Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 50 Part 1.djvu/79

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54 March 24, 1937 [H. J.Res.2721 _ [Pub . Res., No . 15] Henry Ford and wife. Acceptance of cer- t ain r eal property do nated by , author - ized . Use as a Veterans' Administration facil- ity. Reversionary provi- sion . Description . [CHAPTER 511 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 51-MARCH 24, 1937 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to accept title for the United States to certain real property to be donated by Mr . Henry Ford and wife for Veterans' Administration facility purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Repres entativ es of the U nited S tates o f Ameri ca in C ongres s assem bled, That the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept on behalf of the United States title to a triangular tract of land bounded by Southfield Road, Snow or Pepper Road and Outer Drive, in Ecorse Township, Wayne County, State of Michigan, containing approximately thirty-eight acres, to be donated by Mr . Henry Ford and Clara J . Ford, his wife, upon the condition that such property be used for the purpose of con- structing, operating, and maintaining what is now designated as a Veterans' Administration facility or which may hereafter be so designated or similarly designated by or in accordance with law, which may include domiciliary, hospital, regional office, and such other activities essential to the functioning of the facility, and when no longer used for this purpose the property donated to revert to the grantors, their heirs, executors or assigns, the said t ract of land b eing de scribed as fo llows Lands lying in private claim 31 , Ecorse Township, Wayne County, Michigan, and described more particularly as follows Commencing at the point of intersection of the easterly line of Southfield (formerly known as Town Line) Road, of two hun- dred and four foot width and the northerly line of Outer Drive of one hundred and fifty foot width ; thence easterly along the northerly line of said Outer Drive one hundred and ninety-three and forty-eight one-hundredths feet along the arc of a curve of radius two hundred and seventy-four and twenty one-hundredths feet to a point which is south seventy-eight degrees nineteen min- utes thirty seconds east one hundred and eighty-nine and forty-five one-hundredths feet from the last previously mentioned point ; thence north eighty-one degrees twenty-seven minutes fifty seconds east one thousand seven hundred and ninety and sixty-four one- hundredths feet along the said northerly line of Outer Drive ; thence easterly one hundred and fifty-six and eighty-nine one- hundredths feet measured along the arc of a curve of five hundred and seventy-five and fifty-four one-hundredths feet radius to a point on the center line of Snow (formerly Pepper) Road, which bears north eighty-nine degrees sixteen minutes twenty seconds east one hundred and fifty-six and fourteen one-hundredths feet from the last previously mentioned point ; thence northwesterly along the center line of said Snow Road, north thirty-seven degrees four minutes no seconds west one thousand five hundred and sixty-six and ninety-six one-hundredths feet and north twenty-seven degrees three minutes ten seconds west two hundred and fifty-three and s ixty one-h undredths feet to the point of intersecti on with th e said easterly line of Southfield Road ; thence southerly along the said e asterly li ne of Sout hfield Road south thi rty-one de grees fort y-four minutes no seconds west two thousand and three and sixty-nine one-hundredths feet to the point of commencement, containing thirty-eight and nine hundred and thirty one-thousands 1 acres, more or less . Approved, March 24, 1937 . I So in original .