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[70 Stat. 20]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
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PUBLIC LAW 4 1 3 - F E B. 18, 1956

Conditions.

Reservations to U. S.

Reversion U, S.

to

Nonappllc ability. 65 Stat. 365. 50 USC 551.

Port Newark Army B a s e. Sale to* Newark, N.J.

ST A T.

493.34 feet, an arc distance of 54.39 feet to a point in the line dividing lot 4C and lot l A; thence (10) north 33 degrees 13 minutes 08 seconds west, a distance of 273.59 feet to the point of beginning, containing 396,913.0 square feet more or less, or 9.11 acres more or less, being also designated as part of lots l A, I D, 2, 3C in block 1500, and part of Jot I D in block 1494 on the tax map of the city of Jersey City, together with any and all right of direct access to and from the aforementioned extension of the New Jersey Turnpike constructed or to be constructed on land hereinabove described. SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall be made subject to (a) the condition that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority pay into the Treasury of the United States, in return for the land conveyed, an amount equal to the fair market value of such land to be determined by the Secretary of the Army after appraisal of such land, and (b) such other conditions, limitations, or reservations as the Secretary may deem necessary to assure that the use of such land by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, its successors, contractors, lessees, or assigns, shall not interfere with the operation of the aforementioned installation and to assure that the interest of the United States shall be protected. SEC. 3. All mineral rights, including gas and oil, in the lands authorized to be conveyed by this Act shall be reserved to the United States. SEC. 4. There shall be further reserved to the United States in the conveyance of the above-described lands, rights-of-way for water lines, sewer lines, telephone and telegraph lines, power lines, and such other utilities which may now exist or which may become necessary to the operation of the Caven Point Terminal and Ammunition Loading Pier. Any such utility crossings required by the United States subsequent to the opening of the Newark Bay-Hudson County extension of the New Jersey Turnpike to traffic shall be installed underground and at the expense of the United States. SEC. 5. I n executing the deed of conveyance authorized by this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall include specific provisions covering the reservations contained in sections 3 and 4 of this Act. SEC. 6. I n the event actual construction of such street or road and other construction connected therewith or related thereto is not commenced within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, or in the event such property shall cease to be used for street or road purposes and other purposes connected therewith or related thereto for a period of two consecutive years, then title to such land, including all improvements made by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, shall immediately revert to the United States without any payment by the United States of compensation therefor. SEC. 7. The provisions of section 601 of the Act of Congress approved September 28, 1951 (Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress), shall not apply to the conveyance authorized by this Act. Approved February 18, 1956. Public Law 413

February 18, 1956 rs.2624]

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CHAPTER 60

AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the sale of the Port Newark Army Base to the city of Newark, New Jersey, and for other purposes" approved June 20, 1936, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in view of the