-described land, together with improvements located thereon, situate at Kaakaukukui, Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, which forms a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under joint resolution numbered 55 of July 7, 1898 (30 Stat. 750), is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii;
Beginning at the northwest corner of this parcel of land at a point on the harbor line, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station “PUNCHBOWL” being 4,861.99 feet south and 6,392.17 feet west, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:
(1)309 degrees 00 minutes 214.10 feet along the remainder of submerged area transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first [63 Stat. 380](/us/stat/63/380). [40 USC 352 note](/us/usc/t40/s352). Congress);
(2)38 degrees 46 minutes 253.18 feet along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first Congress);
(3)Thence along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first Congress), on a curve to the left with a radius of 110 feet, the chord azimuth and distance being: 353 degrees 54 minutes 10 seconds 155.19 feet;
(4)309 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds 196.57 feet along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first [40 USC 352 note](/us/usc/t40/s352). Congress);
(5)Thence along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first Congress), on a curve to the left [40 USC 352 note](/us/usc/t40/s352). with a radius of 100 feet, the chord azimuth and distance being: 281 degrees 01 minute 10 seconds 93.96 feet;
(6)253 degrees 00 minutes 157.01 feet along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first Congress);
(7)219 degrees 00 minutes 59.33 feet along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first [40 USC 352 note](/us/usc/t40/s352). Congress); 70 Stat. 902
(8)218 degrees 57 minutes 1,102.61 feet along the remainder of land transferred to the General Services Administration by the Secretary of the Army by letter dated November 12, 1949, as provided in the Act of June 16, 1949 (Public Law Numbered 105, Eighty-first [40 USC 352 note](/us/usc/t40/s352). Congress), and along remainder of land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, portion of Presidential Executive Order Numbered 5487 and portion of land transferred to the War Department by the Secretary of Labor (by letter dated December 16, 1939);
(9)309 degrees 00 minutes 224.49 feet along the remaining portion of immigration station lot;
(10)264 degrees 25 minutes 161.35 feet along the remaining portion of immigration station lot;
(11)174 degrees 25 minutes 17.53 feet along the remaining portion of immigration station lot;
(12)264 degrees 25 minutes 132 feet along the remaining portion of immigration station lot, along land transferred to Department of Labor by the Secretary of War (by letter dated December 20, 1939);
(13)354 degrees 25 minutes 185.08 feet along the west side of Ala Moana Road to concrete monument numbered 2;
(14)325 degrees 17 minutes 192.75 feet along the west side of Ala Moana Road to concrete monument numbered 3;
(15)52 degrees 23 minutes 329.02 feet along city and county sewer pumping station to concrete monument numbered 4;
(16)322 degrees 23 minutes 199.75 feet along city and county sewer pumping station to concrete monument numbered 5;
(17)52 degrees 23 minutes 797.92 feet along the remaining portion of the land of Kaakaukukui, L. C. Aw. 7712, Apana 6 to M. Kekuanaoa for V. Kamamalu (quitclaim deed, Hawaiian Government to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop estate, dated September 9, 1891, and recorded in liber 135, page 38), to concrete monument numbered 6;
(18)52 degrees 23 minutes 2,470.94 feet along the remaining portion of the land of Kaakaukukui, L. C. Aw. 7712, Apana 6 to M. Kekuanaoa for V. Kamamalu (quitclaim deed, Hawaiian Government to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop estate, dated September 9, 1891, and recorded in liber 135, page 38), over submerged area;
(19)145 degrees 00 minutes 200.98 feet over submerged area;
(20)189 degrees 25 minutes 1,206 87 feet over submerged area;
(21)219 degrees 00 minutes 1,435.55 feet over submerged area and along the extension of the harbor line to the point of beginning and containing a total area of 69.90 acres, reserving, however, to the General Services Administration (United States Public Health Service), Corps of Engineers, and other departments and agencies having the use and control of areas set aside to the United States by Executive order, a nonexclusive right-of-way forty feet wide for vehicular and pedestrian traffic from the Ala Moana Road, to said areas and from said areas to the Ala Moana Road, reserving also to the United States the right to use approximately .10 acre of land in the northwest corner thereof now occupied by building known as No. 61 for so long as the present building remains on this property. Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act shall take effect upon the payment to the United States by the Territory of Hawaii of the fair appraised value, as of the date of approval of this Act, of the buildings then remaining on the land described in section 1, such appraised value to be determined by three appraisers whose compensation shall be paid by the Territory of Hawaii and who shall be appointed, one by the Secretary of the Army, one by the Governor of Hawaii, and the third by the two appraisers so appointed. Approved August 1, 1956. Public Law 895: To amend certain sections of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, relating to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii. Public Law 895 Public Law 895 70 Stat. 903 1956-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-10 84 2 public
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