Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/717

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 353 -JUNE 14, 1938 tse of land. Reversionaay pro- vision. twenty-seven minutes east three hundred and twenty-nine and fifty- seven one-hundredths feet from said Bench Mark Numbered 114; thence south eighty-three degrees and thirty minutes west one hun- dred and fifty-one feet to a stone monument which is south forty- seven degrees and four minutes east two hundred and ten and sixty- four one-hundredths feet from said Bench Mark Numbered 114; thence south six degrees and thirty minutes east two hundred feet to a stone monument at the north boundary of the right-of-way of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, said stone monument being also north thirty-three degrees and thirty-four minutes east one hundred and fifty-two and six-tenths feet from the northeast corner of a con- crete block garage; thence along the north boundary of the right- of-way of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, south eighty-seven degrees and fifty minutes west three hundred and seventy-one feet to an iron pipe in the bed of Morris Creek, said iron pipe being north forty-two degrees and fifty-one minutes west thirty-six and sixty- two one-hundredths feet from the northwest corner of the bridge seat on the east abutment of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Bridge spanning Morris Creek; thence along the creekbed north eleven de- grees and twenty minutes east two hundred and five feet to an iron pipe; thence north eighty-seven degrees and ten minutes west four hundred and seventy feet to an iron pipe; thence north thirty-three degrees west two hundred and seventy feet to the low-water line of the Kanawha River; thence, along the low-water line, south seventy- nine degrees and fifteen minutes east five hundred and forty-seven and sixty-five one-hundredths feet to a point opposite the mouth of Morris Creek; thence, further along said low-water line, north fourteen degrees and eight minutes west one hundred and ninety- nine and fifteen one-hundredths feet; thence, further along the low- water line, south eighty-nine degrees and fifty-five minutes east seven hundred and eighty-nine and ten one-hundredths feet; thence south two degrees and ten minutes west one hundred and forty feet to an iron pipe near the top of the bank of the river; thence south eighty- one degrees and ten minutes west two hundred feet to the place of beginning; contaiinng eight and three-tenths acres, more or less. All bearings given refer to magnetic meridian used in deeds referred to subsequently, which meridian was zero degrees and forty-seven minutes west of north of the true meridian. There is expressly ex- cepied and reserved to the United States of America the perpetual right to flood such part of the hereinbefore-described tract of land as may be necessary from time to time in the interests of navigation. The land hereinbefore described comprises that conveyed to the United States by three separate deeds as follows: One, dated July 5, 1882, for four and eight-tenths acres from William Rigg and Emily G. Rigg, his wife, and recorded in Deed Book 39, page 335, of the records of Kanawha County; another, dated February 2, 1882, for two acres from the Keystone Coal Company, and recorded in Deed Book 39, page 337, of the records of Kanawha County; another, dated August 20, 1888, for one and five hundred eight one-thousandths acres from William Rigg and Emily G. Rigg, his wife, and recorded in Deed Book 48, page 557, of the records of Kanawha County. SEC. 2 . The tract of land authorized to be conveyed by the first section of this Act shall be used by the grantee for the purpose of a public park and recreational site and for similar and related mu- nicipal purposes. The conveyance of such tract of land shall con- tain the express condition that if the grantee shall cease to use such tract of land for such purposes, or shall alienate or attempt to alien- ate such tract of land, title thereto shall revert to the United States. Approved, June 14, 1938. 676 [52 STAT.